Died D-Day, WW II, Utah Beach, France
WWII DRAFT CARD INFO:
Name: Frederick Rhea Smith
Race: White
Age: 18
Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head)
Birth Place: Gate City, Virginia, USA
Birth Date: 3 May 1925
Residence Place: Gate City, Scott, Virginia, USA
Registration Date: 1943
Employer: Kingsport Press
Weight: 142
Complexion: Light
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Blonde
Height: 5 11
Next of Kin: Lawrence Smith
WWII ENLISTMENT RECORD:
Name: Frederick R Smith
Birth Year: 1925
Race: White, citizen (White)
Nativity State or Country: Virginia
State of Residence: Virginia
Enlistment Date: 31 Jul 1943
Enlistment State: Virginia
Enlistment City: Abingdon
Branch: No branch assignment
Branch Code: No branch assignment
Grade: Private
Grade Code: Private
Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men)
Source: Civil Life
Education: 4 years of high school
Civil Occupation: Pressmen and plate printers, printing
Marital Status: Single, without dependents
Height: 00
Weight: 000
Pfc. Fredrick Smith Will Be Reburied In Holston View
Gate City, Va. - (Spl.) The body of Pfc. Frederick R. Smith was returned to his home here Friday, after arriving in Kingsport. Veterans of Foreign Wars of Kingsport and Gate City Legion Post 65 furnished the color guard and pallbearers.
Pfc. Smith was a native of Scott County and was the son of Lawrence Y. and Callie Herron Smith. He was educated at Shoemaker High School, and before entering military service was employed in the engraving department of the Kingsport Press.
He was inducted July 17, 1943, and took training at Camp Lee, Va., Camp Rucker, Ala. and Camp Forest, Tenn. He was overseas in April, 1944, and lost his life on Utah Beach during the course of the initial assault of the beach landidng on D-Day.
Both parents and a sister, Mrs. Paul Davis, all of Gate City, survive.
Funeral services will be held at the First Methodist Church here, Sunday. Chaplain J. C. Hawkins, former pastor, will have charge. American Legion Post 65 of Gate City will furnish pallbearers, color guard, and will have charge of the graveside service. Burial will be in the veterans' section of Holston View Cemetery.
Transcribed from Kingsport Times, July 17, 1948 issue
By Kenny Stallard
WWII DRAFT CARD INFO:
Name: Frederick Rhea Smith
Race: White
Age: 18
Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head)
Birth Place: Gate City, Virginia, USA
Birth Date: 3 May 1925
Residence Place: Gate City, Scott, Virginia, USA
Registration Date: 1943
Employer: Kingsport Press
Weight: 142
Complexion: Light
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Blonde
Height: 5 11
Next of Kin: Lawrence Smith
WWII ENLISTMENT RECORD:
Name: Frederick R Smith
Birth Year: 1925
Race: White, citizen (White)
Nativity State or Country: Virginia
State of Residence: Virginia
Enlistment Date: 31 Jul 1943
Enlistment State: Virginia
Enlistment City: Abingdon
Branch: No branch assignment
Branch Code: No branch assignment
Grade: Private
Grade Code: Private
Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men)
Source: Civil Life
Education: 4 years of high school
Civil Occupation: Pressmen and plate printers, printing
Marital Status: Single, without dependents
Height: 00
Weight: 000
Pfc. Fredrick Smith Will Be Reburied In Holston View
Gate City, Va. - (Spl.) The body of Pfc. Frederick R. Smith was returned to his home here Friday, after arriving in Kingsport. Veterans of Foreign Wars of Kingsport and Gate City Legion Post 65 furnished the color guard and pallbearers.
Pfc. Smith was a native of Scott County and was the son of Lawrence Y. and Callie Herron Smith. He was educated at Shoemaker High School, and before entering military service was employed in the engraving department of the Kingsport Press.
He was inducted July 17, 1943, and took training at Camp Lee, Va., Camp Rucker, Ala. and Camp Forest, Tenn. He was overseas in April, 1944, and lost his life on Utah Beach during the course of the initial assault of the beach landidng on D-Day.
Both parents and a sister, Mrs. Paul Davis, all of Gate City, survive.
Funeral services will be held at the First Methodist Church here, Sunday. Chaplain J. C. Hawkins, former pastor, will have charge. American Legion Post 65 of Gate City will furnish pallbearers, color guard, and will have charge of the graveside service. Burial will be in the veterans' section of Holston View Cemetery.
