IN UNIFORM.
Raymond J. Smith, 407 W. Fourth street, has been advanced to the rank of staff sergeant, the commanding officer of a bombardment group announced. His parents are Mr. and Mrs. John Smith. The young flier has completed 10 bombing missions over Germany, including the bombing of the railway marshaling yards at Hamburg. He also was awarded the air medal.
Source: The Sioux City Journal, January 3, 1945
Raymond Joseph Smith was born Apr. 6, 1923 to John and Carrie Josephine Reinders Smith. He died Nov. 17, 1946 and is buried in Floyd Cemetery, Sioux City, IA.
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