PFC
Bernard F Smith
Aged 25, fallen January 17, 1945
- Unit
- Company G, 242nd Infantry Regiment
- Serial number
- 36158333
- Hometown
- Muskegon, Michigan
- Date of death
- January 17, 1945
- Classification
- Died of wounds
- Burial
- Mona View Cemetery, 312-B-7, Muskegon Heights, Michigan
Private First Class Bernard F Smith, serial number 36158333, of Muskegon, Michigan, served with Company G of the 242nd Infantry Regiment in the 42nd Infantry Division, the Rainbow Division. He died of wounds on January 17, 1945, at the age of 25. He is buried at Mona View Cemetery, 312-B-7, Muskegon Heights, Michigan.
Further reading: The Battle of Hatten-Rittershoffen and the Men Who Held the Line.
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