Glynn County GaArchives Obituaries.....SMITH, R.V. April 8, 1946
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The Brunswick News; Monday 15 April 1946; pg. 8 col. 4

CPL. R.V. SMITH IS REPORTED LOST BY WAR DEPARTMENT

Cpl. R.V. Smith, one of the youngest youths in Glynn County to enter military 
service, being a Western Union messenger at the time he enlisted, was 
officially reported lost in action by the War Department on April 8.

Cpl. Smith, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Smith, 204 Howe street, left here with 
the 121st Infantry, National Guard, in September, 1940, and later trained as a 
paratrooper and was assigned to Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, Parachute 
Infantry, at the time of his death, presumably June 6 (D Day), 1944.

A report says the soldier was last seen with members of his organization in 
the beach of Normandy with other wounded men awaiting transportation across 
the channel in a hospital ship.  No record of the ship having reached England 
was ever received and it is presumed it was lost by bombardment by the enemy.

Cpl. Smith is survived by his parents, six brothers, Harold, Carnell and 
Calvin, who were also in service, and Albert, Franklin and Edward Smith, and 
three sisters, Misses Cleo, Winell and Geraldine Smith.  He was reported 
missing in action in 1944.


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