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Personal info

Full name
SCHMIDT, Ivan Edward
Date of birth
17 October 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Effingham County, Illinois
Hometown
Bishop Township, Effingham County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36311174
Rank
Technician Fourth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
741st Tank Battalion
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 April 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Merseburg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
J 1 22

Immediate family

Members
George H. Schmidt (father)
Clara R. (Mascher) Schmidt (mother)
Norman J. Schmidt (brother)
Paul G. Schmidt (brother)
Charles A. Schmidt (brother)

More information

T/4 Ivan E. Schmidt attended high school for two years and worked with his father on the family farm.

He enlisted at Camp Grant, Illinois on 13 January 1942.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - various family trees, http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org - After Action Report 741st Tank Battalion, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Jane Ries