Smith Richard Carlyle

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Richard Carlyle Smith is honored on the following 2 monument(s) in our database:

Leiston Airfield (Station 373) 357th & 358th Fighter Groups Memorial

357th Fighter Group Roll of Honor

Name:

Richard Carlyle Smith

Rank:

Captain

Serial Number:

O-742909

Unit:

364th Fighter Squadron, 357th Fighter Group

Date of Death:

1944-06-29

State:

Colorado

Cemetery:

Netherlands American Cemetery, Netherlands

Plot:

Row:

Grave:

Decoration:

Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Hear

Comments:

Richard Carlyle Smith was born on November 25, 1921, in Waterloo, Iowa. He served in the 364th Fighter Squadron, 357th Fighter Group as a First Lieutenant during World War II. He was Killed in Action near Leipzig, Germany in the P-51 43-6974 aircraft. After bailing out of the plane, Smith was captured by a policeman from the city of Seesen. He was taken to the crash site and killed by shots in the back by police M/Sergeant Eduard K. L. Curdts and his body was buried there later. CPT Smith was reinterred in the Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, Netherlands.

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