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State Heroes Total: 4277

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1945

Sergeant Orval A. Smith

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: B-24H Liberator #42-52215

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 450th AAF Bomber Group

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 15th Air Force

Date of Loss: May 25, 1945 / Age: 25

Killed in action when his plane was shot down and crashed, seven kilometers north-east of Veitsch, Austria.

1944

Private Robert Smith

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: March 26, 1944 / Age: 25

Killed in action in Bougaunville.

1945

Aviation Cadet Robert A. Smith

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: May 30, 1945 / Age: 20

Died in service in Chandler, Arizona

1944

Staff Sergeant Robert D. Smith

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 19th Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 24th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: October 27, 1944 / Age: 25

Killed in action in Leyte, Philippine Islands

1945

Corporal Wallace R. Smith

World War II

Branch of Service: Marines

Date of Loss: February 27, 1945 / Age: 21

Killed in action in the Pacific Area

1945

2nd Lt. Verdie E. Smith

World War II

Branch of Service: Air Force

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 404th Bomber Squadron, 28th Bomber Group, Heavy

Date of Loss: January 24, 1945 / Age:

Died while in MIA status. Co-Pilot of B-24D, shot down by enemy fighter over Shumushu Straits while on mission to Paramushiro Island in the Kuriles chain.

1942

PFC Joseph L. Smith

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 194th Tank Battalion

Date of Loss: April 15, 1942 / Age: 27

Died while in POW status. Took part in the Bataan Death March, where he was killed by a Japanese guard and buried. After the war his remains were recovered.