Albert Joseph Smith

Albert Joseph Smith

Infobox Military Person
name=Albert Joseph Smith
born= birth date|1898|7|31
died= death date and age|1973|3|27|1898|7|31


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placeofbirth= Calumet, Michigan
placeofdeath= Detroit, Michigan
placeofburial= Grand Lawn Cemetery Detroit, Michigan
allegiance= United States of America
branch= United States Marine Corps
serviceyears=
rank= Sergeant
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awards= Medal of Honor
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Albert Joseph Smith (July 31, 1898–March 27, 1973) was a United States Marine who was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions in 1921 when he rescued a United States Navy sailor from a burning seaplane.

He is buried in Grand Lawn Cemetery Detroit, Michigan.findagrave|7967870 Retrieved on 2007-11-29]

Medal of Honor citation

Rank and organization: Private, U.S. Marine Corps. Place and date: Marine Barracks, Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Fla., February 11, 1921. Entered service at: Michigan. Born: July 31, 1898, Calumet, Mich. G.O. No.: 72, September 29, 1921.

Citation:

:At about 7:30 a.m. on the morning of February 11, 1921, Pvt. Smith, while on duty as a sentry, rescued Plen M. Phelps, late machinist's mate second class, United States Navy, from a burning seaplane which had fallen near his post, gate No. 1, Marine Barracks, Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Fla. Despite the explosion of the gravity gasoline tank, with total disregard of personal safety, he pushed himself to a position where he could reach Phelps, who was pinned beneath the burning wreckage, and rescued him from the burning plane, in the performance of which he sustained painful burns about the head, neck and both hands.cite web
accessdate=2007-05-05
url=http://www.usmc.mil/moh.nsf/000003c919889c0385255f980058f5b6/0000033ba9f47a7385255fa6004fe1a7?OpenDocument
title=Medal of Honor — Pvt Albert J. Smith, 1921 (Medal of Honor citation)
work=Marines Awarded the Medal of Honor
publisher=History Division, United States Marine Corps
archivedate=2007-02-22
archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20070222174925/http://www.usmc.mil/moh.nsf/000003c919889c0385255f980058f5b6/0000033ba9f47a7385255fa6004fe1a7?OpenDocument]

ee also

*List of Medal of Honor recipients
*List of Medal of Honor recipients during Peacetime

Notes

References

:Marine Corps
*cite web
accessdate=2007-05-05
url=http://www.usmc.mil/moh.nsf/000003c919889c0385255f980058f5b6/0000033ba9f47a7385255fa6004fe1a7?OpenDocument
title=Medal of Honor — Pvt Albert J. Smith, 1921 (Medal of Honor citation)
work=Marines Awarded the Medal of Honor
publisher=History Division, United States Marine Corps
archivedate=2007-02-22
archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20070222174925/http://www.usmc.mil/moh.nsf/000003c919889c0385255f980058f5b6/0000033ba9f47a7385255fa6004fe1a7?OpenDocument

*cite web
accessdate=2007-11-29
url = http://www.tecom.usmc.mil/HD/Whos_Who/Smith_AJ.htm
title = Albert J. Smith, Medal of Honor recipient
work = Who's who in Marine Corps history
publisher = History Division, United States Marine Corps
date =

*findagrave|7967870 Retrieved on 2007-11-29

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