William Gerhart Schiller

Korean War
Service #55121062
RankPrivate First Class U.S. Army
Date of DeathDecember 4 1952
Korean Service Medal
National Defense Service Medal
Purple Heart
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation
Republic of Korea War Service Medal
United Nations Service Medal
Private First Class Schiller was awarded the Purple Heart, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.
Notes
Private First Class Schiller was a member of Battery B, 623rd Field Artillery Battalion, U.S. Army. On December 4, 1952, while hunting pheasants near Songhon, South Korea, he stepped on a landmine.