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Richard Lee SMITH
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Source : Brian Jodi Kueker
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| NUMBER OF SERVICE | 35964003 | ||||||
| AGE | 29 yo | ||||||
| DATE OF BIRTH | 8 May 1916 Keyser, Mineral County, WEST VIRGINIA | ||||||
| ENLISTMENT STATE | WEST VIRGINIA | ||||||
| FAMILY |
Maried Mother : Bertha SMITH | ||||||
| RANK | Private | ||||||
| FONCTION | --- | ||||||
| JOB BEFORE ENLISTEMENT | Semiskilled occupations in manufacture of textiles |  | |||||
| DATE of ENLISTEMENT | 17 May 1945 Huntington WEST VIRGINIA | ||||||
| COMPANY | 3050th Graves Registration Company | ||||||
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| DATE OF DEATH | 25 March 1946 |
Source : Andy | |||||
| STATUS | DNB | ||||||
| PLACE OF DEATH | Avignon, Departement du VAUCLUSE | ||||||
| CEMETERY TEMPORARY |
CEMTERY TEMPORARY of Draguignan N°3551 | ||||||
| CEMETERY | RHONE AMERICAN CEMETERY and MEMORIAL of Draguignan | ||||||
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| STORY | |||||||
| Private Richard Lee Smith, born 8 May 1916, was the son of Bertha “Bertie” Florence Smith of Keyser, Mineral County, West Virginia. Keyser is on the North Branch of the Potomac River 22 mi SW of Cumberland, Maryland. He left a wife, Mary, and son, Ronald, in Keyser. In the 1920 census 3-year-old Richard is living with his mother, two aunts, and four cousins at 319 West Piedmont Street in Keyser, Mineral County, WV. I did not find anything on his father. In the 1930 census 13-year-old Richard is living with his mother Bertie 39, in the household of his paternal Aunt Mary M Smith 65, Aunt Rose O’Leary and cousins John 22, Charles 18, and Neal 14, at 319 West Piedmont Street in Keyser, Mineral County, WV. Aunt Mary is a “Sweeper” for a steam railroad. His cousins work in a silk mill. | |||||||
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Source : Fold 3 | |||||||
| In the 1940 census 23-year-old Richard is still living at 319 W Piedmont with his mother, Bertie 49, and Aunt Mary 75, with cousins John 32 and Charles 28. Richard is a textile worker in a rayon plant. On his Oct 1940 draft registration 24-year-old Richard is still living at 319 Piedmont in Keyser and working at Celanese Corporation in Cumberland Md. Richard married Mary Elizabeth Spurling sometime before 1944. 28-year-old Richard enlisted or was inducted in May 1944. His job at Celanese must have been important to the war effort to keep him out of the service until May 1944. He was assigned to the 3050th Quartermaster Graves Registration Company. | |||||||
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Source : Fold 3 | |||||||
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Source : Med-dept.com | The NARA WWII casualty listings by state and county for West Virginia show Smith, Richard L, Pvt from Mineral County as DNB (Died Non-Battle) on 25 Mar 1946, 10 months after the end of hostilities in May 1945. Richard died from injuries sustained in a vehicle accident. Mary never remarried. She passed away at the Goodwill Retirement Community in Grantsville Maryland 22 Apr 2015 at age 92. She was buried at Cabin Run Cemetery in Keyser. | ||||||
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Source : MKP | |||||||
| SOURCE INFORMATION & SOURCE PHOTO | Brian Jodi Kueker - American Battle Monuments Commission(Facebook) - Abmc.gov - Findagrave.com - Aad.archives.gov |
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| PROGRAMMER | Eric, Henri, Garrett, Clive, Frédéric & Renaud |