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Sidney Preston Smith

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Sidney Preston Smith Veteran

Birth
Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, USA
Death
28 Jun 1936 (aged 20)
Portsmouth, Portsmouth Unitary Authority, Hampshire, England
Burial
Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, USA Add to Map
Plot
Block 27
Memorial ID
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PORTSMOUTH, England, June 29. - Sidney Preston Smith, A United States midshipman, died in the Royal Naval Hospital today of injuries suffered in a fall from a hammock aboard the American battleship Wyoming. The coroner ordered a post-mortem examination, which will be conducted tomorrow. Smith was treated in the Wyoming's sick bay until the warship left for Gothenburg, Sweden.

WASHINGTON, June 29 - The Navy Department said today that the home of Midshipman Sidney Preston Smith was in Birmingham, Ala. He was a member of the third class of the United States Naval Academy. He was born in Birmingham in 1916 and was appointed to the Naval Academy from the Naval Reserve.
PORTSMOUTH, England, June 29. - Sidney Preston Smith, A United States midshipman, died in the Royal Naval Hospital today of injuries suffered in a fall from a hammock aboard the American battleship Wyoming. The coroner ordered a post-mortem examination, which will be conducted tomorrow. Smith was treated in the Wyoming's sick bay until the warship left for Gothenburg, Sweden.

WASHINGTON, June 29 - The Navy Department said today that the home of Midshipman Sidney Preston Smith was in Birmingham, Ala. He was a member of the third class of the United States Naval Academy. He was born in Birmingham in 1916 and was appointed to the Naval Academy from the Naval Reserve.

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