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Personal info

Full name
SMITH, Louis M
Date of birth
24 January 1918
Age
27
Place of birth
Menasha, Winnebago County, Wisconsin
Hometown
Menasha, Winnebago County, Wisconsin

Military service

Service number
36204517
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
422nd Infantry Regiment,
106th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Missing in Action
Date of death
12 April 1945
Place of death
Torgau, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Albert J. Smith (father)
Rosalia (Schmidt) Smith (mother)
Helen M. Smith (sister)
Isabell M. Smith (sister)
Norbert Smith (brother)
Lucille C. Smit (sister)

More information

Louis Smith graduated from St. Mary High School in 1936 and worked at the Banta Publishing Company.

He enlisted on 19 March 1941 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

He was taken prisoner in the vicinity of Schlausenbach, Germany on 16 December 1944 and died in Stalag IV-D.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov

Photo source: FOHF, www.newspapers.com - The Post Crescent 20 June 1945