Service number: 34868306
Age: 19
Born: October 12, 1925, Hamlet, Richmond County, North Carolina, USA
Hometown: Hamlet, North Carolina, USA
Family:
Arthur Porter Smith Sr. (father)
Mabel Irene (nee Blackwell) Smith/Bennett (mother)
Melbourne LeRoy Smith (brother)
Rank: Sergeant
Function: Squad Leader
Battalion: 38th Armored Infantry Battalion
Division: 7th Armored Division
Company: B
Date of death: April 8, 1945
Status: Killed In Action
Place of death: Holthausen (Breckerfeld), Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Spot: Not available
Awards:
★ World War II Victory Medal
★ Purple Heart
★ American Campaign Medal
★ Army Presidential Unit Citation
★ Army Good Conduct Medal
Grave number: Not available
Cemetery:
Mary Love Cemetery
Hamlet, Richmond County, North Carolina, USA
Date of enlistment: Reported for duty on July 18, 1944, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
Other information:
Service number: 34868306
Age: 19
Born: October 12, 1925, Hamlet, Richmond County, North Carolina, USA
Hometown: Hamlet, North Carolina, USA
Family:
Arthur Porter Smith Sr. (father)
Mabel Irene (nee Blackwell) Smith/Bennett (mother)
Melbourne LeRoy Smith (brother)
Rank: Sergeant
Function: Squad Leader
Battalion: 38th Armored Infantry Battalion
Division: 7th Armored Division
Company: B
Date of death: April 8, 1945
Status: Killed In Action
Place of death: Holthausen (Breckerfeld), Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Spot: Not available
Awards:
★ World War II Victory Medal
★ Purple Heart
★ American Campaign Medal
★ Army Presidential Unit Citation
★ Army Good Conduct Medal
Grave number: Not available
Cemetery:
Mary Love Cemetery
Hamlet, Richmond County, North Carolina, USA
Date of enlistment: Reported for duty on July 18, 1944, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
Other information:
Family Members
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
Advertisement