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Personal info

Full name
SCHMIDT, John Jacob
Date of birth
1 December 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Judsonia, White County, Arkansas
Hometown
Floral, Independence County, Arkansas

Military service

Service number
38670156
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
H Company,
2nd Battalion,
134th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
6 January 1945
Place of death
Northeast of Lutrebois, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 10 43

Immediate family

Members
George C. Schmidt (father)
Grace M. (Karns) Schmidt (mother)
George C. Schmidt Jr. (brother)
Bruna M. Schmidt (sister)
Floyd A. Schmidt (brother)
Clara A. Schmidt (sister)
Delpha M. (Jefford) Schmidt (wife)
Doris J. Schmidt (daughter)

More information

Pfc John J. Schmidt attended high school for two years and worked on his own farm before he enlisted at Camp Josepth T. Robinson, Arkansas on 21 June 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments to his face.

He is also remembered at the Cedar Grove United Methodist Church Cemetery in Floral, Independence County, Arkansas.

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 / Samantha Reed Family Tree / 1940 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - Coleman / Tom Todd
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery / Andy Gay / Tom Todd