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Personal info

Full name
SMITH, Neill Archibald
Date of birth
16 December 1905
Age
39
Place of birth
Cumberland County, North Carolina
Hometown
Fayetteville, Cumberland County, North Carolina

Military service

Service number
34213389
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
G Company,
50th Armored Infantry Battalion,
6th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 January 1945
Place of death
Near Michamps, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
G 3 23

Immediate family

Members
Neill A. Smith (father)
Lula B. (Roach) Smith (mother)
Mary W. Smith (sister)
Havert H. Smith (brother)
Marcus W. Smith (brother)
Georgia Smith (sister)
Peter P. Smith (brother)
Gilbert Smith (brother)
Ashley P. Smith (brother)
Catherine Smith (sister)

More information

Pfc Neill A. Smith attended high school for one year before he enlisted at Fort Jackson, North Carolina on 28 February 1942.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Grand Failly, France.

He is remembered at the McPherson Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Fayetteville, Cumberland County, North Carolina.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1910/1920 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.findagrave.com - Donna McPherson
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com - Vonna