George Phillip Howard, Jr was born April 24, 1920 in South Sebastian Co., Ar. to George Phillip, Sr. & Ura May Coggins Howard, September 20, 1940 he married Florine Wieburg in Fort Smith, Sebastian Co., Ar. both being residents there. On June 30, 1942 Ralph registred for the military draft in Sebastian Co., Ar. SFC Ralph Paul Smoot served not only in WWII but in the Korean War as well as Vietnam.