U. S. Army Service No. (ASN): #36339546
Enlistment Date: 05/18/1942
B Company, 169th Infantry Regiment, 43rd Infantry Division
NARA War Department records list this soldiers Home of Record as Porter County, Indiana...Died Non-Battle.
U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1970, lists his name as Edward H. Smith (Harry E. Smith)...burial location is listed as Arlington cemetery in Elmhurst, Illinois...Signed for by Mrs. Mary E. Smith of 2437 W McLean Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, on 11/09/1947.
Indiana, Birth Certificates, 1907-1940, lists his birth name as Harry Edward Smith...Son of George W. Smith and Addie M. (Austin) Smith.
News article below obtained from ancestry.com
THE VIDETTE MESSENGER (Valparaiso, Indiana), MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1942, FRONT PAGE
GET WORD OF SON'S DEATH IN FAR EAST
PFC. E. H. Smith, Native of Valparaiso, Killed In South Pacific
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Field, 405 Beech street, received a telegram Sunday morning announcing that their son, Pvt. First Class Edward H. Smith, had been killed in action in the South Pacific.
The missive from the Secretary of war, stated young Smith had died Nov. 18, of gunshot wounds.
Private memorial services were held Sunday evening in Smith's honor at the Field home, with only members of the immediate family attending. Rev. Chester W. Wharton, of the Presbyterian church, officiated.
BORN IN VALPARAISO
Pvt. Edward H. Smith, a son of Mrs. Clarence Field, was born in Valparaiso twenty-four years ago. The family later moved to Chicago where he received his education.
In September, 1941, the family returned to Valparaiso, and Smith was employed at the Indiana Steel Products company. He joined the army on May 18, 1942.
Survivors include the mother, Mrs. Clarence Field; the step-father, Clarence Field, of this city; one brother, George, of Chicago, and four sisters, Mrs. Margaret Gustafson, of Joliet, Ill; Mrs. Mildred Pennington, Valparaiso; Mrs. Lois Burr, Whiting, Ind., and Mrs. Edith Donahue, Chicago.
***I would like to thank Glenda Field Find a Grave ID47184318 for adding family members to this memorial***
Enlistment Date: 05/18/1942
B Company, 169th Infantry Regiment, 43rd Infantry Division
NARA War Department records list this soldiers Home of Record as Porter County, Indiana...Died Non-Battle.
U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1970, lists his name as Edward H. Smith (Harry E. Smith)...burial location is listed as Arlington cemetery in Elmhurst, Illinois...Signed for by Mrs. Mary E. Smith of 2437 W McLean Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, on 11/09/1947.
Indiana, Birth Certificates, 1907-1940, lists his birth name as Harry Edward Smith...Son of George W. Smith and Addie M. (Austin) Smith.
News article below obtained from ancestry.com
THE VIDETTE MESSENGER (Valparaiso, Indiana), MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1942, FRONT PAGE
GET WORD OF SON'S DEATH IN FAR EAST
PFC. E. H. Smith, Native of Valparaiso, Killed In South Pacific
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Field, 405 Beech street, received a telegram Sunday morning announcing that their son, Pvt. First Class Edward H. Smith, had been killed in action in the South Pacific.
The missive from the Secretary of war, stated young Smith had died Nov. 18, of gunshot wounds.
Private memorial services were held Sunday evening in Smith's honor at the Field home, with only members of the immediate family attending. Rev. Chester W. Wharton, of the Presbyterian church, officiated.
BORN IN VALPARAISO
Pvt. Edward H. Smith, a son of Mrs. Clarence Field, was born in Valparaiso twenty-four years ago. The family later moved to Chicago where he received his education.
In September, 1941, the family returned to Valparaiso, and Smith was employed at the Indiana Steel Products company. He joined the army on May 18, 1942.
Survivors include the mother, Mrs. Clarence Field; the step-father, Clarence Field, of this city; one brother, George, of Chicago, and four sisters, Mrs. Margaret Gustafson, of Joliet, Ill; Mrs. Mildred Pennington, Valparaiso; Mrs. Lois Burr, Whiting, Ind., and Mrs. Edith Donahue, Chicago.
