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Personal info

Full name
SMITH, Albert Samuel
Date of birth
12 July 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Center Twp, Perry County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Newport, Perry County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33948951
Rank
Private
Function
Rifleman
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
318th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Fauvillers, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
B 8 39

Immediate family

Members
Albert B. Smith (father)
Anna L. (Garlin) Smith (mother)
Margueritte A. Smith (sister)
Mary L. Smith (sister)
Ethel M. Smith (sister)

More information

Pvt Albert S. Smith graduated in 1943 from New Bloomfield High School and was a chauffeur, employed by Louis Lehrman & Sons.
He enlisted in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania on 15 June 1944. He trained at Camp Croft, South Carolina and Fort Meade before he was sent overseas on 18 November 1944.

He was killed by small arms fire.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men, www.80thdivision.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery, The Perry County Democrat - 24 January 1945