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Personal info

Full name
SCHILDMILLER, George Henry Jr
Date of birth
29 December 1915
Age
28
Place of birth
Seattle, King County, Washington
Hometown
Hamilton County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
O1299632
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
S-3, Operations and Training
Unit
Headquarters,
1st Battalion,
329th Infantry Regiment,
83rd Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 December 1944
Place of death
Near Gürzenich, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
G 15 56

Immediate family

Members
George H. Schildmiller (father)
Leila M. (Jenkins) Schildmiller (mother)
Gretchen Schildmiller (sister)
Dorothy Schildmiller (sister)

More information

1st Lt George H. Schildmiller Jr. attended college and was a salesman.

He enlisted in Cincinnati, Ohio on 6 April 1942.

Lt Schildmiller joined the 329th from the 41st Replacement Battalion as a member of A Company on 1 August 1944 but he was reassigned to Battalion HQ the same day. After serving as S-2, he was reassigned to S-3 on 27 October 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, http://83rdinfdivdocs.org - After Action Report

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet