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Matt Smuk
Lilah Crowe2020-06-24T13:50:02-05:00
- Name: Matt Smuk
- Location of Birth: Biwabik, Minnesota
- Date of Birth: January 24, 1895
- Date of Death: August 21, 1918
- Parents: Joseph Smuk, Sr. & Anna (Butala) Smuk
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- Highest Rank: PVT (Private)
- Branch: Army
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World War I Registration Card – 1917-1918
Name: Matt Smuk
Age: 22
Home Address: Marble, Minnesota
Date of Birth: January 24, 1895
Citizenship: Natural born
Place of Birth: Biwabik, Minnesota
Citizen of other Country: ----
Present Occupation: Clerk
Employer: Marble Mercantile Co., Marble
Dependents: None
Marital Status: Single
Race: Caucasian
Previous Military Service: None
Claim exemption from draft: No
Tall, medium or short: Short
Slender, medium or stout: Medium
Color of eyes: Light grey
Color of hair: Light brown
Bald? ----
Any disability: No
Date of registration: June 5, 1917
Place of registration: Greenway Township, Itasca County, Minnesota
Matt Smuk and his brother Joseph Smuk, Jr. left Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on May 11, 1918 aboard the ship Haverford for overseas duty with Company F, 119th Infantry. He died in Belgium and is buried in Ely Cemetery, Ely, Minnesota (Section 9, Lot 64).
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World War I
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The Poppe-Smuk-Appelget American Legion Post #327 in Marble, Minnesota bears his name.
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