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Personal info

Full name
SMITH, Marion A
Date of birth
26 September 1911
Age
33
Place of birth
Liberty Center, Henry County, Ohio
Hometown
Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35835265
Rank
Private
Function
Rifleman
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
317th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Folschviller, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 31 10

Immediate family

Members
Albert Smith (father)
Oma E. (Koder) Smith (mother)
Gertrude Smith (sister)
Clyde A. Smith (brother)
Clyde A. Smith (brother)
Samuel A. Smith (brother)
Bertha Smith (sister)
Clayton Smith (brother)
Herma L. Smith (sister)
George F. Smith (brother)
Theda B. Smith (wife)
Marilyn M. Smith (daughter)

More information

Pvt Marion A. Smith attended high school for four years and worked in a garage before he enlisted at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana on 26 April 1944.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1920/1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / The Stader Crosby File, www.80thdivision.com
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