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Personal info

Full name
SMITSON, Leeland
Date of birth
19 September 1912
Age
32
Place of birth
New Germantown, Mason County, Kentucky
Hometown
Maysville, Mason County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
35074011
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
11th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
3 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Badem-Metterich, East of Bitburg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
G 12 15

Immediate family

Members
John H. Smitson (father)
Mattie (Fields) Smitson (mother)
Dessie Smitson (sister)
Alton W. Smitson (brother)
Bertie Smitson (sister)
Myrtie Smitson (sister)
Freeman Smitson (brother)
Anna L. Smitson (sister)
Emma L. (Tucker) Smitson (wife)
Sally A. Smitson (daughter)
Larry Smitson (son)
George D. Smitson (son)

More information

Pfc Leeland Smitson enlisted at Fort Thomas Newport on 18 March 1944. He worked on a farm before he enlisted.

He was slightly wounded in action in November 1944 in France.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Records, www.ancestry.com – 1920/1940 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 - Terra O'Brien