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Personal info

Full name
SCHMIDT, Luther Martin
Date of birth
19 October 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Oakland, Garrett County, Maryland
Hometown
Oakland, Garrett County, Maryland

Military service

Service number
6883622
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
D Company,
1st Battalion,
143rd Infantry Regiment,
36th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
3 February 1945
Place of death
Rohrwiller, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 22 33

Immediate family

Members
Charles P. Schmidt (father)
Lucinda E. Schmidt (mother)
Henry A. Schmidt (brother)
Edward Schmidt (brother)
Daisy J. (Foster) Schmidt (wife)

More information

Pfc Luther M. Schmidt was employed at the Imperial Ice Cream Company before he enlisted in August 1943. He was sent overseas in March 1944.

He is remembered at the Oakland Cemetery in Oakland, Garrett, Maryland.

His brother, Henry A. Schmidt, is buried at Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery, Belgium.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, https://texasmilitaryforcesmuseum.org/, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.findagrave.com – Grampire / Russ Pickett, www.newspapers.com – The Cumberland News - 24 February 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy / Grampire