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SCHADEGG, Louis G - Date of
birth
14 March 1913 -
Age
31 - Place of
birth
Whitman County, Washington -
Hometown
Cheney, Spokane County, Washington
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O1543193 -
Rank
First Lieutenant -
Function
unknown -
Unit
326th Airborne Medical Company,
101st Airborne Division
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Awards
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
29 October 1944 - Place of
death
Dobbelmannweg
Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| K | 1 | 6 |
Immediate family
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Members
George J. Schadegg (father)
Elizabeth F. (Glowczewsky) Schadegg (mother)
Francis J. Schadegg (brother)
More information
1st Lt Louis G. Schadegg graduated from Lind High School and Washington State Normal School (now Eastern Washington University). He received his masters degree from Gonzaga University and was employed as a laboratory technician.He enlisted in Spokane, Washington on 22 April 1942.
The company operated a clearing station at Dobbelmannweg unit 13:30 hrs at which it was bombed for the third time. Since the location had been struck by boms at 10:00 hrs and by rockets at 11:30 hrs, it was deemed advisable to move the unit to a new loaction following the last bombing which rendered the building untenable because all windows had been blown out.
Lt Schadegg was killed when a bomb struck near his jeep.
On one of the photo's he poses with Under Secretary of State Edward T. Stettinius during an inspection tour.
Source of information: Terry Hirsh, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ww2-airborne.us, www.ancestry.com - Family Tree / WWII Enlistment Record, After Action Report of the 326th AMC
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Gonzaga Preparatory School - Luigian Yearbook (Spokane, WA), The Oregon Daily Journal - 27 April 1944, Washington State Normal School 1930