Individual Details

A. J. Smith

(1925 - 1945)

Events

Birth1925Indiana
Census (family)-shared19 Apr 1930(Raymond Smith and Ruth Z. Carpenter) Jefferson, Cass County, Michigan
Census (family)-shared4 May 1940(Raymond Smith and Ruth Z. Carpenter) Volinia, Cass County, Michigan
Enlistment30 May 1944
Death1945Volinia, Cass County, Michigan
BurialLittle Fish Lake Cemetery, Volinia, Cass County, Michigan

Families

FatherRaymond Smith (1888 - 1948)
MotherRuth Z. Carpenter (1892 - 1961)
SiblingRay B. Smith (1927 - 1994)
SiblingWalter E. Smith (1929 - )
SiblingMaudie Smith (1930 - 2004)

Notes

Census (family)-shared

Ray Smith Head M 42 Ohio - Farmer
Ruth Smith Wife F 38 Michigan
A J Smith Son M 4 Indiana
Ray B Smith Son M 2 Michigan
Walter E Smith Son M 1 Michigan

Census (family)-shared

Raymond Smith Head M 51 Ohio - World War Veteran
Ruth Smith Wife F 47 Michigan
A J Smith Son M 14 Indiana
Ray B Smith Son M 12 Michigan
Walter Smith Son M 11 Michigan
Maude Smith Daughter F 9 Michigan

Enlistment

On Memorial Day, May 30, 1944, "AJ" Smith of Cassopolis MI was inducted into the United States Navy. Ten months latter he died from wounds suffered when his ship, LSM (R) 188 ( a ship so small it was not even given a name) was struck by a Kamikaze plane. He was 20 years old.

Endnotes

1. "United States Census, 1930", database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XQYQ-KSB : 8 December 2015), Ruth Smith in entry for Ray Smith, 1930..

2. "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K422-SFL : accessed 20 September 2016), Walter Smith in household of Raymond Smith, Volinia Township, Cass, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 14-22, sheet 9A, family 248, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1738..

3. Find A Grave Memorial# 133148562.