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Personal info

Full name
SMITH, Ira Lee
Date of birth
20 January 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Whitley County, Kentucky
Hometown
Corbin, Whitley County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
15055596
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
7 January 1945
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 13 39

Immediate family

Members
Charlie Smith (father)
Mary (Veach) Smith (mother)

More information

Pfc Ira L. Smith enlisted in the Regular Army at Fort Thomas Newport, Kentucky on 6 September 1940.

He was a miner before he enlisted.

At the time of his death, the 10th Infantry Regiment was engaged in the vicinity of Reisdorf, Luxembourg.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Kentucky Birth Index, A footsoldier for Patton - Michael C. Bilder and James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery