Gilmore Wallace Smith was the son of Emmett S. Smith and Aetolia Alexander.
He Died non Battle from beri-beri and malnutrition in the Japanese Hanawa Prison Camp 8B – Sendai 6, Osarizawa-mura, Kazuno-gun, Akita-ken, Japan
Buried at Manila American Cemetery, Philippines, E, 3, 56
Gilmore W. Smith (1906 Tennessee) from Campbell County, Tennessee, enlisted as a Private (S/N 14029400) in the U.S. Army Air Corps on 11 October 1940 in Ft. McPherson, Atlanta, Georgia. His enlistment was for the Philippine Department. Gilmore was single, he had completed 4 years of high school and had been working as a clerk.
- Rank: Private
- Date of birth: 4 May 1906
- Date of death: 9 December 1944
- County: Campbell
- Hometown: LaFollette
- Service Branch: Army/Army Air Forces
- Division/Assignment: 48th Materiel Squadron
- Theater: Pacific
- Conflict: World War II
- Burial/Memorial Location: Manila American Cemetery, Fort Bonifacio, Manila, Philippines
- Location In Memorial: Pillar VII, Middle Panel
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