Ralph James Smith was born July 30, 1913 to R. J. and Mamie Jenkins Smith. He died June 11, 1943 and is buried in Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Lemay, MO.
Sgt. Smith served in World War II with the U.S. Army Air Corps 527th Bomb Squadron, 379th Bomb Group and was MIA/FOD/KIA near Marx, Germany while serving his country.
Source: ancestry.com