Carl Edward Smith

S/Sgt., 10th Air Force, 7th Bombardment Group, 493rd Bombardment Squadron, U. S. Army Air Corps

Killed in Action 5 November 1944, India.

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Compiled by Linda Cunningham Fluharty.


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CARL EDWARD SMITH, born 8 May 1909 at Sistersville, Tyler County, W.Va., was the son of Harry Thomas Smith and Mary A. Bradfield.

1910 Census, Sistersville, Lincoln District, Tyler County, W.Va.
#612 - Water Street
Harry Smith, Head, 24, Laborer Gasoline Boat, b. Ohio
Mary Smith, Wife, 22, b. W.Va.
Carl Smith, Son, 1, b. W.Va.

Harry Smith died 7 March 1919 of pneumonia, related to recurrence of influenza.

1920 Census, Sistersville, Lincoln District, Tyler County, W.Va.
#400 - Water Street
Mary Smith, Head, 31, Widow, b. W.Va.
Carl E. Smith, Son, 10, b. W.Va. George T. Smith, Son, 8, b. W.Va. Fannie E. Smith, Daughter, 5, b. W.Va. Robert H. Smith, Son, 3, b. W.Va.

1930 Census, Sistersville, Lincoln District, Tyler County, W.Va.
#400 - Virginia Street [as written]
Mary Smith, Head, 42, Widow, b. W.Va.
Carl Smith, Son, 20, Truck Driver Oil Field, b. W.Va. George Smith, Son, 18, b. W.Va. Elizabeth Smith, Daughter, 16, b. W.Va. Robert Smith, Son, 13, b. W.Va. 1940 Census, Sistersville, Lincoln District, Tyler County, W.Va.
#400 - Water Street
Mary Smith, Head, 42, Widow, Housekeeper, b. W.Va.
Carl Smith, Son, 30, Pilot River Ferry, b. W.Va. Robert Smith, Son, 23, New Worker, b. W.Va.

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Enlisted in the U. S. Army Air Corps 20 Aug 1942, Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana.

Unknown if Carl E. Smith is actually buried at Arlington National Cemetery, or if this is a memorial marker.

Marker
Photo and description at find-a-grave.


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