Rank and Name, Second Lieutenant Charles Elmer Smith.
Unit/Placed in, 339th Fighter Squadron “Sun-Setters”, 347th Fighter Group, United States Army Air Forces.
Charles is born on 3 March 1920 in George Town, Williamsons County, Texas.
Charles enlisted the service in Texas with service number # 0-752149.
Charles was KIA/Mia on the mission Bomber Escort over Rabaul (Papua, New Guinea, he probably crashed in the sea) on 17 January 1944, he is honored with an Air Medal, Purple Heart, Good Combat Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
Charles is buried/mentioned at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial Manila, Metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines.
Walls of the missing.
Thanks to, http://www.historyofwar.org/air/units/USAAF/347th_Fighter_Group.htm
https://pacificwrecks.com/units/usaaf/347fg/index.html
https://pacificwrecks.com/units/usaaf/347fg/339fs.html
Jean Louis Vijgen, ww2-Pacific.com ww2-europe.com
Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.
ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov
Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/ Geoffrey Roecker
Seabees History Bob Smith https://seabeehf.org/
Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org
POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.
Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/ Robert Capistrano
Navy Seal Memorial, http://www.navysealmemorials.com
Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org
WW2 Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/
Medals Info, https://www.honorstates.org
Medals Forum, https://www.usmilitariaforum.com/
Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com
Tank Destroyers, http://www.bensavelkoul.nl/
WordPress en/of Wooncommerce oplossingen, https://www.siteklusjes.nl/
Military Recovery, https://www.dpaa.mil/
TWS Roll of Honor, togetherweserved.com
