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Personal info

Full name
SMITH, Shannon William
Date of birth
20 March 1911
Age
33
Place of birth
Hyndman, Bedford County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Boswell, Somerset County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33763545
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
776th Field Artillery Battalion
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 February 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
D 10 14

Immediate family

Members
Walter C. Smith (father)
Minnie P. (Emerick) Smith (mother)
Mary E. Smith (sister)
Willard Smith (brother)
Wayne Smith (brother)
Katherine Smith (sister)
Kathryn P. (Lint) Smith (wife)
Shannon W. Smith III (son)

More information

T/5 Shannon W. Smith enlisted in Altoona, Pennsylvania on 27 July 1943.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Application File WWII / Bailey Family Tree / 1930 Census, www.findagrave.com - a2
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery