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Personal info

Full name
SCHMIDT, Raymond Eugene
Date of birth
10 January 1926
Age
19
Place of birth
Mansfield, Richland County, Ohio
Hometown
Mansfield, Richland County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35560664
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
254th Infantry Regiment,
63rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
29 January 1945
Place of death
Near Jebsheim, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
D 43 22

Immediate family

Members
Joseph Schmidt (father)
Elizabeth (Kerschner) Schmidt (mother)
Richard P. Schmidt (brother)
Anna S. Schmidt (sister)

More information

Pfc Raymond E. Schmidt attended high school for two years and was employed at the Westinghouse Elect Manufacturing Company in Mansfield, Ohio before he enlisted at Fort Thomas, Kentucky on 27 February 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.63rdinfdiv.com, www.findagrave.com

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