Sponsored by:RosalieAnn
CDR Sidney Layton Smith Veteran
Monument
1903 – 1942 Manila American Cemetery and Memorial
Photo added by Beverly Bogart
- Birth
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Baltimore, Baltimore City, Maryland, USA
- Death
- 1 Mar 1942 (aged 38)
At Sea
- Monument
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Manila, Capital District, National Capital Region, Philippines Add to Map
- Plot
- Tablets of the Missing - United States Navy--Missing In Action
- Memorial ID
- 55868324 View Source
S. L. Smith was a Commander in the United States Navy. He was the son of Layton Fontaine Smith and Mary Alexander Beasley Smith - born and brought up in Maryland in the household of his mother's parents. He attended the U.S. Navel Academy. When he was 23, he married Katherine L. Bechtold and in 1930 they were living with her parents. Sidney and Katherine had two sons Sidney L. Smith Jr. and Gordon Leigh Smith who was born March 6 1935.
CDR Smith served on the U.S.S. Houston which served as the Flagship of the Asiatic Fleet. In the Battle of the Java Sea the USS Houston was sunk in the Battle of Sunda Strait and S.L. Smith was one of the ships company who died in that battle. He was not one of the sailors who was recovered and imprisoned by the Japanese. (The date in the memorial -- 15 December 1945 -- was the date he was officially declared dead after the sailors who survived had been accounted for.) Awarded the Purple Heart.
Note: CDR Smith was my husband's first cousin once removed
CDR Smith served on the U.S.S. Houston which served as the Flagship of the Asiatic Fleet. In the Battle of the Java Sea the USS Houston was sunk in the Battle of Sunda Strait and S.L. Smith was one of the ships company who died in that battle. He was not one of the sailors who was recovered and imprisoned by the Japanese. (The date in the memorial -- 15 December 1945 -- was the date he was officially declared dead after the sailors who survived had been accounted for.) Awarded the Purple Heart.
Note: CDR Smith was my husband's first cousin once removed
S. L. Smith was a Commander in the United States Navy. He was the son of Layton Fontaine Smith and Mary Alexander Beasley Smith - born and brought up in Maryland in the household of his mother's parents. He attended the U.S. Navel Academy. When he was 23, he married Katherine L. Bechtold and in 1930 they were living with her parents. Sidney and Katherine had two sons Sidney L. Smith Jr. and Gordon Leigh Smith who was born March 6 1935.
CDR Smith served on the U.S.S. Houston which served as the Flagship of the Asiatic Fleet. In the Battle of the Java Sea the USS Houston was sunk in the Battle of Sunda Strait and S.L. Smith was one of the ships company who died in that battle. He was not one of the sailors who was recovered and imprisoned by the Japanese. (The date in the memorial -- 15 December 1945 -- was the date he was officially declared dead after the sailors who survived had been accounted for.) Awarded the Purple Heart.
Note: CDR Smith was my husband's first cousin once removed
CDR Smith served on the U.S.S. Houston which served as the Flagship of the Asiatic Fleet. In the Battle of the Java Sea the USS Houston was sunk in the Battle of Sunda Strait and S.L. Smith was one of the ships company who died in that battle. He was not one of the sailors who was recovered and imprisoned by the Japanese. (The date in the memorial -- 15 December 1945 -- was the date he was officially declared dead after the sailors who survived had been accounted for.) Awarded the Purple Heart.
Note: CDR Smith was my husband's first cousin once removed
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- Created by: RosalieAnn
- Added: Aug 4, 2010
- Find a Grave Memorial ID:
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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/55868324/sidney_layton-smith: accessed ), memorial page for CDR Sidney Layton Smith (12 Aug 1903–1 Mar 1942), Find a Grave Memorial ID 55868324, citing Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Manila, Capital District, National Capital Region, Philippines; Maintained by RosalieAnn (contributor 46559872).
