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CPL Jack Dempsey Smith

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CPL Jack Dempsey Smith

Birth
Gadsden, Etowah County, Alabama, USA
Death
3 Sep 1961 (aged 40)
Etowah County, Alabama, USA
Burial
East Gadsden, Etowah County, Alabama, USA Add to Map
Plot
Block 9, Lot 313, Grave 3
Memorial ID
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The following documents submitted by NGL:
Military marker only - no headstone.
ALABAMA
CPL US MARINE CORPS
WORLD WAR II

Prisoner of War:
Area Served: Pacific Theatre
Guam: Wake Island
Detaining Country: Japan
Camp: Shanghai War Prisoners Camp
Kiawgwan Shanghai 31-121

Alabama Death Record:
~copied from record~
Name: Jack Dempsey Smith
Birth Date: abt 1921
Death Date: 3 Sep 1961
Death Place: Gadsden Rural,
Etowah, Alabama
Death Age: 40
Marital Status: Married
Gender: Male
Father Name: Walter Smith
Mother Name: Lenna Reno
Spouse Name: Margaret Smith
FHL Film Number: 1908964

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Following suggestion by Major Jim Geiser - Feb. 8, 2018:
Wake Island defender as a Marine Pvt. - - - Detained by Japanese in POW camp.
Birth location - suggestion Mar. 13, 2018 by : Jim Geiser
The following documents submitted by NGL:
Military marker only - no headstone.
ALABAMA
CPL US MARINE CORPS
WORLD WAR II

Prisoner of War:
Area Served: Pacific Theatre
Guam: Wake Island
Detaining Country: Japan
Camp: Shanghai War Prisoners Camp
Kiawgwan Shanghai 31-121

Alabama Death Record:
~copied from record~
Name: Jack Dempsey Smith
Birth Date: abt 1921
Death Date: 3 Sep 1961
Death Place: Gadsden Rural,
Etowah, Alabama
Death Age: 40
Marital Status: Married
Gender: Male
Father Name: Walter Smith
Mother Name: Lenna Reno
Spouse Name: Margaret Smith
FHL Film Number: 1908964

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Following suggestion by Major Jim Geiser - Feb. 8, 2018:
Wake Island defender as a Marine Pvt. - - - Detained by Japanese in POW camp.
Birth location - suggestion Mar. 13, 2018 by : Jim Geiser


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  • Maintained by: Mollie Smith
  • Originally Created by: NGL
  • Added: Aug 16, 2015
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/150835162/jack_dempsey-smith: accessed ), memorial page for CPL Jack Dempsey Smith (19 Sep 1920–3 Sep 1961), Find a Grave Memorial ID 150835162, citing Crestwood Memorial Cemetery, East Gadsden, Etowah County, Alabama, USA; Maintained by Mollie Smith (contributor 50385628).