Charles M. Smith
Charles M. Smith
Rank: Private, U.S. Army
Serial: 32263886
Unit: 26th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division
Entered service from: New Jersey
Died: , Oran, North Africa
Burial: Lakeview Memorial Park, Route 130, Cinnaminson, NJ
Awards: Purple Heart
Biography
Private Charles M. Smith, of 2791 North Congress Road, Camden, NJ, was killed in action during the invasion of North Africa on November 9, 1942, at Oran. His grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bryant, raised Charles Smith along with his brother Jack R. Smith, as their mother died when they were quite young. He attended the Yorkship School, Hatch Junior High School, and Camden High School in Camden, NJ, and had worked for a year at the New York Shipbuilding Company before entering the Army in April of 1941. He received his basic training at Camp Croft, SC, and was sent overseas in August of 1942. He had sent a card to his family in Camden in September 1942, stating that he was soon to go into action.
Charles M. Smith was survived by his grandparents, an aunt, Mrs. Maude Underhill, of the North Congress Road address, with whom he had lived prior to entering the Army, and his brother Jack R. Smith, then serving in the United States Army Air Force.
Private Smith was brought home after the war. His body was returned to the United States aboard the USAT Barney Kirschbaum in May of 1948, and he was buried on May 29, 1948, at Lakeview Memorial Park in Cinnaminson Township, NJ.
Pvt. Charles M. Smith Burial Saturday
Camden Courier-Post —
Military rites for Pvt. Charles M. Smith will be accorded at funeral services Saturday. The services will be held at noon in the funeral home of B. C. Schroeder & Sons, 715 Cooper street. Burial will be in Lakeview Memorial park. A squad from Ft. Dix will fire over the grave.
Private Smith, who was 22 when he was killed in Oran, North Africa, Nov. 9, 1942, served in the infantry of the First army. He had entered the army six months previously and trained at Camp Croft, S.C.
Born in Camden, he attended Yorkship school, the Hatch Junior High school and Camden High school. He worked at the New York shipyard.
Surviving are his grandmother, Mrs. Charles Bryant, of 2971 Congress road, and a brother, Jack R., who also served in the army air forces.
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