Harold W. Schmidle, age 24, from Kingwood, West Virginia, Preston county.
Parents: Mrs. Jennie McCroby
Service era: World War II
Military history: Awarded Silver Star posthumously for leading his reduced squad into a position from which he repulsed enemy rushes until mortally wounded.
Date of death: Monday, February 19, 1945
Death details: Killed in action, Philippines in the Battle of Banzai Point on Corregidor Island
Cemetery: In 2022, a rural West Virginia bridge was named in his honor. Buries in Maplewood Cemetery in Kingwood, West Virginia
Source: National Archives, Assocaited Press (2022), findagraave.com