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Personal info

Full name
SMITH, Robert Ford
Date of birth
1922
Age
unknown
Place of birth
unknown
Hometown
Jefferson County, Alabama

Military service

Service number
20467601
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
261st Infantry Regiment,
65th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 April 1945
Place of death
Nuremberg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 9 5

Immediate family

Members
Hugh Smith (father)
Gladys (Ford) Smith (mother)
Clara Smith (sister)
Virginia (Pratt) Smith (wife)

More information

Pfc Robert F. Smith attended high school for four years and worked for a bookkeeper. He joined the National Guard in Birmingham, Alabama on 10 February 1941.

He was killed by a sniper.

Source of information: Nick Lieten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Alabama Marriage Records / 1930/1940 Census / Family Tree
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Jaap Vermeer