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Personal info

Full name
SCHMEDA, Peter
Date of birth
5 June 1905
Age
39
Place of birth
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Hometown
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36326830
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
68th Tank Battalion,
6th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
9 January 1945
Place of death
Bastogne, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 11 38

Immediate family

Members
August Schmeda (father)
Olga Schmeda (mother)
Charles Schmeda (brother)
Frank Schmeda (brother)
John Schmeda (brother)

More information

T/5 Peter Schmeda was employed at the Edward Katzinger Company before he enlisted at Camp Grant, Illinois on 25 March 1942.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Grand Failly, France.

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 / Bubis Family Tree, www.super6th.org
Photo source: Peter Schouteten