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Personal info

Full name
SMART, Gerald Leonard
Date of birth
26 March 1911
Age
33
Place of birth
Millinocket, Penobscot County, Maine
Hometown
Millinocket, Penobscot County, Maine
Religion
Jewish

Military service

Service number
31352369
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
141st Infantry Regiment,
36th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 October 1944
Place of death
Biffontaine, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 7 48

Immediate family

Members
Alexander C. Smart (father)
Charlotte E. (Farrell) Smart (mother)
Garth Smart (brother)
Jerome C. Smart (brother)
Jannie Smart (brother)
Louise B. (Belanger) Smart (wife)
Carol L. Smart (daughter)

More information

Pvt Gerald L. Smart attended college and was a retail manager before he enlisted in Brewer, Maine on 27 October 1943. he was sent overseas in July 1944.

He is remembered at the cemetery of Millinocket, Penobscot, Maine.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, https://texasmilitaryforcesmuseum.org/, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Audibert Lajeunesse Tree, www.findagrave.com – Marguerite / Russ Pickett, www.newspapers.com – The Bangor Daily News - 9 December 1944

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy