William Emery Smith

The memorial chapel at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery showing aligned headstones and tree-lined walkways.

World War I (WWI)
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Fallen

Taneville, MO


County:
Williams

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Rank:
Pvt.1st Class

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Company G, 328th Infantry

Circumstances:

Killed in action Oct. 16, 1918.

Buried, Grave 15, Row 35, Block E, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

Information found in Volume 4, page 3021 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Registered Malta, Mont. Born, Taneville, Mo., Oct. 13, 1894, of American parents. Occupation - laborer. Inducted at Williston on Nov. 26, 1917. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in Company A, 352nd Infantry, to March 18, 1918; Headquarters Company, 352nd Infantry, to April 1, 1918; Company G, 328th Infantry, to death. Grade: Private 1st Class, July 8, 1918. Overseas from May 1, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensives: Meuse-Argonne; St. Mihiel. Defensive Sectors: Lucey and Marbache (Lorraine).