Name:
Louis M. Schmitzer
Rank:
Sergeant
Serial Number:
Unit:
52nd Bomber Squadron, 29th Bombardment Group (Very Heavy)
Date of Death:
1945-03-10
State:
Michigan
Cemetery:
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA
Plot:
Section Q
Row:
Grave:
Site 618
Decoration:
Comments:
Louis M. Schmitzer was born on May 22, 1923. He was the son of Louis Georg Adam Schmitzer and Johanna Barbara "Barbara" Stellwag Schmitzer Pember.
He served in the 52nd Bomber Squadron, 29th Bombardment Group, Very Heavy, as a Sergeant and CPC gunner of B-29-30-BA Superfortress #42-63564 during World War II. He was Killed in Action on March 10, 1945, when the aircraft made a navigational error and crashed into Mt. Fubo.