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Personal info

Full name
SMITH, Oscar
Date of birth
17 September 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Chattaroy, Mingo County, West Virginia
Hometown
Mingo County, West Virginia
Religion
Protestant

Military service

Service number
15041473
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
1276th Engineer Combat Battalion
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 December 1944
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
F 10 2

Immediate family

Members
John W. Smith (father)
Matilda (Thompson) Smith (mother)
Earl Smith (brother)
Cleo Smith (sister)
Virgil Smith (brother)

More information

Pvt Oscar Smith attended Chattaroy High School.

He enlisted in Fort Thomas Newport, Kentucky on 25 July 1940.

He served in Iceland, France and Belgium.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten,www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / Smith Harris Farley

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.ancestry.com - Young American Patriots