HAROLD CULLINAN SMITH
132 Curtis Street, Rochester, N. Y.

From the Democrat and Chronicle 8/13/1921

Harold Culllnan Smith was born in Rochester, N. Y, September 3, 1895, son of John G. and Anna C. Smith. He was graduated from West High School, and spent one year at Hobart College. Entered the service at Rochester, N. Y, April 28, 1918, at the age of 22 years, as a Private, being assigned to 12th Company, 3rd Training Battalion, 153rd Depot Brigade; transferred to Company M, 310th Infantry, 78th Division, May 11, 1918. He was trained at Camp Dix, Wrightstown, N. J. Embarked overseas, May 20, 1918. Promoted to Private, 1st Class, September 1, 1918. Engaged in action at Thiaucourt and Champigneulle. Killed in action, November 1, 1918, in the Meuse-Argonne Offensive, at Bois des Loges. First buried in France; later, his body was brought back to America on the U.S.S. Cantigny, August 3, 1921, and reburied, with military honors, in Mt. Hope Cemetery, Rochester, N. Y, August 11, 1921, All 106, B.B., following services at United Presbyterian Church. Members of Memorial Post, American Legion, with which Harold C. Smith Post affiliated, had charge of the funeral. Members of the Gold Star Mothers, Corps Number 1,  Memorial Post officers, and members of the Women’s Auxiliary, attended the services.

From the Democrat and Chronicle 8/5/1921

From the Democrat and Chronicle 8/8/1918

From the Democrat and Chronicle 8/5/1918

 

From “World War Service Records Rochester and Monroe County, NY” The Du Bois Press, Rochester, NY – published by the City of Rochester, 1924

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