William Grant Smock

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William Grant Smock

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Birthplace: Erie, Erie, Pennsylvania, United States
Death: April 23, 1986 (72)
Cambridge, Maryland, United States
Place of Burial: Erie, Pennsylvania, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Grant Hibbard Smock and Frances Gibson Smock
Husband of Lois June Smock
Father of Private User; Douglas Alan Smock and Deborah Aframe
Brother of Isabelle Smock; Frances Smock; Dorothy Smock; Robert Mumford Smock and Arthur Smock

Occupation: Writer
Managed by: Douglas Alan Smock
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About William Grant Smock

William G. Smock weas a distance runner in high school and was on the Ohio State track team with Jesse Owns in the ealry 1930s. He was a writer for the Associated Press until he joined the Bon & Star PR and ad agency in Pittsburgh circa 1950. He was an avid sailor and archer. He served in the U.S. Army as a private in the Burma Theater, where his unit (mars Task Force) operated behind Japanese liens to reopen the Burma Road to China. Later was managing editor for Stars and Stripes in Shanghai.

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William Grant Smock's Timeline

1913
December 13, 1913
Erie, Erie, Pennsylvania, United States
1986
April 23, 1986
Age 72
Cambridge, Maryland, United States
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Erie, Pennsylvania, United States