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Personal info

Full name
SCHMIDT, Charles Richard
Date of birth
10 August 1908
Age
36
Place of birth
Ujvidek, Hungary
Hometown
White Plains, Westchester County, New York

Military service

Service number
32686758
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
358th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 September 1944
Place of death
Marange-Silvange, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Charles Schmidt (father)
Irene (Kandibo) Schmidt (mother)
Carolyn Schmidt (sister)
Judith O. (Hultberg) Schmidt (wife)

More information

Pfc Charles R. Schmidt was an interior decorator before he enlisted on 26 December 1942 and was sent overseas in May 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – U.S. WWII Jewish Servicemen Cards / Olenick Family Tree, www.newspapers.com - The Reporter Dispatch - 27 April 1945

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.newspapers.com - The Reporter Dispatch - 28 April 1945