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Personal info

Full name
SMITH, William Frank
Date of birth
19 July 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Abingdon, Knox County, Illinois
Hometown
Abingdon, Knox County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36482855
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
142nd Infantry Regiment,
36th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 March 1945
Place of death
Erckartswiller, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
A 22 21

Immediate family

Members
Frank W. Smith (father)
Audria A. (Simpson) Smith (mother)
Leo V. Smith (brother)
Edna R. Smith (sister)
Laura A. Smith (sister)
Leon M. Smith (brother)
Roy B. Smith (brother)
Madge M. Smith (sister)
Alice E. Smith (sister)

More information

Pvt William F. Smith worked on a farm before he enlisted in Peoria, Illinois on 24 April 1943.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his stomach and back.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, https://texasmilitaryforcesmuseum.org/, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / WWII Draft Cards Young Men / WWII Hospital Admission Card Files / P A Smith Family, www.findagrave.com – Albert Ledoux

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Laura S, www.ancestry.com – Patricia Smith