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Personal info

Full name
SCHMIDT, Henry Aloysius
Date of birth
29 April 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
La Crosse County, Wisconsin
Hometown
Onalaska, La Crosse County, Wisconsin

Military service

Service number
36266492
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
109th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Vossenack, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
A 3 1

Immediate family

Members
Nicholas Schmidt father)
Mary L. (Lepsch) Schmidt (mother)
Helen L. Schmidt (sister)
Irene S. Schmidt (sister)
Arthur Schmidt (brother)
George J. Schmidt (brother)
Nicholas A. Schmidt (brother)
Mary A. Schmidt (sister)
Arthur Schmidt (brother)
Wilma (Risen) Schmidt (wife)

More information

Pfc Henry A. Schmidt enlisted in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on 15 September 1942 and trained at Camp Livingston, Lousiana, Camp Gordon, Florida and Camp Pickett, Virginia. He was sent overseas in October 1943.

Three of his brothers also served.

Source of information: André Koch, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, Https://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USA/USA-SS-Three/USA-SS-Three-III-3.html
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, The La Crosse Tribune - 8 December 1944