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Personal info

Full name
SCHMIEDING, Casper Henry
Date of birth
23 August 1908
Age
36
Place of birth
Codington County, South Dakota
Hometown
Kranzburg, Codington County, South Dakota

Military service

Service number
37299149
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Rifleman
Unit
G Company,
2nd Battalion,
318th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 March 1945
Place of death
Near Weiskirchen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
D 13 23

Immediate family

Members
John Schmieding (father)
Emma M. (Schaak) Schmieding (mother)
Anna M. Schmieding (sister)
Melvin J. Schmieding (brother)
Rita E. Schmieding (sister)

More information

Pfc Casper H. Schmieding was a railroad employee before he enlisted.

He was wounded in February 1945 by artillery shell fragments in the buttock and hip. After recovering he rejoined his unit.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in the thorax.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card File / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men, Carter and Brewington Family Tree, South Dakota Birth Index, www.80thdivision.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - LuxAmCem