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Personal info

Full name
SMITH, Dale Von
Date of birth
19 December 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Pickford, Chippewa County, Michigan
Hometown
Rudyard, Chippewa County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36977802
Rank
Private
Function
Rifleman
Unit
A Company,
1st 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 Tintange, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 11 93

Immediate family

Members
George N. Smith (father)
Nellie M. (Nolan) Smith (mother)
Clifford E. Smith (brother)
Vern N. Smith (brother)
Floyd W. Smith (brother)
Ruby M. Smith (sister)

More information

Pvt Dale V. Smith attended high school for one year and worked at the family farm when he enlisted on 9 May 1944. He was sent overseas in October 1944.
He was killed by artillery shell fragments.

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: Peter Schouteten, Cédric13