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Smith, Adolphus G.

Rank and Name, Private First Class Adolphus G. Smith.

Unit/Placed in, 182nd Infantry Regiment, Americal Division, United States Army.

 

Adolphus is born on 1915 in Oklahoma.

Parents and Siblings, no record.

 

Adolphus enlisted the service in Oklahoma with service number # 38189056.

 

Adolphus was KIA/MIA in the fights with the Japanese defending Hill 260 (Bougainville) on 10 March 1944,  he is honored with a Purple Heart, Good Combat Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

 

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

Walls of the missing.

 

Thanks to, http://www.182ndinfantry.org/

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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/

Enlistment Record; https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KMNM-NTQ

182nd Infantry Regiment
Americal Division
His rank Private First Class
The intimidating terrain of Bougainville and one of the island's imposing active volcanoes.
Observation post, with a wooden ladder leading high up into the Banyan tree.
Soldiers, mostly from the 2nd Platoon of Company G, pose with a skull smoking a cigarette.
Defensive positions on top of the hill as of 9 March 1944.
Japanese weapons collected in the cleanup on Hill 260
Allied infrastructure on Bougainville in May 1944.
Casualty List Oklahoma