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Personal info

Full name
SMITH, Clyde J
Date of birth
12 April 1921
Age
24
Place of birth
Tennessee
Hometown
Sequatchie County, Tennessee

Military service

Service number
34365363
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
A Battery,
486th Anti-Aircraft Artillery (Automatic Weapons) Battalion,
2nd Platoon
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 April 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
N 10 8

Immediate family

Members
John Smith (father)
Gertie M. (Brock) Smith (mother)
Fred L. Smith (brother)
Maybell Smith (sister)
Gennive Smith (sister)
Claude Smith (brother)
J.L. Smith (brother)
Hollis C. Smith (brother)
James C. Smith (brother)

More information

Pfc Clyde J. Smith enlisted at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia on 18 August 1942.

The second platoon of A Battery under 1st Lt Clinton L. Harris was given the mission of protecting a bridging operation across the Mulde. This operation met with heavy resistance and in the ensuing battle, a M-16 was hit by bazooka fire, causing the death of S/Sgt Elmer Smlinsky, Pfc Clyde Smith and Cpl William Bradley.

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, NARA, 3ad.com, www.ancestry.com - Varnes Family Tree / 1930/1940 Census, Brenda Brandt

Photo source: FOHF, Brenda Brandt