Portsmouth City: Smith, Lewis Wates

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first-name: Lewis

middle-name: Wates

last-name: Smith

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home-address: 416 Madison St, Portsmouth VA

county: Portsmouth

birthplace: Atlanta, Georgia

date-of-birth: 1916-08-21

race: White

sex: Male

height-ft: 5

height-ins: 10 1/2

weight-lbs: 160

marital-status: Married

wife-maiden-name-or-husband

first-name: Mary

middle-name: Lynn

last-name: Travis

suffix:

place-of-marriage: San Luis Obispo, Calif.

date-of-marriage: 1942-06-02

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education

elementary-years: 7

high-school-years: 4

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occupation: S Lut Metal Worker (NNY)

religious-affiliation: Protestant

citizen-of-what-nation: U.S.A.

father-s-name

first-name: Eivell

middle-name: Gilbert

last-name: Smith

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mother-s-maiden-name

first-name: Mystic

middle-name: Elizabeth

last-name: White

part-ii-military-record

means-of-entry: Commissioned

date-of-entry: 1942-01-11

place-of-entry: Portsmouth, Va

rank-at-entry: Second Lieut.

first-served: Artillery

branch-of-service: Army

service-number: 425 - 780

previous-military-education-training-and-service: Trained in the C. M. 2. C. for three summers at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland.

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camp-station-base-school-etc-place-from-date-to-date: Fort Brogg ---- Fayetteville, N.C. Fort Leonard Hood ---- St. Louis Missouri Fort Sile ---- Lawton, Oklahoma San Luis Obispo ---- California

promoted

from-rank-to-rank-date-to-date: 2nd Lieut. ---- First Lieut. ---- March 43

information-about-overseas-service: When killed, he was serving with the Infantry, as a Liaison Officer. He moved up with the Infantry as a forward observer and was [illegible] down by machine gun fire. He was killed instantly.

citations-decorations-service-medals-etc: He was given the Purple Heart posthumously.

circumstances-of-death: Killed in Action

area-of-place-of-death: Maffin Bay (New Guinea)

date-of-death: 1944-06-23

any-other-details-known:

photograph: Yes

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first-name: Mary

middle-name: Lynn

last-name: Smith

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address: [illegible]

relationship: Wife

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first-name: Minnie

middle-name: Lee

last-name: Lowe (sister)

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address: 416 Madison St. Portsmouth, Va

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