Palestine High School Alumni Association

Birth: 1915
Texas, USADeath: Nov. 11, 1944
World War II, killed in action on Peleliu Island.
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1st Lt. Kendrick E. Smith, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joel Kendrick Smith of Palestine, and husband of Elizabeth L. Hood. Attended the University of Texas. Entered the Army in January, 1941. Trained at Camp Barkeley, Texas and Ft. Benning, Georgia. Served in the Southwest Pacific. Awarded the Expert Infantry Badge: Silver Star which was awarded posthumously to his wife. Wounded, November 5th and died November 11th, 1944, on Bloody Nose Ridge, Peleliu Island.
(Source: Men and Women in the Armed Forces from Anderson County)

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Parents:
Joel Kendrick Smith (1888 – 1966)
Cora Ellis Smith (1885 – 1969)

Note: Headstone photo courtesy of East Texas Genealogical Society; taken c. 2007. Burial:
Palestine City Cemetery
Palestine
Anderson County
Texas, USA
Plot: New Addition 07-040
Created by: Bernard-Trigg
Record added: Feb 24, 2014
Find A Grave Memorial# 125558999