Grave marker for Pfc Wade Smith, H Company, in the Union Valley Baptist Church Cemetery, Whiteville Columbus county, North Carolina

Pfc Smith enlisted at Ft Bragg, NC on April 16, 1943 was wounded in action in Normandy, France on June 25, 1944..

He returned to duty and jumped into Holland on September 17, 1944 where he was killed in action September 19, 1944