William A. Smith | American Battle Monuments Commission

World War II

Service #	37661729
Unit	149th Engineer Combat Battalion
Rank	Private U.S. Army
Entered Service From	Missouri
Date of Death	June 6 1944
Status	Recovered
Memorialized	Tablets of the Missing Normandy American Cemetery Normandy American Cemetery American Cemetery 14710 Colleville-sur-Mer France

149th Engineer Combat Battalion

Purple Heart

Notes

Through the work of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, the remains of Private William A. Smith were accounted for in 2024. His name is permanently inscribed on the “Walls of the Missing” at the Normandy American Cemetery.

When an individual’s remains have been accounted for by the U.S. Department of Defense, a rosette is placed next to the name on the Wall/Tablet/Court of the Missing to mark that the person now rests in a known gravesite.