PERSONALIA
 
Name:  Szmyt, Thaddeus J. (Service number: 33 397 621)
Date of birth: August 27th, 1918 (Ambridge/Pennsylvania, United States)
Date of death:  May 9th, 1996
Buried on:  National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona
Plot: 18D.  Row: 0.  Grave: 3873.
Nationality:  American
BIOGRAPHY: 
Thaddeus J. Szmyt was drafted on October 28th, 1942 and entered active service on October 28th, 1942. He was married to Ida Ferry and the couple had three children. Szmyt served as Tank Gunner with Company A, 778th Tank Battalion. He left for France on September 5th, 1944 to arrive there on September 16th. On November 27th, 1945 he returned towards the United States to arrive there on December 7th. He was honorably discharged on December 12th, 1945.
     
EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL
Unit: Company A, 778th Tank Battalion
Awarded on: 1945
Details: Received with three bronze campaign stars for "NORTHERN FRANCE", "RHINELAND" and "CENTRAL EUROPE".
General Orders No. 33/40, War Department (1945).
 
     
HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON / HONORABLE DISCHARGE EMBLEM
Rank: Corporal
Awarded on: December 15th, 1945
 
     
PURPLE HEART
Rank: Corporal
Unit: Company A, 778th Tank Battalion
Action: Awarded for a wound received on January 1st, 1945.
 
     
BRONZE STAR (BSM)
Rank: Sergeant
Unit: Company A, 778th Tank Battalion
 
     
GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL - ARMY
Unit: Company A, 778th Tank Battalion
 
     
AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL
 
     
WORLD WAR TWO VICTORY MEDAL
Unit: Company A, 778th Tank Battalion
 
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Picture source:   - Ida F. Szmyt
- Find a Grave/D. & J. Altman
Information source(s):   - Honorable Discharge Report dated December 12th, 1945
- Find a Grave
- Larry's Lounge Tribute Page for the 778th Tank Battalion
- NARA-AAD
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