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Personal info

Full name
SMITH, Lloyd Raymond
Date of birth
3 September 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Newark, Essex County, New Jersey
Hometown
Cedar Grove, Essex County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
32597828
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
301st Infantry Regiment,
94th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 January 1945
Place of death
Near Orscholz, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 9 26

Immediate family

Members
Raymond C. Smith (father)
Edith Smith (mother)
Edward Smith (brother)
Robert Smith (brother)
Lois Smith (sister)

More information

Cpl Lloyd R. Smith graduated from Bloomfield High School and was employed by Baker & Co. in Newark.

He enlisted in Newark, New Jersey on 8 December 1942 and was sent overseas in August 1944.

His two brothers also served during the war, Edward in Europa and Robert in the Pacific.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920 Census, http://www.94thinfdiv.com, The Montclair Times (Montclair, New Jersey) ยท 13 September 1945
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery