Name:
William R. Schmidt
Rank:
First Lieutenant
Serial Number:
O-745522
Unit:
381st Fighter Squadron, 363rd Fighter Group
Date of Death:
1944-05-24
State:
New York
Cemetery:
Long Island National Cemetery, New York
Plot:
J
Row:
Grave:
15271
Decoration:
Comments:
William R. Schmidt, aged 22, was born on December 12, 1921. He served in the 381st Fighter Squadron as a First Lieutenant during World War II. He was Killed in Action on May 24, 1944, in a collision whie strafing in the Nordhorn airfield in Germany. 1LT Schmidt is buried now in the Long Island National Cemetery, East Farmingdale, Suffolk County, New York, USA.