Smith, Winfred Keith
- Date of birth:
- February 8th, 1924 (Kinsley/Edwards County, Kansas, the United States of America)
- Date of death:
- September 20th, 1944 (Lent, Gelderland province, the Netherlands)
- Service number:
- 37346096
- Nationality:
- American
Biography
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Purple Heart
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Technician 5th Grade (T-5)
- Unit:
- I-Company, 3rd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division 'All American'
- Awarded for:
- Operation Market Garden
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Technician 5th Grade (T-5)
- Unit:
- I-Company, 3rd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division 'All American'
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Technician 5th Grade (T-5)
- Unit:
- I-Company, 3rd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division 'All American'
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Technician 5th Grade (T-5)
- Unit:
- I-Company, 3rd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division 'All American'
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Technician 5th Grade (T-5)
- Unit:
- I-Company, 3rd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division 'All American'
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Technician 5th Grade (T-5)
- Unit:
- I-Company, 3rd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division 'All American'
Sources
- Photo 1: Findagrave.com by Peter Hakze
- Photo 2: Findagrave.com by Christina Stark Bontrager Hansen
- - LUNTEREN, F. VAN, The Battle of the Bridges, Casemate, 2017.
- MEGELLAS, J., De weg naar Berlijn, Mynx, Amsterdam, Nederland, 2005.
- NORDYKE, P., All American All the Way, Zenith Press, St. Paul, United States, 2005.
- STEENBERGER, D. e.a., De Oversteek, De Gelderlander, Nijmegen, 2013.
- https://www.honorstates.org/profiles/437695/
- https://www.oorlogsdodennijmegen.nl/persoon/smith/af8ddff4-e5cb-428d-a777-95ce9cc7c76a
- https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/GXQT-JG2/winfred-keith-smith-1924-1944
- https://www.uswarmemorials.org/html/people_details.php?PeopleID=31597
- https://www.ww2-airborne.us/units/504/504_trp_3.html
- https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/94367139/winfred-keith-smith
- https://eu.hutchnews.com/story/news/2013/02/10/of-man-mission-memorial/20875882007/
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