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Personal info

Full name
SMITH, J. Lyle
Date of birth
19 April 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Lone Tree, Clay County, Nebraska
Hometown
Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon

Military service

Service number
39477162
Rank
Sergeant
Function
Squad Leader
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
318th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Weiskirchen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
D 9 14

Immediate family

Members
John Laudin (father)
Bert E. Smith (stepfather)
Ethel M. (Etchison) Smith (mother)
Naordie Smith (half-sister)
Lowell Smith (brother)
Darlene Smith (sister)
Rachel L. (Hagen) Smith (wife)

More information

Sgt J. Lyle Smith was a welder employed by the Oregon Ship Building Corp.

He was married to Rachel Hagen on 6 September 1941 in Vancouver, Washington.

He enlisted at Fort Lewis, Washington on 31 May 1944.

He was killed by multiple fractures of the femur.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card File / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.80thdivision.com
Photo source: Peter Schouteten