Rank and Name, Private First Class Earl James Smith.
Unit/Placed in, 22nd Infantry Regiment (3rd Battalion L-Comp), 4th Infantry Division “Ivy”.
Earl is born approx. on 9 June, 1922 in Lockport, New York.
Father, Ralph B. Smith.
Mother, Cara E. Smith.
Brother(s), Ralph B. Smith.
Earl enlisted the service in New York with service number # 32842597.
Earl was KIA in the Battle for the Schnee-Eifel(very Big/Wide) battle-part on 24 Sep. 1944, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Combat infantry Badge, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
Earl is buried/mentioned at Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery and Memorial, Henri-Chapelle, Arrondissement de Verviers, Liège, Belgium
Thanks to,
Jean Louis Vijgen, ww2-Pacific.com and ww2-europe.com.
Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.
ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov
Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/ Geoffrey Roecker
Seabees History Bob Smith https://seabeehf.org/
Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org
POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.
Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/ Robert Capistrano
National Historian
Navy Seal Memorial, http://www.navysealmemorials.com
Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org
Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/
Medals Info, https://www.honorstates.org
Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com
Tank Destroyers, http://www.bensavelkoul.nl/
