Name:
Arthur Schmaal
Rank:
Corporal
Serial Number:
Unit:
28th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division
Date of Death:
1918-10-10
State:
Minnesota
Cemetery:
Meuse-Argonne American Cem., Lorraine, France
Plot:
E
Row:
24
Grave:
33
Decoration:
Comments:
When Arthur Schmaal was born on February 28, 1894, his father, William, was 31 and his mother, Bergitte, was 18. He had two brothers and three sisters. He entered the military service in Minnesota and served in the U.S. Army during World War I as a Corporal in Company M, 28th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division. He was Killed in Action on October 10, 1918 and is now buried in Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Departement de la Meuse, Lorraine, France. His name is commemorated on the First Infantry Division monument in Saint-Juvin, France but his surname is inscribed as Schmall.