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Louie Garmond “Big Daddy” Smith

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Louie Garmond “Big Daddy” Smith

Birth
USA
Death
3 Mar 2010 (aged 88)
USA
Burial
Gilmer, Upshur County, Texas, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID
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Military Service WWll:
Trained at Ft. Hood TX, sailed from New York to Glasgow, Scotland then by train through London to the English Channel, then boarded landing craft carrying 20 men and 1 tank and crossing to Omaha Beach on Sept. 22nd.
Assigned to the 26th Infantry Division, 26th Police Platoon, Patton's 3rd Army. Fought through France, Germany, Luxembourg and Belgium. Fought in the Battle of the Bulge in December 1944 during the harshest winter in Europes history.
Shipped to Prague,Czechoslovakia for prisoner exchange with Russians.
Transferred to the 93rd Division and promoted to Tech Sgt.
Decomissioned a few months after war ended.
Sailed home from LeHavre, France and discharged at Camp Fannin, Tx on Feb.12,1946
Military Service WWll:
Trained at Ft. Hood TX, sailed from New York to Glasgow, Scotland then by train through London to the English Channel, then boarded landing craft carrying 20 men and 1 tank and crossing to Omaha Beach on Sept. 22nd.
Assigned to the 26th Infantry Division, 26th Police Platoon, Patton's 3rd Army. Fought through France, Germany, Luxembourg and Belgium. Fought in the Battle of the Bulge in December 1944 during the harshest winter in Europes history.
Shipped to Prague,Czechoslovakia for prisoner exchange with Russians.
Transferred to the 93rd Division and promoted to Tech Sgt.
Decomissioned a few months after war ended.
Sailed home from LeHavre, France and discharged at Camp Fannin, Tx on Feb.12,1946


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  • Created by: M.L.S.
  • Added: Apr 23, 2011
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/68841357/louie_garmond-smith: accessed ), memorial page for Louie Garmond “Big Daddy” Smith (16 Nov 1921–3 Mar 2010), Find a Grave Memorial ID 68841357, citing Sunset Memorial Park, Gilmer, Upshur County, Texas, USA; Maintained by M.L.S. (contributor 47485986).