Military Involvement
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Arthur Aplin Smedley, Jr. was born Sept. 11, 1920 to Arthur A. (Sr.) and Lillian J. Aplin Smedley. He died Dec. 15, 1948 and is buried in Highland Memory Gardens Cemetery, Des Moines, IA.
Petty Officer Smedley served with the U.S. Navy in World War II.
Source: ancestry.com
Albert Francis Smith was born Dec. 20, 1924 to Albert James and Dorothy May Cooney Smith. He died Mar. 27, 1943 and is memorialized at the Walls of the Missing, Manila American Cemetery, Taguig City, Philippines.
Petty Officer Smith served in World War II with the U.S. Navy and died as the result of enemy action in the vicinity of Palau Islands.
Source: ancestry.com
Burton Horace Smith was born Oct. 16, 1921 to Ray and Edith E. Allison Smith. He died Nov. 27, 1944/FOD Apr. 5, 1946 and is memorialized at the Walls of the Missing, Manila American Cemetery, Taguig City, Philippines.
Petty Officer Smith served in World War II with the U.S. Navy and was MIA having been enroute under orders for assignments to duty in new construction, and he was presumed to have boarded an Army plane at Leyte Island which failed to arrive at its destination.
Source: ancestry.com
Carmi Jess “Smitty” Smith was born May 31, 1926 to Jess Eli and Lonetia Ellen Bickford Smith. He died Feb. 13, 2017 and is buried in Iowa Veterans Cemetery, Adel, IA.
Petty Officer Smith served with the U.S. Navy in World War II. He was later commissioned in the Iowa National Guard.
Source: ancestry.com
Cecil L. “Bill" Smith was born Mar. 11, 1927 to Roy and Lela Rubendahl Smith. He died Dec. 3, 1999 and is buried in Highland Memory Gardens Cemetery, Des Moines, IA. Cecil served with the U.S. Navy in World War II.
Source: ancestry.com
George L. Smith, Jr. was born Dec. 30, 1920. He died Apr. 9, 2011 and is buried in Chapel Hill Gardens, Des Moines, IA.
George served with the U.S. Navy in World War II.
Source: ancestry.com
George Leo Smith was born Mar. 14, 1920 to George and Myrtle Kellher Smith. He died Oct. 30, 1990 and is buried in Riverside National Cemetery, Riverside, CA.
George served with the U.S. Army in World War II.
Source: ancestry.com
Harold Bernard Smith was born Feb. 24, 1923 to Garrett Thomas and Minnie A. Gilmont Smith. He died Apr. 15, 1945 and is buried in Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, LeMay, MO.
Flight Officer Smith served with the U.S. Army Air Corps and was killed in a bombing mission over Formosa.
Source: ancestry.com
John Ernest Smith was born Oct. 31, 1924 to Ernest John and Margaret Jane King Smith. He died Apr. 24, 2008 and is buried in Rose Hills Memorial Park Cemetery, Whittier, CA.
Pvt. Smith served in World War II with the U.S. Army and received the Bronze Star and Purple Heart.
Source: ancestry.com
John Eugene Smith was born July 16, 1925 to Boyd and Ethel Hughes Smith. He died Apr. 16, 2015 and is buried in Iowa Veterans Cemetery, Adel, IA.
Sgt. Smith served with the U.S. Army in World War II.
Source: ancestry.com
Osco Smith, Jr. was born Feb. 19, 1928 to Osco (Sr.) and Grace Lenora McKern Smith. He died Apr. 25, 1949 and is buried in Glendale Cemetery, Des Moines, IA. Sgt. Smith served with the U.S. Marine Corps in World War II.
Source: ancestry.com
Paul L. Smith was born about 1918 to Kenneth E. and Eva Lena Gibson Smith. He died Nov. 15, 1944 and is buried in Lorraine American Cemetery, St. Avold, France.
2nd Lt. Smith served in World War II with the U.S. Army 358th Infantry Regiment, 90th Infantry Division and was KIA. He was awarded the Silver Star and Purple Heart.
Source: ancestry.com
Raymond George Smith was born Apr. 26, 1928 to Raymond G. and Bernice Adele Ford Smith. He died May 27, 2013 and is buried in Iowa Veterans Cemetery, Adel, IA.
Petty Officer Smith served with the U.S. Navy in World War II.
Source: ancestry.com
Robert Bernard Smith was born Mar. 13, 1919 to Asa Roy and Lillian Russum Payne Smith. He died Dec. 7, 1944 and is memorialized at the Walls of the Missing, Manila American Cemetery, Taguig City, Philippines.
Lt. Smith served in World War II with the U.S. Navy and died in Ormac Bay, Leyte Island while serving his country.
Source: ancestry.com
Robert James Smith was born July 20, 1920 to Max Harrison and Beulah Stull Smith. He died Jan. 1, 1948 and is buried in Glendale Cemetery, Des Moines, IA. Pvt. Smith served with the U.S. Army Cavalry in World War II.
Source: ancestry.com
Robert Lou Smith was born Nov. 17, 1928 to Homer M. and Lillian Lindsay Smith. He died Aug. 25, 2014 and is buried in Iowa Veterans Cemetery, Adel, IA.
Petty Officer Smith served with the U.S. Navy in World War II.
Source: ancestry.com
Roy Allison Smith was born Sept. 18, 1916 to Frank Roy and Golda Irene Coover Smith. He died Oct. 5, 1943 and is buried in Masonic Cemetery, Des Moines, IA.
Sgt. Smith served in World War II with the U.S. Army 320th Medical Battalion, 95th Division.
Source: ancestry.com
Russell Lowell “Bill” Smith was born May 9, 1919 to Samuel Sylvester and Frankie Elizabeth Hager Smith. He died Mar. 21, 2009 and is buried in Resthaven Cemetery, West Des Moines, IA. 1st Sgt. Smith served with the U.S. Army in World War.
Source: ancestry.com
William Charles Smith, Jr. was born Nov. 14, 1926 to William Charles (Sr.) and Edith M Allgood Kelly.
William served in World War II with the U.S. Army Air Corps.
Source: ancestry.com
Robert Harvey Smithson was born May 28, 1914 to H. Clyde and Jennie Ursula Miller Smithson. He died Aug. 22, 1944 and is buried in Normandy American Cemetery, Colleville-sur-Mer, France.
Pvt. Smithson served in World War II with the U.S. Army 120th Infantry Regiment, 30th Infantry Division and was KIA in France and awarded the Purple Heart.
Source: ancestry.com
ServiceMen Research done by WWII Researcher, Pat Holt Juon, Mar & Aug 2019; updated Aug 2020 & Feb 2021 & Jul 2022 & Jul & Aug 2023 & Mar, Jun & Aug 2024