Skip to content

Wilbur J. Smolka

Wilbur Smolka at the University of Dayton, 1941.
Wilbur Smolka at the University of Dayton, 1941.
NAME:
Wilbur James Smolka
NICKNAME:
SERVICE NUMBER:
0-13225
HOME OF RECORD:
Dayton, OH
NEXT OF KIN:
Wife, Mrs Phyllis Smolka
DATE OF BIRTH:
6/1/1920
SERVICE DATES:
1942 – 1946
1951 – 1957 (Inactive Reserve)
DATE OF DEATH:
3/15/1992
CAMPAIGN UNIT MOS RATE RESULT
Roi-Namur D/4th Special Weapons Battalion 9312 2nd Lieutenant  
Saipan Weapons/24 1542 1st Lieutenant WIA
Tinian In Hospital      
Iwo Jima Weapons/24 1542 Captain  
INDIVIDUAL DECORATIONS:
Purple Heart
LAST KNOWN RANK:
Captain

Biography coming soon.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Welcome aboard! If you're looking for www.1stbattalion24thmarines.com – you're in the right place.

We're still working to get all the content from the old site to the new server, so if you can't find what you're looking for, it's probably in the queue. Check out the "NEWS" tab for the latest updates.

Thanks,
Geoffrey

X