Smith Jr. , Albert Ervin

Rank and Name, Private First Class Albert Ervin Smith Jr.

Unit/Placed in, 1^st Medical Battalion (D-Comp) 1^st Marine Division, United States Marine Corps.

Albert is born on 1925 in Maine.

Father, Albert Ervin Smit Sr.

Mother, Ethel Doloris (Bishop) Smith.

Sister(s), Barbara M. Smith.

Albert enlisted the service in Maine with service number # 544976.

Albert died of an illness (bronchial pneumonia) aboard the Hospital ship USS Solace (AH-5) near Peleliu/Palau on 21 October 1944, he is honored with a Good Combat Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, Expeditionary Medal, American Campaign Medal, Navy & Marine Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

Albert is buried/mentioned at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial Manila, Metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines.

Thanks to, https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/GXSY-7FH

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