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Personal info

Full name
SMITHEY, Rubert Franklin
Date of birth
22 June 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Cooke County, Texas
Hometown
Valley View, Cooke County, Texas

Military service

Service number
38433446
Rank
Technician Fourth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
104th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 November 1944
Place of death
Near Albestroff, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 21 31

Immediate family

Members
Willie B. Smithey (father)
Eddie T. (McPherson) Smithey (mother)
Lawrence W. Smithey (brother)
William A. Smithey (brother)
Walter B. Smithey (brother)
Edna L. Smithey (sister)
James R. Smithey (brother)
Emma J. Smithey (sister)
Richard L. Smithey (brother)
Robert E. Smithey (brother)
Ellen I. Smithey (sister)
Thelma M. (Johnson) Smithey (wife)
Rubert F. Smithey Jr. (son)

More information

T/4 Rubert F. Smithey was employed at the R. L. Myers Milk Route before he enlisted in 1943.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.findagrave.com, After Action Report 26th Infantry Division
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Denise Kellam, Men and Women in the Armed Forces from Cooke County, Texas