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Personal info

Full name
SCHERMITZLER, Donald Thomas
Date of birth
4 June 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Kaukauna, Outagamie County, Wisconsin
Hometown
Outagamie County, Wisconsin

Military service

Service number
36285801
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
401st Glider Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 January 1945
Place of death
Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
E 3 64

Immediate family

Members
Joseph U. Schermitzler (father)
Evelyn (Ristau) Schermitzler (mother)
Leroy Schermitzler (brother)
Kenneth Schermitzler (brother)
Dorothy J. Schermitzler (sister)
Norma (Baker) Schermitzler (wife)

More information

Sgt Donald T. Schermitzler enlisted in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on 25 November 1942.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Sheree Dowdle, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.findagrave.com, http://www.ww2-airborne.us/units/401/401_honor_kz.html, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com - Jacob Paltzer