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Personal info

Full name
SMITH, Minor Linford Jr
Date of birth
17 February 1926
Age
19
Place of birth
Pocono Lake, Monroe County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33616164
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 March 1945
Place of death
In the vivinity of Condorf, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
D 4 20

Immediate family

Members
Minor L. Smith Sr. (father)
Elsa Smith (mother)
Auvella Smith (sister)
Frances Smith (sister)
Mildred Smith (sister)
Kenneth Smith (brother)
Marshal Smiith (brother)

More information

Pfc Minor L. Smith worked in a foundry before he enlisted in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania on 2 August 1944.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO

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