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Personal info

Full name
SCHMIDT, Henry Comeford
Date of birth
4 April 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Hometown
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36768868
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Medical Aidman
Unit
104th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division,
Medical Detachment
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 October 1944
Place of death
Moncourt, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 24 13

Immediate family

Members
Henry J. Gustave Schmidt (father)
Katherine B. (Comford) Schmidt (mother)
James K. Schmidt (brother)
Katherine R. Schmidt (sister)
Gertrude M. (Foos) Schmidt (wife)

More information

Pfc Henry C. Schmidt enlisted on 23 November 1943.

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

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.fold3.com - 26th Infantry Division, www.newspapers.com - Chicago Tribune Illinois 19 November 1944

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