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Personal info

Full name
SCHMITZ, Raymond George
Date of birth
19 June 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Hometown
Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
O1303034
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
Platoon Commander
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
506th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division,
3rd Platoon
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 September 1944
Place of death
Near Veghel, Holland

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
K 18 17

Immediate family

Members
Michael C. Schmitz (father)
Ida B. (Pestka) Schmitz (mother)
Marie Schmitz (sister)
Elizabeth K. (Knepper) Schmitz (wife)

More information

1st Lt Raymond G. Schmitz graduated from St George Gigh School in 1937.

He enlisted in Chicago, Illinois on 23 April 1941. He was commissioned a 2nd lieutenant in 1942 and promoted to 1st Lieutenant in August 1943. He went overseas in November 1943.
He died from the concussion of exploding ammunition that was loaded on a burning truck.

Lt. Raymond G. Schmitz is remembered at the Saint Mary's Cemetery in Northbrook, Illinois.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, WWII Draft Cards, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com - Orville L. Kline, Allen S. Price, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, http://www.ww2-airborne.us/units/506/506_honor_off.html, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, L. Winslow, Mary Jane Matecki