PFC
Max W Smith
Aged 29, fallen January 25, 1945
- Unit
- Headquarters Detachment, 2nd Battalion, 242nd Infantry Regiment
- Serial number
- 6274527
- Hometown
- Elkhart, Indiana
- Date of death
- January 25, 1945
- Classification
- Killed in action
- Burial
- Epinal American Cemetery, Plot B Row 43 Grave 18, Epinal, France
Private First Class Max W Smith, serial number 6274527, of Elkhart, Indiana, served with the Headquarters Detachment of the 2nd Battalion, 242nd Infantry Regiment in the 42nd Infantry Division, the Rainbow Division. He was killed in action on January 25, 1945, at the age of 29. He is buried at Epinal American Cemetery, Plot B Row 43 Grave 18, Epinal, France.
Further reading: The 42nd “Rainbow” Division Was Not at the Battle of the Bulge.
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