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SMOAK, Clarence - Date of
birth
25 April 1922 -
Age
22 - Place of
birth
Sniders Crossroads, Colleton County, South Carolina -
Hometown
Colleton County, South Carolina
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
34849845 -
Rank
Private -
Function
unknown -
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
115th Infantry Regiment,
29th Infantry Division
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Awards
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
4 October 1944 - Place of
death
In the vicinity of Kreuzrath-Birgden-Hattenrath, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| O | 19 | 14 |
Immediate family
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Members
Nathan H. Smoak (father)
Katie (Benton) Smoak (mother)
Herman Smoak (brother)
Ned Smoak (brother)
Harold Smoak (brother)
Clara Smoak (sister)
Dan Smoak (brother)
More information
Pvt Clarence Smoak enlisted on 20 December 1943 at Fort Jackson, Columbia, South Carolina and going overseas in August 1944 and joined his unit from a Replacement Depot on 1 October 1944.
Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / WWII Draft Cards / 1930/1940 Census, Press and Standard - 9 November 1944
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Press and Standard - 9 November 1944