Korean War
Service # | 19336309 |
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Rank | Corporal U.S. Army |
Date of Death | April 5 1951 |
Korean Service Medal
National Defense Service Medal
Purple Heart
Republic of Korea War Service Medal
United Nations Service Medal
Corporal Smith was awarded the Purple Heart, the Combat Medical Badge, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.
Notes
Corporal Smith was a medic with the Medical Company, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division. He was seriously wounded while tending his wounded comrades in South Korea on April 3, 1951 and died of those wounds on April 5, 1951.