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Personal info

Full name
SCHMIDT, Leland Walter
Date of birth
20 June 1926
Age
18
Place of birth
Anoka County, Minnesota
Hometown
Anoka County, Minnesota

Military service

Service number
37771283
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
290th Infantry Regiment,
75th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 February 1945
Place of death
France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 26 13

Immediate family

Members
Arthur F. Schmidt (father)
Lucy M. (Gundlach) Schmidt (mother)
Theron A. Schmidt (brother)
Ronald W. O. Schmidt (brother)
Maxine L. Schmidt (sister)

More information

Pvt Leland W. Schmidt enlisted in Fort Snelling, Minnesota on 1 August 1944.

He attended high school for 1 year and worked on a farm before he enlisted.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census / Gundlach Family Tree, http://75thdivisiondad.com, www.findagrave.com - Anonymous
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy, www.ancestry.com - Margie Walker / Kathleen Pace