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Alfred Lawrence Schmidt

Coxswain Navy World War II

Navy
Navy
Branch of Service
Navy
Rank
Coxswain
Unit
NRS, Columbus, Ohio; NTS, Great Lakes, Illinois; PhibTraBase, Little Creek, Virginia; USS LSM 177; USS LSM 91; R/S Brooklyn, New York; USS Vogelgesang; US Naval Hospital, Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Conflict / Era
World War II
Years of Service
04/19/1944 – 08/07/1946
Date of Birth
04/17/1927
Date of Death
11/24/1998
Hometown
UNKNOWN, OH
Awards & Decorations
American Campaign Medal; Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal; World War II Victory Medal; Philippine Liberation Medal
Burial Location
Desert Lawn Memorial Park, Kennewick, Washington
Monument Paver
No
Overseas Service
Okinawa
Township (entering service)
UNKNOWN
Township (current / at death)
UNKNOWN
Church
UNKNOWN
School
UNKNOWN
Record Authenticated
No

Biography

Overseas service: Okinawa. Church: UNKNOWN. School: UNKNOWN. Serial #5705126; enlisted 04/19/1944, discharged 08/07/1946; HEROES FROM THE HEARTLAND, p. 171, lists active service dates as 1943-1945; Certificate of Honorable Discharge lists place of birth as Union County, Ohio

Source: Certificate of Honorable Discharge, Union Co. Recorder's Office, Vol. 6, p. 366-367; HEROES FROM THE HEARTLAND (Claudia Robinson Bartow, 2002), p. 171 | Ancestry - Find A Grave, Dept. of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File