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2LT Douglas Gilliam “Son” Smith Jr.

Birth: 18 Oct 1922
Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, USA
Death: 24 Jun 1943 (aged 20)
Westborough, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial: Memorial Park Cemetery

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Memorial ID: 40494983 View Source

Second Lieutenant, 311th Fighter Squadron, 58th Fighter Group, World War II.

Killed in service, piloting P-47D Thunderbolt #42-8186 in a mid-air collision and crash with another B-47 in the skies over Westborough, Massachusetts.
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Douglas enlisted at Memphis, Tennessee, May 4, 1942.
Army Service Number O-802078.

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