Clifford D. Smith
Staff Sergeant, US Army Air Forces
Clifford D. Smith
Staff Sergeant, US Army Air Forces
Service #19032289
Assigned to an Unknown AAF Squadron or Group
Died on March 24, 1945
Near Ritzville, Lincoln County, Washington, See Note 1
Officially Listed as Died Non-Battle
Final Burial Location: Grave 106
Greenwood Memorial Terrace, Spokane, Washington
As listed in FindAGrave.com Memorial 179061867
Awards:
American Campaign
Service Medal
World War II
Victory Medal
These awards are based on the information below and per applicable DoD Directives and Awards Manuals:
American Campaign Service Medal Awarded for military service within the American Theater between December 7, 1941 and March 2, 1946.
World War II Victory Medal Awarded for military service between December 7, 1941 and December 31, 1946, both dates inclusive.
Note that this list may not include all awarded medals, devices, unit citations or qualification badges. As a Staff Sergeant it is also likely that he had earned the Army Good Conduct Medal.
Please bear in mind that there are very limited online records that could be verified
for this WWII Casualty,
most likely due to his very common first and last name.
From the National Archives:
There are 16 "Clifford D. Smith" and 274 "Clifford Smith" listings in the Army Serial Number Enlistment Records.
There is one "Clifford D. Smith" and 12 "Clifford Smith" listings in the Army Serial Number Reserve Corps Records.
None of these listings are a close match to his Army Serial Number and very few are connected to Washington State.
It is possible that his Army Service Number was not correctly transcribed in the WWII Honor List.
Much of the information on this page could not be validated by more than one source.
S SG Clifford D. Smith may have been born in 1917 or 1918 in Washington State
He may have been the son of Henry Smith and Lily M. Judd Smith
There were no records found that would indicate Clifford Smith was married or had any children.
His loss is recorded in the
Washington World War II Honor List of Dead and Missing,
page 1, Adams County,
published by the War Department in June 1946.
Staff Sergeant Clifford Smith is not listed on the American Battle Monuments Commission website.
Documents, Forms and Resources Found or Not Found:
No Application For Headstone or Marker, OQMG Form 623
No Eyewitness Statement or Report
Yes Federal Cunsus, 1940
Yes Grave Marker Photo, Find A Grave
No National Archives Database, Enlistment Records
No Official Group or Squadron accident report
No Photo of veteran
Yes Washington State Death Index, Death Records or Death Certifecate
No Washington Newspaper Obit, Notice, or Report
No WWII Draft Card Data
No WWII Hospital Admission Records
WWII Draft Card Data
No Records Found
Note 1: The death location, "Near Ritzville, Lincoln County, Washington" is based on the best information available at this time. In the case of S SG Smith, this location was estimated on:
A. Washington State Death Records record his birth year was about 1918, death date was March 24, 1945, death occured in Ritzville, Lincoln County WA and his
parents were Henry Smith and Lily M. Judd.
B. The 1940 U.S. Federal Cunsus records that a Clifford Smith was born in about 1918, was living in Mohler Washington with his parents Henry and Lily Smith, was single and had completed his 4th year of High School.
C. His Branch of Service was Army Air Forces based on his grave marker photo.
D. Anyone with additional information or a more specific location is welcomed and encouraged to submit an email to: ww2updates@withmilitaryhonors.com.
The following information on this casualty is sourced from The National Archives Database:
Enlistment Records
No Records Found
Reserve Corps Records
No Records Found
WWII Prisoners of War Data File
No Records Found
WWII Prisoners of the Japanese
No Records Found
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S SG Clifford Smith?
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