Rank/Rate: Lieutenant, Junior Grade

Service Number: O-161155

Birth Date: November 11, 1915

From: Rockwood, Tennessee

Decorations: Purple Heart

Submarine: USS Corvina (SS-226)

Loss Date: November 16, 1943

Location: Just south of Truk

Circumstances: Probably sunk by Japanese submarine I-176

Remarks: Photo shows James before his commissioning.  Photo and information courtesy of Paul W. Wittmer

NavSource, Submarine Photo Archive for the USS Corvina (SS-226)

On Eternal Patrol list of men lost on the USS Corvina (SS-226)

Find a Grave Memorial: LTjg James Doran Smith (Honolulu Memorial). James Smith has a cenotaph at the family plot of Winton Chapel Cemetery in Roane County, Tennessee.