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Personal info

Full name
SMITH, Lloyd Robert
Date of birth
25 July 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Millburn, Essex County, New Jersey
Hometown
Essex County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
32595959
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
506th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
6 October 1944
Place of death
Opheusden, The Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
H 19 11

Immediate family

Members
Harold R. Smith (father)
Elizabeth B. (Tichenor) Smith (mother)
Harold W. Smith (brother)
Lillian E. Smith (sister)
Emerson Smith (brother)
Calvin Smith (brother)

More information

Pfc Lloyd R. Smith graduated from Millburn High School before he enlisted in Newark, New Jersey on 1 December 1942. He was initially assigned to a medical unit but later volunteered for the paratroop service.

Pfc Smith was the second son in the family to give his life for his country. His brother, Sgt. Harold W. Smith of the Marine Corps, and a former local police officer, was killed in New Georgia Island in the Pacific Theater on 10 July 1944.

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, Raf Dyckmans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com, www.marketgarden.com, http://www.ww2-airborne.us/units/506/506_honor_st.html, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Family Tree / 1930 Census / WWII Draft Cards, www.newspapers.com - The Item of Millburn and Short Hills-02 November 1944

Photo source: www.findagrave.com, Sandra Schepers