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Personal info

Full name
SCHMIDT, Orris Frederick
Date of birth
30 April 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Alpena, Jerauld County, South Dakota
Hometown
Oakland, Alameda County, California

Military service

Service number
39047509
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
Medical Detachment,
47th Infantry Regiment,
9th Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
27 November 1944
Place of death
Near Langerwehe, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
F 3 26

Immediate family

Members
Fred W. Schmidt (father)
Sarah Schmidt (mother)
Donald Schmidt (brother)
Darlene Schmidt (sister)
Lawell Schmidt (sister)

More information

Pfc Orris F. Schmidt attended high school for three years.

He enlisted in San Francisco, California on 18 June 1943.

He was hit in the head by a shell on the road from Düren to Langerwehe, when he and some comrades were evacuating a wounded buddy. He was awarded the Silver Star Medal posthumously for this action.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Sheree Dowdle, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, http://9thinfantrydivision.net

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.ancestry.com - U.S. School Yearbooks - Golden Gate Academy Oakland, California 1945