Joe W. Smith

Korean War
Service #25528113
RankPrivate First Class U.S. Army
Date of DeathNovember 4 1950
Korean Service Medal
National Defense Service Medal
Purple Heart
Republic of Korea War Service Medal
United Nations Service Medal
Private First Class Smith was awarded the Purple Heart, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.
Notes
Private First Class Smith was a member of Battery A, 26th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion, 24th Infantry Division. He was seriously wounded while fighting the enemy in North Korea on November 4, 1950 and died of those wounds later that day.