Private Delma “Red” Smith was the son of Sam Venoy Smith and Mary Pearl Smith of Rogersville, Hawkins County, TN. He had 9 siblings: Thelma, Alma, Roy, Frances, Hazel, Bobbie, Sam Jr., Bitsy, and Allen.
Delma died non battle. He was initially buried at Brookwood Cemetery at London, England and was re-buried at Cambridge Cemetery in England, plot D, row 7, grave 91. He was with the 195 FA BN.
Private Smith comes from a family that has long served and is still serving this country proudly in all branches of the Military except the Coast Guard.
Submitted by his great niece, Annette Fields
The Rogersville Review, April 27, 1944
Mrs. Mary R. Smith of Rogersville, route 3, was notified by the War Department that her son, Pvt. Delma Smith, had died in England on April 10th. Pvt. Smith, known among friends in town as Red, was 25 years of age. He had been in the army about two years and had only been in England about six weeks. The last letter received from him was dated April 4th. In it he told of getting the Review and how much he enjoyed reading it. He has a brother, Sgt. Roy Smith, in England and a brother-in-law, S.Sgt James H. Luster, also in England. Besides his mother, Pvt. Smith is survived by three brothers, Roy, Sam, Jr., and Allen Smith; sisters, Mrs. Joe Morrison, Mrs. Frank Fields and Mrs. J.H. Luster of Kingsport, and Misses Haze, Bobbie and Bitsy Smith.
- Rank: Private
- Date of birth: 31 October 1918
- Date of death: 10 April 1944
- County: Hawkins
- Hometown: Rogersville
- Service Branch: Army/Army Air Forces
- Division/Assignment: 195th Field Artillery Battalion
- Theater: Europe
- Conflict: World War II
- Burial/Memorial Location: Cambridge American Cemetery, Cambridge, England
- Location In Memorial: Pillar XII, Middle Panel
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