Transcribed from Kingsport Times, July 17, 1948 issue
By Kenny Stallard
Died D-Day, WW II, Utah Beach, France
WWII DRAFT CARD INFO:
Name: Frederick Rhea Smith
Race: White
Age: 18
Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head)
Birth Place: Gate City, Virginia, USA
Birth Date: 3 May 1925
Residence Place: Gate City, Scott, Virginia, USA
Registration Date: 1943
Employer: Kingsport Press
Weight: 142
Complexion: Light
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Blonde
Height: 5 11
Next of Kin: Lawrence Smith
WWII ENLISTMENT RECORD:
Name: Frederick R Smith
Birth Year: 1925
Race: White, citizen (White)
Nativity State or Country: Virginia
State of Residence: Virginia
Enlistment Date: 31 Jul 1943
Enlistment State: Virginia
Enlistment City: Abingdon
Branch: No branch assignment
Branch Code: No branch assignment
Grade: Private
Grade Code: Private
Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men)
Source: Civil Life
Education: 4 years of high school
Civil Occupation: Pressmen and plate printers, printing
Marital Status: Single, without dependents
Height: 00
Weight: 000
Pfc. Fredrick Smith Will Be Reburied In Holston View
Gate City, Va. - (Spl.) The body of Pfc. Frederick R. Smith was returned to his home here Friday, after arriving in Kingsport. Veterans of Foreign Wars of Kingsport and Gate City Legion Post 65 furnished the color guard and pallbearers.
Pfc. Smith was a native of Scott County and was the son of Lawrence Y. and Callie Herron Smith. He was educated at Shoemaker High School, and before entering military service was employed in the engraving department of the Kingsport Press.
He was inducted July 17, 1943, and took training at Camp Lee, Va., Camp Rucker, Ala. and Camp Forest, Tenn. He was overseas in April, 1944, and lost his life on Utah Beach during the course of the initial assault of the beach landidng on D-Day.
Both parents and a sister, Mrs. Paul Davis, all of Gate City, survive.
Funeral services will be held at the First Methodist Church here, Sunday. Chaplain J. C. Hawkins, former pastor, will have charge. American Legion Post 65 of Gate City will furnish pallbearers, color guard, and will have charge of the graveside service. Burial will be in the veterans' section of Holston View Cemetery.
Transcribed from Kingsport Times, July 17, 1948 issue
By Kenny Stallard
WWII DRAFT CARD INFO:
Name: Frederick Rhea Smith
Race: White
Age: 18
Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head)
Birth Place: Gate City, Virginia, USA
Birth Date: 3 May 1925
Residence Place: Gate City, Scott, Virginia, USA
Registration Date: 1943
Employer: Kingsport Press
Weight: 142
Complexion: Light
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Blonde
Height: 5 11
Next of Kin: Lawrence Smith
WWII ENLISTMENT RECORD:
Name: Frederick R Smith
Birth Year: 1925
Race: White, citizen (White)
Nativity State or Country: Virginia
State of Residence: Virginia
Enlistment Date: 31 Jul 1943
Enlistment State: Virginia
Enlistment City: Abingdon
Branch: No branch assignment
Branch Code: No branch assignment
Grade: Private
Grade Code: Private
Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men)
Source: Civil Life
Education: 4 years of high school
Civil Occupation: Pressmen and plate printers, printing
Marital Status: Single, without dependents
Height: 00
Weight: 000
Pfc. Fredrick Smith Will Be Reburied In Holston View
Gate City, Va. - (Spl.) The body of Pfc. Frederick R. Smith was returned to his home here Friday, after arriving in Kingsport. Veterans of Foreign Wars of Kingsport and Gate City Legion Post 65 furnished the color guard and pallbearers.
Pfc. Smith was a native of Scott County and was the son of Lawrence Y. and Callie Herron Smith. He was educated at Shoemaker High School, and before entering military service was employed in the engraving department of the Kingsport Press.
He was inducted July 17, 1943, and took training at Camp Lee, Va., Camp Rucker, Ala. and Camp Forest, Tenn. He was overseas in April, 1944, and lost his life on Utah Beach during the course of the initial assault of the beach landidng on D-Day.
Both parents and a sister, Mrs. Paul Davis, all of Gate City, survive.
Funeral services will be held at the First Methodist Church here, Sunday. Chaplain J. C. Hawkins, former pastor, will have charge. American Legion Post 65 of Gate City will furnish pallbearers, color guard, and will have charge of the graveside service. Burial will be in the veterans' section of Holston View Cemetery.
Transcribed from Kingsport Times, July 17, 1948 issue
By Kenny Stallard
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