Name:
Malvern Hill Smoot
Rank:
Chief Machinist's Mate
Serial Number:
2715243
Unit:
U.S.S. Penguin
Date of Death:
1941-12-10
State:
Alabama
Cemetery:
Mount Pleasant Baptist Church Cemetery, Grimes, Dale County, Alabama, USA
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Malvern Hill Smoot was born on July 24, 1902, in Dale County, Alabama. He was the son of James Eli Smoot and Ella Key Smoot.
Malvern served in the United States Navy as a Chief Machinist's Mate during World War II. At the time of his death, he was assigned to Piti Navy Yard and was Killed in Action on December 10, 1941, during the Japanese invasion of Guam.