Pvt. Kenneth Donald Smith
Born: 24 February 1915 – Norquay, Saskatchewan, Canada
Parents: James A. Smith & Elizabeth M. Currie-Smith
– mother died when he was in his early teens
Siblings: 2 sisters
Home:
– 1608 North Fifteenth Avenue – Melrose Park, Illinois
Education:
– Lincoln School, Maywood, Illinois
– Proviso Township High School
– Class of 1934
– left after two and one-half years when his family returned to Canada
– his family would return to the Chicago area and reside in Bellwood, Illinois
Employed: Illinois Tool Works – Elgin, Illinois
Married:
– 13 August 1938 – Lois Schulz
Children: 1 daughter
Residence:
– 1010 South Greenwood Avenue – Maywood, Illinois
– moved to 629 Green Bay Road – Wilmette, Illinois
Selective Service Registration: 16 October 1940
Contact Person: Lois Smith – wife
Enlisted: U.S. Marine Corps Reserve
– 28 January 1942 – U.S. Marines
Training – 13th Recruit Battalion, Recruit Depot, Camp Pendleton, California
Stationed:
– April 1942 – 1st Guard Company, Marine Barracks, Naval Ammunition Depot – Oahu, Hawaii
Naturalized Citizen
– 21 December 1942
Serial Number: 882362
Unit: 6th JAS Company, Headquarters Battalion, 6th Marine Division
– Sixth Joint Assault Signal Company
– small amphibious unit
– unit formed on Guadalcanal – 7 September 1944
Engagements:
– Battle of Okinawa
– Marines landed – 1 April 1945
Killed in Action:
– 19 June 1945 – Battle of Okinawa
Buried:
– September 1949 – Arlington Cemetery – Elmhurst, Illinois
– Section: 4 Grave: 41
Medals:
– Purple Heart
– Presidential Unit Citation
