Rank and Name, Sergeant Albert Crato Smith.
Unit/Placed in, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment (1st Battalion, C-Comp.), 101st Airborne Division ”Screaming Eagles”.
Albert is born on 17 June 1924 in Anderson, South Carolina.
Mother, Gregoria B. (Bridges) Smith.
Sister(s), Monte B. Smith.
Brother(s), Woodrow and Theodore Smith.
Albert enlisted the service in South Carolina with service number # 14124312.
Albert was KIA in the counter attacks from the Germans at Son on 20 September 1944, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Combat Infantry Badge, Marksman Ship Badge, Good Conduct Medal, Parachute Badge, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, European African Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
Albert is buried/mentioned at Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial, Margraten, Eijsden-Margraten Municipality, Limburg, Netherlands.
Dit graf is geadopteerd door Dhr. R. M.H. Hensgens.
Thanks to,
Jean Louis Vijgen, ww2-Pacific.com 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/
WordPress en/of Wooncommerce oplossingen, https://www.siteklusjes.nl/
Military Recovery, https://www.dpaa.mil/
