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Personal info

Full name
SMITH, William J
Date of birth
1921
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Kentucky
Hometown
Casey County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
15044687
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
51st Armored Infantry Battalion,
4th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
30 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Lutrebois, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
C 2 4

Immediate family

Members
Juritha Snow (mother)

More information

T/Sgt William J. Smith enlisted at Fort Knox, Kentucky on 8 August 1940.

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

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record

Photo source:
www.findagrave.com - soilsister