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Lafayette Howard Smith 1924 - 2011

Lafayette Howard Smith of Kansas City, Jackson County, MO was born on April 8, 1924, and died at age 87 years old on June 27, 2011. Lafayette Smith was buried at Leavenworth National Cemetery Section 52 Row 17 Site 20 Muncie Road, in Leavenworth, Ks.
Lafayette Howard Smith
Kansas City, Jackson County, MO 64129
April 8, 1924
June 27, 2011
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  • 04/8
    1924

    Birthday

    April 8, 1924
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  • Military Service

    Branch of service: Us Army Rank attained: PFC Wars/Conflicts: World War Ii
  • 06/27
    2011

    Death

    June 27, 2011
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    Unknown
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    Leavenworth National Cemetery Section 52 Row 17 Site 20 Muncie Road, in Leavenworth, Ks 66048
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In 1924, in the year that Lafayette Howard Smith was born, in May, wealthy college students Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb kidnapped and killed 14 year old Robert Franks "in the interest of science". Leopold and Loeb thought that they were intellectually superior and that they could commit the perfect crime and not be caught. They were brought in for questioning within 8 days and quickly confessed. Clarence Darrow was hired as their defense lawyer, getting them life imprisonment instead of a death sentence. Loeb was eventually killed in prison - Leopold was released after 33 years, dying of a heart attack at age 66.
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In 1944, when this person was 20 years old, on December 16th, The Battle of the Bulge began in the Ardennes forest on the Western Front. Lasting for a little over a month, the battle began with a surprise attack by Germany on the Allied forces The U.S. suffered their highest casualties of any operation in World War II - 89,000 were casualties, around 8,600 killed - but Germany also severely depleted their resources and they couldn't be replaced.
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