Smith, Donald R. 'Don'

1929 - 2010  (80 years)

• Name	Smith, Donald R. 'Don'
  Birth	22 Apr 1929	Clay City, Clay County, Illinois   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	SMIT.D005
  _FGRAVE	71829852
  Funeral	28 Jan 2010 (80 years)	Summers-Kistler Funeral Home, Noble, Richland County, Illinois   [1]
  Military Service	Korean War, Technical Sergeant, United States Army  [1, 5]
  		United States of America Flag, 48 Stars (1912-1959) In 1912, two stars were added to the United States flag, representing Arizona and New Mexico, bringing the total number of stars to 48. They were arranged in six rows of eight stars each. American fighting men would fight under this flag during four wars: World War I, World War II, the Korean War, and the beginning of the Vietnam War. (In 1959,…
  		United States Army Prior to the establishment of the "Department of the Army Emblem", there was no official display item to identify the Army. The Seal had traditionally been used to authenticate documents only and was not authorized for public display. In recognizing the need to provide a display item, the Secretary of the Army approved the emblem design as the…
  		United States Army
  		Sergeant First Class, United States Army (Combat Arms) (Aug 1948-Feb 1951)
  		Specialist (Rank) Specialist is a military rank in some countries’ armed forces. In the United States Armed Forces, it is one of the four junior enlisted ranks in the U.S. Army, above private (PVT), private (PV2), and private first class and is equivalent in pay grade to corporal. In the U.S. Space Force it consists of the four junior enlisted ranks, prior to…
  		United States Army Enlisted Rank Insignia
  		Korean War (1950-1953)
  		Korea
  Death	25 Jan 2010	Richland Care & Rehab Center, Olney, Richland County, Illinois   [1, 2]
  	Cause: Alzheimers
  Burial	28 Jan 2010	Clay City Cemetery, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois   [1, 2]
  		Headstone, Smith, Lora Marie and Donald R.
  		Headstone, Smith, Donald R. Displayed with permission of Lady in Black
  Person ID	I12502	Carl Wayne Gray Research | Herdes - Minard Joseph Herdes and Mary Ann Minard Descendants, Travis - Jones Noah Travis and Hannah N. Jones Descendants
  Last Modified	26 Oct 2023

  
  

  Father	Smith, William Henry,   b. 27 Oct 1892, Illinois d. 19 May 1978 (Age 85 years)
  Mother	Travis, Sylvia Carida,   b. 31 Jul 1897, Illinois d. 2 May 1979 (Age 81 years)
  Marriage	22 Dec 1915  [3, 4, 6]
  Family ID	F5705	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Herdes, Lora Marie,   b. 6 Mar 1933, Clay County, Illinois d. 23 Sep 2017, Carle Richland Memorial Hospital, Olney, Richland County, Illinois (Age 84 years)
  Marriage	11 Jun 1950	Clay City, Clay County, Illinois   [2, 7]
  Children	> 1. Smith, L.R. > 2. Smith, M.A. > 3. Smith, Jeffrey Steven 'Jeff',   b. 22 Jan 1964, Olney, Richland County, Illinois d. 27 Feb 1990 (Age 26 years)
  Family ID	F5885	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 22 Apr 1929 - Clay City, Clay County, Illinois Marriage - 11 Jun 1950 - Clay City, Clay County, Illinois Death - Cause: Alzheimers - 25 Jan 2010 - Richland Care & Rehab Center, Olney, Richland County, Illinois Funeral - 28 Jan 2010 - Summers-Kistler Funeral Home, Noble, Richland County, Illinois Burial - 28 Jan 2010 - Clay City Cemetery, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Donald worked for the Village of Noble for 28 years and was a member of the North Freedom Baptist Church. He was a veteran of the United State's Army, where he served in the Korean War. He was a member of the County Line Rod and Gun Club and the Olney VFW.

  
  

• Sources

  [S3282] The Clay County Advocate-Press (Flora, Clay County, Illinois), Obituary, Smith, Donald R., 80, (The Clay County Advocate-Press (Flora, Clay County, Illinois), 05 Feb 2010 @ 02:23 PM), none. (Reliability: 2). [S3281] https://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Smith, Lora Marie and Donald R., (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/183748973/lora-marie-smith), none. (Reliability: 2). [S3183] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, Clay City, Illinois, (District 13-4) (Township), image 3, page 2a, (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2442/M-T0627-00769-00087?backurl=https%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2fsearch%2fdb.as) (Reliability: 3). [S1533] Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois, (District 0004) (Township), image 07, page 4a, (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/6224/4584337_00620?backurl=https%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2fsearch%2fdb.aspx%3fd), none. (Reliability: 2). [S3283] http://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Smith, Donald R., (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Smith&GSiman=1&GSsr=1&GScid=105163&GRid=71829852&), none. (Reliability: 2). [S4033] http://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Smith, William H. and Sylvia C., (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Travis&GSiman=1&GScid=105163&GRid=26565296&), none. (Reliability: 2). [S3271] https://www.findagrave.com, Obituary, Herdes, Virgil L., 88, (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/36689831/virgil-l-herdes), none. (Reliability: 2).