Name:
Karl F. Schmidt
Rank:
Private First Class
Serial Number:
33475231
Unit:
505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne
Date of Death:
1944-12-24
State:
Pennsylvania
Cemetery:
Ardennes American Cem. and Memorial, Belgium
Plot:
D
Row:
28
Grave:
7
Decoration:
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster
Comments:
When Karl F. Schmidt was born on January 7, 1922 in Kentucky, his father, Frederick, was 30 and his mother, Edna, was 21. He had four brothers and four sisters. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II as a Private First Class in Company I, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division. He died on December 24, 1944 and is now buried in Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial, Neuville-en-Condroz, Arrondissement de Liège, Liège, Belgium.