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Personal info

Full name
SMITH, Warren Taylor
Date of birth
31 May 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Jacksonville, Morgan County, Illinois
Hometown
Morgan County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36963590
Rank
Private
Function
Rifleman
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
115th Infantry Regiment,
29th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 December 1944
Place of death
West bank of the Rur river at Jülich, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
A 44 9

Immediate family

Members
Harry L. Smith (father)
Lena B. Smith (mother)
Mary I. Smith (sister)
Virginia Smith (sister)
Earl Smith (brother)
Harry D. Smith (brother)
Mary F. (Handy) Smith (wife)
Judy Smith (daughter)

More information

Pvt Warren T. Smith attended Newton Bateman Memorial High School and graduated from Jacksonville High School in 1938. He attended Browns Business College. He was employed at Elliot State Bank in Jacksonville.

Pvt Smith joined his unit from Replacement Depot on 17 October 1944.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, WWII Draft Card, 1930 US Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com, Newton Bateman Memorial High School, 1937, Jacksonville High School 1938, Daily Illinois State Journal - 8 December 1945