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Personal info

Full name
SCHMIDT, Edwin Raymond
Date of birth
1 July 1912
Age
32
Place of birth
St. Louis City, St. Louis County, Missouri
Hometown
St. Louis, Missouri

Military service

Service number
37630992
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
110th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
13 September 1944
Place of death
German-Luxembourg border

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
E 15 62

Immediate family

Members
Frederick N. Schmidt (father)
Mary C. (Becker) Schmidt (mother)
Elmer Schmidt (brother)
Fred Schmidt (brother)
Marie Schmidt (sister)
Joseph Schmidt (brother)
Hedwig Schmidt (sister)
Margaret Schmidt (sister)
Esther C. (Jetty) Schmidt (wife)

More information

Pvt Erwin R. Schmidt enlisted at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri on 16 December 1943.
He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Fosse, Belgium.

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - Army Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record, www.findagrave.com - Maureen Keillor

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philipett / Maureen Keillor