Oscar Schmidt, Jr.-Arlington, VA
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Don.Morfe
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World War I Medal of Honor Recipient for action at sea while attached to the USS Chestnut Hill on October 9, 1918. He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery in Section 11, site 116-LH.
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Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 10/03/2017
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He was born on March 25, 1896 in Philadelphia PA and died on March 24, 1973. His Medal of Honor information and citation is: SCHMIDT, OSCAR, JR.
Rank and Organization: Chief Gunner's Mate, U.S. Navy. Place and Date: At sea, 9 October 1918. Entered Service At: Pennsylvania. Born: 25 March 1896, Philadelphia, Pa. G. O. No.: 450, 1919.
Citation:
For gallant conduct and extraordinary heroism while attached to the U.S.S. Chestnut Hill, on the occasion of the explosion and subsequent fire on board the U.S. submarine chaser 219. Schmidt, seeing a man, whose legs were partly blown off, hanging on a line from the bow of the 219, jumped overboard, swam to the sub chaser and carried him from the bow to the stern where a member of the 219's crew helped him land the man on the afterdeck of the submarine. Schmidt then endeavored to pass through the flames amidships to get another man who was seriously burned. This he was unable to do, but when the injured man fell overboard and drifted to the stern of the chaser Schmidt helped him aboard .
Armed Service: Navy
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