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LTC Harold Henkel Smith

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LTC Harold Henkel Smith Veteran

Birth
Hampshire County, West Virginia, USA
Death
17 Feb 2002 (aged 84)
Concord, Cabarrus County, North Carolina, USA
Burial
Concord, Cabarrus County, North Carolina, USA Add to Map
Plot
Pfiefer Circle
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Son of Cholus Victor Smith and Anna Louise Henkel
Married Eileen Lucile Jarrell on 10 Oct 1942 in Raleigh County, West Virginia, USA
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*Graduate of West Virginia University, BS in Agriculture (Class of 1939)
*Graduate of Harvard Law School, L.L.B. (Class of 1950) and practiced law in Beckley, W.Va., prior to moving to Concord in 1962, where he practiced law and served as in-house counsel for Cannon Mills Company from 1966-1983.
*Member of the American Legion, Forty and Eight, Retired Officers Association, Concord Chapter of Rotary International, and Military Order of World Wars
*Received the Silver Star & Purple Heart
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Survived by his wife, four children and five grandchildren.
Son of Cholus Victor Smith and Anna Louise Henkel
Married Eileen Lucile Jarrell on 10 Oct 1942 in Raleigh County, West Virginia, USA
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*Graduate of West Virginia University, BS in Agriculture (Class of 1939)
*Graduate of Harvard Law School, L.L.B. (Class of 1950) and practiced law in Beckley, W.Va., prior to moving to Concord in 1962, where he practiced law and served as in-house counsel for Cannon Mills Company from 1966-1983.
*Member of the American Legion, Forty and Eight, Retired Officers Association, Concord Chapter of Rotary International, and Military Order of World Wars
*Received the Silver Star & Purple Heart
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Survived by his wife, four children and five grandchildren.

Inscription

Harold Henkel Smith
Lt. Colonel USA Ret.
Jan. 28, 1918 - Feb. 13, 2002
(Silver Star emblem) (Purple Heart emblem)
4th Infantry Division
Executive Officer, 3rd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment
D-Day Invasion, June 6, 1944. Utah Beach.
Normandy, France

An Officer of Gallant and Courageous Leadership
Exemplary Conduct in Ground Combat



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