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SMITH, Edward Evans - Date of
birth
20 April 1923 -
Age
21 - Place of
birth
Hendersonville, Henderson County, North Carolina -
Hometown
Buncombe County, North Carolina
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O-830347 -
Rank
Second Lieutenant -
Function
Pilot -
Unit
378th Fighter Squadron,
362nd Fighter Group
-
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal
Death
-
Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
20 March 1945 - Place of
death
Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| A | 26 | 44 |
Immediate family
-
Members
David F. Smith (father)
Nita M. (Evans) Smith (mother)
David R. Smith (brother)
Carolyn C. (Lambright) Smith (wife)
More information
Lt Edward E. Smith graduated from Lee Edwards High School and from North Carolina State College where he majored in aeronautical engineering. At college, he was a member of the band and the symphony orchestra.He enlisted in Miami, Florida in February 1943. Lt Smith had long been anxious to fly and told his mother that, as a pilot, he was the "happiest he had ever been".
He was fatally injured while strafing a convoy of trucks.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census / Sofonea Family Tree / North Carolina Birth Indexes, www.newspapers.com - Asheville Citizen-Times
Photo source: -, www.newspapers.com - Asheville Citizen-Times, www.ancestry.com - North Carolina State College Yearbook 1943 and 1942