U.S. Army Service No. (ASN): #O-424144
Entered the Service from: Kansas
450th Bomber Squadron, 322nd Bomber Group, Medium
Awards: Distinguished Flying Cross, Silver Star, Air Medal with 11 Gold Stars
Jay B. Smith is listed as Killed In Action in the 1946 Army and Army Air Forces Personnel Casualty List for Sedgwick County, Kansas.
U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S., Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, 1942-1949 lists the name and address of his Next of Kin as:
Mrs. Alpha J. Smith (Mother)
Valley Center, Kansas
***I would like to thank Dominique Potier Find A Grave ID 47278008 for adding his gravesite photo to this memorial***
***I would like to thank Andy Find A Grave ID 48021049 for adding the bio information below to this memorial***
Jay B. Smith
HOME OF RECORD: Sedgwick County, Kansas
Silver Star AWARDED FOR ACTIONS DURING World War II
Service: Army Air Forces
Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
Division: 9th Air Force
GENERAL ORDERS:
Headquarters, 9th Air Force, General Orders No. 70 (1945)
CITATION:
(Citation Needed) - SYNOPSIS: Lieutenant Colonel (Air Corps) Jay B. Smith (ASN: 0-424144), United States Army Air Forces, was awarded the Silver Star (Posthumously) for conspicuous gallantry in action against the enemy while serving with the 450th Bombardment Squadron, 322d Bombardment Group (Medium), NINTH Air Force in the European Theater of Operations during World War II.
U.S. Army Service No. (ASN): #O-424144
Entered the Service from: Kansas
450th Bomber Squadron, 322nd Bomber Group, Medium
Awards: Distinguished Flying Cross, Silver Star, Air Medal with 11 Gold Stars
Jay B. Smith is listed as Killed In Action in the 1946 Army and Army Air Forces Personnel Casualty List for Sedgwick County, Kansas.
U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S., Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, 1942-1949 lists the name and address of his Next of Kin as:
Mrs. Alpha J. Smith (Mother)
Valley Center, Kansas
***I would like to thank Dominique Potier Find A Grave ID 47278008 for adding his gravesite photo to this memorial***
***I would like to thank Andy Find A Grave ID 48021049 for adding the bio information below to this memorial***
Jay B. Smith
HOME OF RECORD: Sedgwick County, Kansas
Silver Star AWARDED FOR ACTIONS DURING World War II
Service: Army Air Forces
Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
Division: 9th Air Force
GENERAL ORDERS:
Headquarters, 9th Air Force, General Orders No. 70 (1945)
CITATION:
(Citation Needed) - SYNOPSIS: Lieutenant Colonel (Air Corps) Jay B. Smith (ASN: 0-424144), United States Army Air Forces, was awarded the Silver Star (Posthumously) for conspicuous gallantry in action against the enemy while serving with the 450th Bombardment Squadron, 322d Bombardment Group (Medium), NINTH Air Force in the European Theater of Operations during World War II.
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