Pvt. Edson H. Smith - Bainbridge, NY
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A plaque honoring Private Edson H. Smith is located in Village Green Park at the intersection of East Main Street and North Main Street in Bainbridge, NY.
Waymark Code: WMW8FA
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 07/24/2017
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In 2001 the Slater-Silvernail Post 806 of the American Legion established a memorial honoring all the servicemen from the Bainbridge, NY area that died in WWI, WWII, Korea, and Vietnam. The memorial consists of 19 individual bronze plaques set on a two long granite bases; 10 on the left base and 9 on the right base. In the middle is a marble stele with the boots, rifle, helmet image used to signify a person who died while on duty.
The plaque for World War II casualty Private Edson H. Smith is located on the left base, the last plaque on left. It is inscribed:
USA {Emblem of the United States Army Air Corps} II
EDSON H. SMITH
PVT
Co D 1st Batt 8th Inf 4th Mtr Div
European Theater
Born 9 June 1914. Went ashore in
Normandy on D-Day, 6 June 1944. He was
killed in action on 24 June. Edson was
the first Bainbridge man to lose his life for
our country in the European Theater
during WWII. Remains interred in
Bainbridge in July 1948