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Personal info

Full name
SMITH, Mart
Date of birth
9 May 1926
Age
18
Place of birth
Harlan County, Kentucky
Hometown
Cawood, Harlan County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
33655865
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
505th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
19 September 1944
Place of death
Nijmegen, the Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
F 13 26

Immediate family

Members
Murphy Smith (father)
Nancy A. (Wilson) Smith (mother)
Mary Smith (sister)
Murphy Smith II (brother)
Nellie Smith (sister)
Betty Smith (sister)
Cora M. Smith (sister)
Stella M. Smith (sister)

More information

Pvt Mart Smith's family name was orginally Roark.

He enlisted in Abingdon, Virginia on 7 August 1943.

His company were involved in a fearsome close-combat battle for the Waal Bridge in Nijmegen. Pvt Smith was fatally wounded in the approach to the Waal Bridge.

Source of information: FOHF, www.wwiimemorial.com , www.marketgarden.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Kentucky Birth Index / Family Tree

Photo source: FOHF, Peter Schouteten, Luc Amkreutz