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|name=William Richard Schmidt |image=William R. Schmidt2.jpg |image_size=175px |caption= |birth_date=October 14, 1889 |death_date=July 18, 1967 (aged 77) |placeofburial_label= |placeofburial= |birth_place=Verdigre, Nebraska, United States |death_place=Washington, D.C., United States |placeofburial_coordinates= |nickname= |allegiance={{flag|United States|1912}} |branch={{army|United States}} |serviceyears=1913--1951 |rank= Major General |unit= Infantry Branch |commands=39th Infantry Regiment 76th Infantry Division 3rd Infantry Division 101st Airborne Division |battles=Pancho Villa Expedition World War I World War II Cold War |awards=Army Distinguished Service Medal Silver Star Legion of Merit |relations= |laterwork= }}Major General William Richard Schmidt (October 14, 1889 – July 18, 1966) was a decorated United States Army officer who spent most of World War II as commanding the 76th Infantry Division.[1] BiographyEarly life and military careerWilliam Richard Schmidt was born on October 14, 1889, the son of Joseph Karl and his wife Anna (néé Haman). Seeking a military career, he entered the United States Military Academy (USMA) at West Point, New York in 1909. He graduated four years later on June 12, 1913, which led to him being commissioned as an officer, with the rank of second lieutenant, into the Infantry Branch of the United States Army on the same date. Many of his fellow classmates who he graduated alongside would, like Schmidt, attain high rank and become general officers in the years to come, during World War II. They included Douglass T. Greene, Paul Newgarden, Robert L. Spragins, Louis A. Craig, Lunsford E. Oliver, Henry B. Lewis, John E. McMahon, Jr., Carlos Brewer, Richard U. Nicholas, Alexander Patch, Robert H. Van Volkenburgh, Willis D. Crittenberger, Robert M. Perkins, William A. McCulloch, Geoffrey Keyes, Selby H. Frank, Charles H. Corlett and Henry B. Cheadle, along with numerous others. Between 1913 and 1917, Schmidt served on the Mexico–United States border during the Pancho Villa Expedition. During this campaign, he was promoted to first lieutenant. Schmidt did not see combat in France on the Western Front during World War I and instead performed stateside duty at Schofield Barracks in Pearl Harbor, at Presidio of San Francisco and at Camp Fremont, California.[2] Between the warsIn 1921, now with the rank of major, Schmidt was transferred back to the USMA, where he was an instructor. He stayed in this position until 1923, when he was transferred back to Hawaii.[3] Schmidt attended the U.S. Army Command and General Staff School at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas in 1928. In 1933, he was appointed executive officer (XO) of the Civilian Conservation Corps at Camp Dix, New Jersey and served there for one year. Then he was transferred to Washington, D.C., where he was assigned to the Supply branch (G-4 Division) of the War Department General Staff on March 21, 1934.[4] World War IIIn 1940, Schmidt was appointed commander of the 39th Infantry Regiment a, part of the 9th Infantry Division, and stayed in this capacity until the end of 1941. He was subsequently promoted to the one-star general officer rank of brigadier general in April 1942, four months after the American entry into World War II, and transferred to the newly activated 81st Infantry Division, where he became the assistant division commander (ADC) for Major General Gustave H. Franke, the division commander, for a short time.[5] Schmidt was transferred to the 76th Infantry Division on December 13, 1942, where he succeeded Major General Emil F. Reinhardt in command of the 76th Division. He was also promoted to the temporary two-star rank of major general in December 1942.[6] Major General Schmidt stayed with the division throughout the rest of the war. He led the 76th Division overseas, first to England in December 1944, then a month later when it was sent to the Western Front, in the Ardennes-Alsace Campaign and Central Europe Campaign for which he received the Army Distinguished Service Medal, Silver Star, Legion of Merit and others.[7] PostwarIn August 1945, Major General Schmidt assumed command of the 3rd Infantry Division, as a part of the occupational forces in Germany. Schmidt was then transferred to the Third Army under command of Lieutenant General Geoffrey Keyes, his classmate from the West Point, where he became the chief of staff on May 20, 1946. From July 1948—May 1949 he commanded the 101st Airborne Division. Major General William Schmidt retired from the army, after 38 years service, in 1951 and died at the age of 76 years on July 18, 1966 in Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C.. He was buried at Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia, together with his wife Helen Munn Goodier, with whom he had two daughters.[8] DecorationsHere is Major general Schmidt´s ribbon bar:
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References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.generals.dk/general/Schmidt/William_Richard/USA.html |title=Biography of Major general William Richard Schmidt (1889 - 1966)|publisher=generals.dk |date=2010-07-04 |accessdate=2013-01-26}} {{s-start}}{{s-mil}}{{s-bef|before=Emil F. Reinhardt}}{{s-ttl|title=Commanding General 76th Infantry Division|years=1942–1945}}{{s-aft|after=Henry C. Evans}}2. ^{{cite web|url=http://unithistories.com/units_index/default.asp?file=../officers/officers_american.html |title=World War II Unit Histories & Officers|publisher=unithistories.com |date=2010-07-04 |accessdate=2013-01-26}} 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://unithistories.com/units_index/default.asp?file=../officers/officers_american.html |title=World War II Unit Histories & Officers|publisher=unithistories.com |date=2010-07-04 |accessdate=2013-01-26}} 4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.generals.dk/general/Schmidt/William_Richard/USA.html |title=Biography of Major general William Richard Schmidt (1889 - 1966)|publisher=generals.dk |date=2010-07-04 |accessdate=2013-01-26}} 5. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.generals.dk/general/Schmidt/William_Richard/USA.html |title=Biography of Major general William Richard Schmidt (1889 - 1966)|publisher=generals.dk |date=2010-07-04 |accessdate=2013-01-26}} 6. ^{{cite web|url=http://unithistories.com/units_index/default.asp?file=../officers/officers_american.html |title=World War II Unit Histories & Officers|publisher=unithistories.com |date=2010-07-04 |accessdate=2013-01-26}} 7. ^{{cite web|url=http://militarytimes.com/citations-medals-awards/recipient.php?recipientid=111863 |title=Valor awards for William R. Schmidt|publisher=militarytimes.com |date=2010-07-04 |accessdate=2013-01-26}} 8. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Schmidt&GSfn=William&GSby=1889&GSbyrel=in&GSdy=1966&GSdyrel=in&GSob=n&GRid=49309681&df=all& |title=Gen William R. Schmidt (1889 - 1966) - Find a Grave Memorial|publisher=findagrave.com |date=2010-07-04 |accessdate=2013-01-26}} |-{{s-bef|before=John W. O'Daniel}}{{s-ttl|title=Commanding General 3rd Infantry Division|years=1945–1946}}{{s-aft|after=Post deactivated}} |-{{s-bef|before=Newly activated post}}{{s-ttl|title=Commanding General 101st Airborne Division|years=1948–1949}}{{s-aft|after=Cornelius E. Ryan}}{{s-end}}{{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Schmidt, William R.}} 19 : 1889 births|1966 deaths|American people of German descent|United States Army generals|American military personnel of World War I|American army personnel of World War II|United States Military Academy alumni|United States Army Command and General Staff College alumni|United States Army War College alumni|United States Military Academy faculty|Recipients of the Distinguished Service Medal (United States)|Recipients of the Silver Star|Recipients of the Legion of Merit|Officiers of the Légion d'honneur|Recipients of the Croix de Guerre 1939–1945 (France)|Recipients of the Croix de guerre (Belgium)|Recipients of the Czechoslovak War Cross|Grand Officers of the Order of Orange-Nassau|Burials at Arlington National Cemetery |
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