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Personal info

Full name
SMITH, Woodrow William
Date of birth
1919
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Maryland
Hometown
Frederick, Frederick County, Maryland

Military service

Service number
6848673
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Arnaville, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 28 32

Immediate family

Members
William C. Smith (father)
Florence Smith (mother)
Walter Smith (brother)
Raymond Smith (brother)
Margueritte Smith (sister)
Elizabeth Smith (sister)
Mildred Smith (sister)
Corie L. Smith (wife)
Dowyne L. Smith (son)
Woodrow W. Smith (son)
Walter H. Smith (son)

More information

Pvt Woodrow W. Smith enlisted at Ft. G. Meade, Maryland on 3 January 1944.

He was a printer at the Fredericks Post before he enlisted.

His friend Leo H. Ward, who was in the same company, was KIA on 11 september 1944 and is also buried in Lorraine Cemetery Plot C Row 22 Grave 94.

He was first buried in Limey Cemetery, Limey France.

Pvt. Woodrow W. Smith was experienced in soldiering prior to his induction, with 3 years of Regular Army and 2 years with the National Guard and one year of training with the State Guard.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – 1920/1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record, www.findagrave.com – Cari Aiken, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - JoMarRO