US PARAS Smith, Christopher Clark

[Craig Robertson]

• SURNAME

Smith​

• FORENAME

Christopher Clark​

• UNIT

506th Parachute Infantry Regiment​

• RANK

Private First Class​

• NUMBER

12138478​

• DATE OF DEATH

6th June 1944​

• AGE

22​

• GRAVESITE

Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial, Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy, France. Tablets of the Missing​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born 27.06.1921 Clarksburg, West Virginia, USA​

3 years high school​

civil occupation semiskilled mechanics and repairmen​

employed by Cutler's Service, Broadway & 9th Street, Sarasota, Florida​

1942 married Sara Jane Anargust (nee Smeltzer) (1925-2000)​

daughter Barbara Ann (1942-2018)​

married upon enlistment​

resided Apartment 17, Terrell Apartments, Oak Street, Sarasota, Sarasota County, Florida (draft card)​

15.02.1942 draft card Sarasota, Florida​

31.08.1942 entered service Rochester, New York​

awarded Bronze Star Medal​

MIA Normandy (aircraft crashed in sea) ​

C-47A Registration 42-100733​