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Personal info

Full name
SCHEIDT, Frederick Emil
Date of birth
8 March 1918
Age
27
Place of birth
Brooklyn, New York City, New York
Hometown
Bayville, Nassau County, New York

Military service

Service number
32624980
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
354th Infantry Regiment,
89th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
1 April 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Sankt Goar, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
D 10 24

Immediate family

Members
Harry J. Scheidt (father)
Marie L. (Horst) Scheidt (mother)
Harry J. Scheidt (brother)

More information

Cpl Frederick E. Scheidt was graduated from Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute and was working for the U.S. Government as a civil engineer.

He enlisted in New York City, New York on 10 November 1942. He was selected for the Army Specialized Training Program (A.S.T.P.) and studied at Stanford University.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 / New York, New York, Birth index, 1910-1965
www.newspapers.com - The Brooklyn Daily Eagle 24 April 1945, http://www.89infdivww2.org/
Photo source: Peter Schouteten