Leeroy SMITH
1892 - 1918 (26 years)
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Name Leeroy SMITH Born 3 Sep 1892 Cascara (Salem), Doddridge Co, WV 
[1, 2, 3] Gender Male Census 1900, 1910 McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Occupation 1910 [4] farm laborer on home farm Occupation 1917 [1] farming for his father Military From 27 May 1918 to 8 Dec 1918 [5, 6] Pvt, 118th Inf, 30th Div, and Co A, 329th Inf, WW I (died of wounds received Oct 11th) - Obituary states his unit as Co A, 329th Infantry, but military grave marker indicates 118th Infantry, 30th Division. The obituary implies that he had only recently joined that unit.
Residence Cascara (Salem), Doddridge Co, WV Died 8 Dec 1918 Totnes, Devon, England [7, 8] Buried Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA [8] Person ID I67209 Doddridge County Roots Last Modified 7 Nov 2018
Father Thomas SMITH, b. 2 Nov 1851, Doddridge Co, (W)VA , d. 26 Jan 1936, McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV (Age 84 years) Mother Matilda Elizabeth UNDERWOOD, b. 4 Feb 1858, d. 25 Jan 1932, McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV (Age 73 years) Family ID F28254 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Event Map 
Born - 3 Sep 1892 - Cascara (Salem), Doddridge Co, WV 
Residence - - Cascara (Salem), Doddridge Co, WV 
Died - 8 Dec 1918 - Totnes, Devon, England 
Buried - - Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA = Link to Google Earth
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Photos 
67209_Leeroy-Smith_PosedPortrait.jpg 67209_SMITH_Leroy_1892-1918_ArlingtonNatlCemeteryVA_Daytime.jpg 67209_SMITH_Leroy_1892-1918_ArlingtonNatlCemeteryVA_Nighttime.jpg
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Sources - [S1875] World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, National Archives and Records Administration, (Ancestry.com online database).
- [S2569] West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).
- [S2010] 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan District).
- [S2012] 1910 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan District).
- [S14] Obituary.
- [S2624] Military Grave Marker.
- [S14] Obituary, Doddridge County Republican, 1/9/1919.
- [S934] Findagrave.com.
- [S1875] World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, National Archives and Records Administration, (Ancestry.com online database).
