Military Involvement
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Clarence Edwin Small was born Feb. 7, 1913 to Harry Edward and Bertha Ellen Lewis Small. He died May 9, 1986 and is buried in Ames Municipal Cemetery, Ames, IA.
Clarence served in World War II with the U.S. Navy.
Source: ancestry.com
Raymond Howard “Ray” Smalling was born Mar. 8, 1914 to Ray T. and Myra M. Bandfield Smalling. He died Aug. 7, 2001 and is buried in Ames Municipal Cemetery, Ames, IA.
Lt. Smalling served in World War II with the U.S. Navy Eighth Naval District Headquarters, New Orleans, LA.
Source: ancestry.com
Olav Smedal was born Mar. 19, 1905 to Gottfried and Agnes Henriette Storaker Smedal. He died Nov. 27, 1993.
Petty Officer Smedal served in World War II with the U.S. Navy.
Source: ancestry.com
Lawrence C. Smelser was born Dec. 11, 1914 to Lafayette L. and Clara Belle Collins Smelser. He died May 1987.
Pvt. Smelser served in World War II with the U.S. Army.
Source: ancestry.com
Alvin Clinton Smith was born May 27, 1927 to James Monroe and Nellie Johnson Smith. He died May 24, 1996 and is buried in Nevada Municipal Cemetery, Nevada, IA.
Alvin served in World War II with the U.S. Navy.
Source: ancestry.com
Cass Firebaugh Smith was born Sept. 28, 1910 to Edwin Raymond and Lulu Edith Cass Smith. He died Feb. 1, 1970 and is buried in Ames Municipal Cemetery, Ames, IA.
Lt. Smith served in World War II with the U.S. Army Sanitary Corps.
Source: ancestry.com
Clarence E. Smith was born Apr. 15, 1919 to Russell and Viola J. Rash Smith.. He died Feb. 22, 1961 and is buried in Miller Cemetery, Hardin County, IA.
Pvt. Smith served in World War II with the U.S. Army 168th Infantry.
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Errol Wayne Smith was born May 7, 1925 to Russell and Viola J. Rash Smith. He died Nov. 12, 1986 and is buried in Zoar Cemetery, Jasper County, IA.
Errol served in World War II with the U.S. Army.
Source: ancestry.com
Clarence LaVerne Smith was born Aug. 30, 1919 to Clarence McClellan and Maude Edith Compton Smith. He died Sept. 8, 2000 and is buried in Dale Blair Memorial Cemetery, Camdenton, MO.
Clarence served in World War II with the U.S. Army Air Corps 101st Airborne.
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Another son, Kenneth Leon Smith, Sr. was born Oct. 25, 1921 to Clarence McClellan and Maude Edith Compton Smith. He died Oct. 26, 2011 and is buried in Maxwell Cemetery, Maxwell, IA.
Kenneth served in World War II with the U.S. Army.
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Son-in-law, John Merle “Jack” Atwood, husband of Margaret Elaine Smith, served in World War II with the U.S. Army Signal Corps in New Guinea.
Source: ancestry.com
Claude Wallace Smith, Jr. was born Aug. 14, 1915 to Claude W. (Sr.) and Della Francisco Smith. He died Nov. 11, 1979 and is buried in Roland Cemetery, Roland, IA.
Maj. Smith served in World War II with the U.S. Army Air Corps in India for 2-1/2 years as Base Inspection Officer.
Source: ancestry.com
Clyde Burdette Smith was born Jan. 12, 1919 to Clyde Ernest and Ethel Clementine VanDorn Smith.
Sgt. Smith served in World War II with the U.S. Army 85th Infantry Division.
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Ervin Eugene Smith was born Nov. 17, 1922 to Clyde Ernest and Ethel Clementine VanDorn Smith.
Pvt. Smith served in World War II with the U.S. Army 21st Evacuation Hospital. He was awarded the Good Conduct ribbon and the Asiatic-Pacific theater ribbon with one combat star.
Source: ancestry.com
Colin William Smith was born Apr. 3, 1914 to William James and Myrtle Agnes Marshall Smith.
Sgt. Smith served in World War II with the U.S. Army 618th Ordnance Base Armament Maintenance Battalion.
Source: ancestry.com
Donald Eugene Smith was born Aug. 6, 1921 to Ernest Ephraim and Nellie May Hinman Smith.
Donald served in World War II with the U.S. Navy.
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Dale Richard “Jiggs” Smith was born May 28, 1919 to Ernest Ephraim and Nellie May Hinman Smith. He died Jan. 3, 2009 and is buried in Gilbert Cemetery, Gilbert, IA.
Dale served in World War II with the U.S. Navy.
Source: ancestry.com
Donald Wayne Smith was born Mar. 31, 1927 to Lewis W. and Mabel Hitchings Smith. He died Jan. 25, 2013 and is buried in Twin Oaks Cemetery, Turner, OR.
Sgt. Smith served in World War II with the U.S. Army Service Troop, Constabulary Regiment in the European Theatre of Operations. He was awarded the Good Conduct ribbon, the Pre-Pearl Harbor ribbon and the European Theatre of Operations ribbon with five battle stars.
Source: ancestry.com
Earl Prentice Smith was born Jan. 12, 1906 to Emanuel M. and Mary Elizabeth Cook Smith. He died July 5, 1990 and is buried in Nevada Municipal Cemetery, Nevada, IA.
Capt. Smith served in World War II with the U.S. Army Veterinary Corps.
Source: ancestry.com
Gordon K. Smith was born Nov. 3, 1915 Henry O. and Eva Van Note Smith.
