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Personal info

Full name
SCHMITT, Benedict George
Date of birth
21 January 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Rockville Center, Nassau County, New York
Hometown
Queens, Queens County, New York

Military service

Service number
12127160
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
M Company,
3rd Battalion,
334th Infantry Regiment,
84th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 November 1944
Place of death
Near Prummern/Beeck, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
D 15 5

Immediate family

Members
Joseph Schmitt (father)
Rose M. (Harlin) Schmitt (mother)
Joseph C. Schmitt (brother)

More information

Pfc Benedict Schmitt was engaged to Jean McGowan.

Source of information: Sebastiaan Vonk, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Schmitt Family Tree / U.S. Headstone and Internment Records, Fortune Favored the Brave: A History of the 334th Infantry Regiment 84th Division - Cpl Perry S. Wolff

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Jacqueline Lousberg