 1908 - 1945 (36 years)
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| Name |
Thomas Bolyn SMOTHERS |
| Prefix |
Maj. |
| Suffix |
Jr. |
| Born |
27 Jul 1908 |
Rockingham Co, NC  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
26 Apr 1945 |
Japan |
- Died in the Bataan Death March in WWII.
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| Buried |
at sea [1] |
| Notes |
- Graduated from West Point, Class of 1929. Became member of the 45th Infantry Regiment, Philippine Scouts. Report date: 7 May 1942, he was held at Hoten POW Camp (Mukden) Manchuria 42-123. He survived the Bataan Death March only to die on a Japanese Hellship, they were en route to Korea, when a Allied pilot mistakenly bombed the ship, he was a victim of friendly fire. He was buried at sea. There is a monument at Fort William Mckinley, Manila, The Philippines. His family was awarded the Purple Heart Medal & Bronze Star Medal. He left three children: Tom, Dick & Sherry and wife, Ruth Remick Smothers.
Major Smothers served in the 45th Infantry Regiment and died during World War II, while being transported from a Japanese prisoner of war camp in Fukuoka, Japan to a POW camp in Mukden, Manchukuo. He is the father of Thomas and Dick Smothers -- The Smothers Brothers.
Survived the sinking of the Oryoku Maru at Subic Bay, Philippine Islands, and the bombing of the Enoura Maru at Takao, Formosa. He was held in Japan at Fukuoka #3 and #22. Since he had been scheduled to be sent to Manchuria, the Japanese boarded him onto a transport, on which he died, to Korea. [1]
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| Person ID |
I19337 |
William Means Descendants |
| Last Modified |
7 Jan 2020 |
| Father |
Thomas Bolyn SMOTHERS, b. 1 May 1874, New Bethel Twp, Rockingham Co, NC , d. 15 Aug 1958, Winston-Salem, Forsyth Co, NC (Age 84 years) |
| Mother |
Maud Frances REID, b. 16 Nov 1880, Stokes Co, NC , d. 22 Nov 1966, Winston-Salem, Forsyth Co, NC (Age 86 years) |
| Married |
5 Feb 1899 |
Mayodan, Rockingham Co, NC |
| Family ID |
F5439 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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