KOREAN WAR PROJECT REMEMBRANCE

PFC Claude Rudolph Smith

179th Infantry Regiment
K CO 3 BN
Army
Hostile, Died (KIA)
Date Of Loss: November 20, 1952
Service Number: US55190861
Born: February 18, 1931
Home Or Place Of Enlistment
Des Moines, Iowa
Burial Location
Glendale Cemetery, Des Moines, Ia

Comments: Private First Class Smith was a member of the 179th Infantry Regiment, 45th Infantry Division. He was Killed in Action while fighting the enemy in North Korea on November 20, 1952.

Son of Mrs. Margaret Smith of Des Moines, Iowa.

Korean War Project Key No: 27872

Go To Unit Message Board

Previous Remembrance Entries

Remembering PFC CLAUDE RUDOLPH SMITH

ADD YOUR REMEMBRANCE

Special Note: All information you enter in this area is available to the public at large. Your Email is masked. You should know that historians, journalists, and active duty military organizations routinely utilize our Remembrance entries as a key source for eyewitness and family information available nowhere else.

I KNEW HIM

Your chance to remember a friend.

FAMILY

Your loved one is not forgotten. Please let us know about you. Veterans who served alongside your loved one may wish to know about you and contact you. Help close the circle.

DECORATIONS

ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS

Name

CLAUDE RUDOLPH SMITH

Home or Enlistment

DES MOINES, IOWA

Home Correction

Birth Year

1931

Birth Date

February 18, 1931

Add Birthdate

Burial Location

GLENDALE CEMETERY, DES MOINES, IA

Add Burial Location

Ethnic On Records

African-American

Ethnic Correction

MOS

1745

INPUT YOUR INFORMATION

Your help is necessary to update and add to our public Korean War database. Only you can help us to make sure our files are complete today and for future generations.

Only your name is public. Your email and address information are private to protect your privacy. You can receive email through our system but your email is not published.

Email*

First Name*

Last Name*

Street Address

City

State

Zip Code

Country

Telephone

Your Service

Your Unit

Credits

National Archives and Records Service - United States Army - United States Air Force - United States Marine Corps - United States Navy - United States Coast Guard - American Battle Monuments Commission - Ancestry.com - Family Search - Find-A-Grave - Families and Friends - Unit Associations and Groups - Scores of Volunteer Researchers

Special Thanks to Patrick Shaughnessy for tireless work to Remember the Lost from the Korean War.

Web Scraping Prohibited - If you are a contractor, agent, or any other person or entity engaging in web scraping of the Remembrance section of the Korean War Project, please note that your IP has been captured. If your entity has already been identified and notified to cease and desist, you are on notice.