Athan Ivon Smith
1918-2009
Photo shared by Vickie Graves Jones
Athan Ivon Smith was born August 7, 1918 at Eagle Twsp , Sebastian Co., Ar. to
Ervin E & Lela Nichols Smith April 21, 1940 he married
Loma Grace Dillahunty in Sebastian Co., Ar. His residence was Greenwood,
Sebastian Co., Ar. and hers was Charleston, Franklin Co., Ar.
Ivon registered for the military draft October 16, 1940 at Eagle Twsp.,
Sebastian Co., Ar. He enlisted in the US Army November 12, 1942 at Little Rock, Ar.
and served until December 28, 1945. Nothing more is found about his service.
Athan Ivon Smith passed away August 31, 2006 in Rogers County, Okla.
and was buried in Rose Hill Memorial Park at Tulas, Tulsa Co., Oklahoma.
Biography shared by Vickie Graves Jones
from Fighting Men of Arkansas
 
34th Signal Battalion Description and History
The unit was constituted on 11 May 1942 in the Army of the United States as the
34th Signal Construction Battalion and activated on 18 March 1943 at Camp Crowder,
Missouri. The battalion prepared at both the Tennessee Maneuver Area and Fort Ord,
California prior to deploying from New York aboard the Dutchess of Bedford and
arrived in England on 23 February 1944. After staging in England, the battalion
arrived in France on 13 July 1944 to support the breakout of the Third Army
and moved into Luxembourg during the Battle of the Bulge. The battalion
then supported the advance of the Third Army into Germany doing so on 26 March 1945.
After the surrender, the battalion embarked from Marseilles on 6 June 1945 en route
to the Pacific landing in the Philippines on 23 August 1945. After spending
two months in the Philippines, the battalion moved to Japan assigned to Army
Service Command "C" at Kobe Base. The battalion was inactivated on 25 January
1946 in Japan.
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