Gordon served in World War II with the U.S. Army.
Source: ancestry.com
Gordon Phillip Smith was born Nov. 21, 1923 to Horace H. and Mabel Thompson Smith. He died Nov. 17, 2001 and is buried in Loma Vista Memorial Park, Fullerton, CA.
Gordon served in World War II with the U.S. Naval Air Corps and U.S. Marine Air Corps.
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Lawrence R. Smith was born about 1922 to Horace H. and Mabel Thompson Smith.
Sgt. Smith served in World War II with the U.S. Army.
Source: ancestry.com
Harry S. Smith was born June 10, 1925 to Edward Merwin and Harriet Betts Spain Smith. He died May 27, 1945 and is memorialized at the Tablets of the Missing, Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu, Hawaii.
Petty Officer Smith served in World War II with the U.S. Navy aboard the USS Braine (DD-630) and was MIA/KIA when that ship was hit in quick succession by two suicide planes. He was awarded the Purple Heart.
His wife, the former Mary DeFore, was from Ames, IA and living there at the time of his death.
Source: ancestry.com
John Albert Smith was born Nov. 26, 1905 to Albert B. and Pearl Leota McNabb Smith. He died Dec. 27, 1984 and is buried in Elm Grove Cemetery, Des Moines, IA.
Sgt. Smith served in World War II with the U.S. Army.
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His son, Earl Johnny Smith was born Feb. 26, 1926 to John Albert and Virginia Fredrickson Smith. He died June 9, 2014 and is buried in Grandview Cemetery, Fort Collins, CO.
Earl served in World War II with the U.S. Army.
Source: ancestry.com
Kenneth Eugene Smith was born Nov. 9, 1922 to Eugene Stanley and Sylvia Irene Oyler Smith. He died Dec. 12, 1973 and is buried in Greenacres Memorial Park, Ferndale, WA.
Cdr. Smith served in World War II with the U.S. Navy.
Source: ancestry.com
Kenneth LeGrand Smith was born Aug. 24, 1908 to LeGrand Houston and Laura Augusta Priebe Smith. He died Jan. 27, 1989 and is buried in Chapel Hill Cemetery, Des Moines, IA.
Kenneth served in World War II with the U.S. Navy.
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Laurence Wesley “Larry” Smith was born Sept. 20, 1920 to LeGrand Houston and Laura Augusta Priebe Smith. He died Sept. 26, 2001 and is buried in Sheldahl Cemetery, Sheldahl, IA.
Sgt. Smith served in World War II with the U.S. Army Medical Detachment.
Source: ancestry.com
Kenneth Warren Smith was born Nov. 25, 1920 to Russell William and Pearl Minnie Rice Smith. He died Apr. 14, 2001 and is buried in Ames Municipal Cemetery, Ames, IA.
Sgt. Smith served in World War II with the U.S. Army 791st Ordnance Company.
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Donald William Smith was born June 29, 1919 to Russell William and Pearl Minnie Rice Smith. He died Jan. 11, 1976 and is buried in Ames Municipal Cemetery, Ames, IA.
Sgt. Smith served in World War II with the U.S. Army in Germany.
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Duaine Lester “Whitey” Smith was born June 30, 1922 to Russell William and Pearl Minnie Rice Smith.
Sgt. Smith served in World War II with the U.S. Army Medical Corps in Italy.
Source: ancestry.com
Lloyd L. Smith was born Sept. 20, 1913 to Floyd Albert and Josephine Iverson Smith.
Sgt. Smith served in World War II with the U.S. Army in the Pacific Theatre of Operations.
Source: ancestry.com
Marvin Clarence Smith, Jr. was born Jan. 22, 1923 to Marvin (Sr.) and Signa Phelps Smith. He died Jan. 23, 1974 and is buried in Nevada Municipal Cemetery, Nevada, IA.
Marvin served in World War II with the U.S. Army Air Corps 494th Bomb Group, Heavy.
Source: ancestry.com
Maurice Milo Smith was born Feb. 17, 1918 to Albert A. and Viola B. McGrath Smith. He died July 23, 1999 and is buried in Assumption Cemetery, Saint Cloud, MN.
Sgt. Smith served in World War iI with the U.S. Army Air Corps.
Source: ancestry.com
Myron Smith was born Dec. 30, 1915 to William G. and Mabel P. Beck Smith. He died Mar. 10, 1998 and is buried in Memphis Cemetery, Memphis, MO.
Petty Officer Smith served in World War II with the U.S. Coast Guard in the Pacific war theatre.
Source: ancestry.com
Robert Vaughn Smith was born Nov. 4, 1911 to Alexander L. and Elizabeth J. Vaughn Smith.
Robert served in World War II with the U.S. Navy.
Source: ancestry.com
Limen Towers Smithe was born May 31, 1910. He died Dec. 6, 1986.
Limen served in World War II with the U.S. Army.
Source: ancestry.com
Wallace A. Smutz was born Aug. 6, 1914 to Willis A. and Nellie N. Horn Smutz. He died July 31, 1974 in San Diego, CA.
MSgt. Smutz served in World War II with the U.S. Army Air Corps at Romulus, MI.
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Willis A. Smutz was born Aug. 6, 1914 to Willis A. and Nellie N. Horn Smutz.
Cpl. Smutz served in World War II with the U.S. Army Air Corps in Romulus, MI.
Source: ancestry.com
ServiceMen Research done by WWII Researcher, Pat Holt Juon, Apr 2019; updated May 2020