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Personal info

Full name
SMITH, Max Wayne
Date of birth
14 May 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Belle Center, Logan County, Ohio
Hometown
Baugo Township, Elkhart County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
6274527
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
HQ & HQ Company,
242nd Infantry Regiment,
42nd Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 January 1945
Place of death
Near Kaltenhouse, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 43 18

Immediate family

Members
Clarence W. Smith (father)
Martha (Finestone) Smith (mother)
Elizabeth F. Smith (sister)
Florence A. Smith (sister)
James E. Smith (brother)
Katie (Teola) Smith (wife)

More information

Pfc Max W. Smith attended high school for three years and was a lineman and serviceman with a telegraph and telephone company before he joined the Regular Army at Fort Francis E. Warren Cheyenne, Wyoming on 4 March 1941.

He is remembered at the New Philadelphia Cemetery in West Liberty, Logan County, Ohio.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census, www.findagrave.com – Deb Allison

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy / Debb Allison