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Personal info

Full name
SCHMITZ, John Nicholas
Date of birth
25 December 1909
Age
35
Place of birth
Hawarden, Sioux County, Iowa
Hometown
Hawarden, Sioux County, Iowa

Military service

Service number
37078423
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
4th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron (Mechanized),
B Troop
Awards
unknown

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
11 July 1945
Place of death
Balingen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 22 44

Immediate family

Members
John Schmitz (father)
Eliza J. (Wall) Schmitz (mother)
Elizabeth A. Schmitz (sister)
William J. Schmitz (brother)
Margaret M. Schmitz (sister)
Aileen J. Schmitz (sister)
Louis B. Schmitz (brother)

More information

S/Sgt John N. Schmitz was employed at the Cleveland Bros before he enlisted.

He was sent overseas in December 1944.

He was killed in a vehicle accident.

He is remembered at the Calvary Cemetery in Sutherland, O’Brien County, Iowa.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Gorman Family Tree, www.findagrave.com – Nicki / Shane O, www.newspapers.com – Sioux City Journal 7 August 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Nicki