***I would like to thank Glenda Field Find a Grave ID47184318 for adding family members to this memorial***
U. S. Army Service No. (ASN): #36339546
Enlistment Date: 05/18/1942
B Company, 169th Infantry Regiment, 43rd Infantry Division
NARA War Department records list this soldiers Home of Record as Porter County, Indiana...Died Non-Battle.
U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1970, lists his name as Edward H. Smith (Harry E. Smith)...burial location is listed as Arlington cemetery in Elmhurst, Illinois...Signed for by Mrs. Mary E. Smith of 2437 W McLean Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, on 11/09/1947.
Indiana, Birth Certificates, 1907-1940, lists his birth name as Harry Edward Smith...Son of George W. Smith and Addie M. (Austin) Smith.
News article below obtained from ancestry.com
THE VIDETTE MESSENGER (Valparaiso, Indiana), MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1942, FRONT PAGE
GET WORD OF SON'S DEATH IN FAR EAST
PFC. E. H. Smith, Native of Valparaiso, Killed In South Pacific
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Field, 405 Beech street, received a telegram Sunday morning announcing that their son, Pvt. First Class Edward H. Smith, had been killed in action in the South Pacific.
The missive from the Secretary of war, stated young Smith had died Nov. 18, of gunshot wounds.
Private memorial services were held Sunday evening in Smith's honor at the Field home, with only members of the immediate family attending. Rev. Chester W. Wharton, of the Presbyterian church, officiated.
BORN IN VALPARAISO
Pvt. Edward H. Smith, a son of Mrs. Clarence Field, was born in Valparaiso twenty-four years ago. The family later moved to Chicago where he received his education.
In September, 1941, the family returned to Valparaiso, and Smith was employed at the Indiana Steel Products company. He joined the army on May 18, 1942.
Survivors include the mother, Mrs. Clarence Field; the step-father, Clarence Field, of this city; one brother, George, of Chicago, and four sisters, Mrs. Margaret Gustafson, of Joliet, Ill; Mrs. Mildred Pennington, Valparaiso; Mrs. Lois Burr, Whiting, Ind., and Mrs. Edith Donahue, Chicago.
***I would like to thank Glenda Field Find a Grave ID47184318 for adding family members to this memorial***
Enlistment Date: 05/18/1942
B Company, 169th Infantry Regiment, 43rd Infantry Division
NARA War Department records list this soldiers Home of Record as Porter County, Indiana...Died Non-Battle.
U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1970, lists his name as Edward H. Smith (Harry E. Smith)...burial location is listed as Arlington cemetery in Elmhurst, Illinois...Signed for by Mrs. Mary E. Smith of 2437 W McLean Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, on 11/09/1947.
Indiana, Birth Certificates, 1907-1940, lists his birth name as Harry Edward Smith...Son of George W. Smith and Addie M. (Austin) Smith.
News article below obtained from ancestry.com
THE VIDETTE MESSENGER (Valparaiso, Indiana), MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1942, FRONT PAGE
GET WORD OF SON'S DEATH IN FAR EAST
PFC. E. H. Smith, Native of Valparaiso, Killed In South Pacific
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Field, 405 Beech street, received a telegram Sunday morning announcing that their son, Pvt. First Class Edward H. Smith, had been killed in action in the South Pacific.
The missive from the Secretary of war, stated young Smith had died Nov. 18, of gunshot wounds.
Private memorial services were held Sunday evening in Smith's honor at the Field home, with only members of the immediate family attending. Rev. Chester W. Wharton, of the Presbyterian church, officiated.
BORN IN VALPARAISO
Pvt. Edward H. Smith, a son of Mrs. Clarence Field, was born in Valparaiso twenty-four years ago. The family later moved to Chicago where he received his education.
In September, 1941, the family returned to Valparaiso, and Smith was employed at the Indiana Steel Products company. He joined the army on May 18, 1942.
Survivors include the mother, Mrs. Clarence Field; the step-father, Clarence Field, of this city; one brother, George, of Chicago, and four sisters, Mrs. Margaret Gustafson, of Joliet, Ill; Mrs. Mildred Pennington, Valparaiso; Mrs. Lois Burr, Whiting, Ind., and Mrs. Edith Donahue, Chicago.
***I would like to thank Glenda Field Find a Grave ID47184318 for adding family members to this memorial***
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