USS Arizona Memorial
Albert Joseph Smith was born in either 1894 or 1895 in Texas. He enlisted in the Navy in Chicago in July 1913, was discharged four years later but soon re-enlisted. His specialty was as a chief radio electrician.
Mr. Smith was killed on the U.S.S. Arizona in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7, 1941. One Navy record said his title as lieutenant junior grade was awarded posthumously.
Mr. Smith was survived by his widow, Josephine Ash Smith, and their five children, ages six to about 19. The spring 1940 Census said the family lived at Long Beach, California, and that the household included his step-mother, Margaret Bray.
Sources: The News and Observer of Raleigh, North Carolina; The Daily Oklahoman of Oklahoma City; Census; Navy enlistment record; Virginia marriage license.
(From the USS Arizona Mall Memorial Facebook Page)
Albert Joseph Smith was born in either 1894 or 1895 in Texas. He enlisted in the Navy in Chicago in July 1913, was discharged four years later but soon re-enlisted. His specialty was as a chief radio electrician.
Mr. Smith was killed on the U.S.S. Arizona in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7, 1941. One Navy record said his title as lieutenant junior grade was awarded posthumously.
Mr. Smith was survived by his widow, Josephine Ash Smith, and their five children, ages six to about 19. The spring 1940 Census said the family lived at Long Beach, California, and that the household included his step-mother, Margaret Bray.
Sources: The News and Observer of Raleigh, North Carolina; The Daily Oklahoman of Oklahoma City; Census; Navy enlistment record; Virginia marriage license.
(From the USS Arizona Mall Memorial Facebook Page)
USS Arizona Memorial
Albert Joseph Smith was born in either 1894 or 1895 in Texas. He enlisted in the Navy in Chicago in July 1913, was discharged four years later but soon re-enlisted. His specialty was as a chief radio electrician.
Mr. Smith was killed on the U.S.S. Arizona in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7, 1941. One Navy record said his title as lieutenant junior grade was awarded posthumously.
Mr. Smith was survived by his widow, Josephine Ash Smith, and their five children, ages six to about 19. The spring 1940 Census said the family lived at Long Beach, California, and that the household included his step-mother, Margaret Bray.
Sources: The News and Observer of Raleigh, North Carolina; The Daily Oklahoman of Oklahoma City; Census; Navy enlistment record; Virginia marriage license.
(From the USS Arizona Mall Memorial Facebook Page)
Albert Joseph Smith was born in either 1894 or 1895 in Texas. He enlisted in the Navy in Chicago in July 1913, was discharged four years later but soon re-enlisted. His specialty was as a chief radio electrician.
Mr. Smith was killed on the U.S.S. Arizona in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7, 1941. One Navy record said his title as lieutenant junior grade was awarded posthumously.
Mr. Smith was survived by his widow, Josephine Ash Smith, and their five children, ages six to about 19. The spring 1940 Census said the family lived at Long Beach, California, and that the household included his step-mother, Margaret Bray.
Sources: The News and Observer of Raleigh, North Carolina; The Daily Oklahoman of Oklahoma City; Census; Navy enlistment record; Virginia marriage license.
(From the USS Arizona Mall Memorial Facebook Page)
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