Name:
Hodge Dempsey Smith
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427744
Unit:
21st Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division
Date of Death:
1944-07-22
State:
Texas
Cemetery:
Cedar Grove Cemetery, Leeds, St. Clair County, Alabama, USA
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Hodge Dempsey Smith was born on September 9, 1923, in Henderson County, Texas. He was the son of Alpheuis John "A.J." Smith and Delia Faye Lewis Smith.
He served in Company G, 2nd Battalion, 21st Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division during World War II. He was Killed in Action on July 22, 1944, during the Battle for Guam.