Date of birth:

June 10th, 1895 (Heckholzhausen/Hesse, Germany)

Date of death:

June 29th, 1965 (Bad Laasphe/Northrhine-Westphalia, Germany)

Nationality:

German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Otto Schmidt served with the Infanterie-Regiment 116 with the rank of Leutnant der Reserve during World War One. Vor his services he received the EK2 and EK1 and the Hessische Tapferkeitsmedaille.
During the Second World War he served in France in 1940 as Chef 8. Kompanie, Infanterie-Regiment 181 and in the Soviet Union with II. / Infanterie-Regiment 181 and the rank of Major der Reserve. During the fightings in France in 1945 he became POW witht he U.S. forces in which he remained until 1947.

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• - PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001.
  - Mitteilungen des Vereine Alter Arminen und der Aktiven, Marburg/Lahn, Heft 42 vom 15.Dezember 1965;