Frank X Schmidt
Kentucky Post, Friday, 19 June 1953, page 1
Pvt. Frank Schmidt, 20, member of a prominent Bellevue family, has been killed in action in Korea, the family has been notified. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Willard Schmidt, 230 Fairfield avenue, Bellevue. A Department of Defense telegram which arrived Thursday night said Pvt. Schmidt was killed in combat last Sunday but gave no details.
Pvt. Schmidt was a brother of Rev Vincent Schmidt, assistant pastor of Holy Cross Church, Latonia. Another brother, Louis is to be ordained a deacon Sunday at St Mary Cathedral, Covington. The young soldier was with a heavy mortars company in the Ninth Infantry Regiment and had been in Korea since mid-April. Pvt. Schmidt was engaged to be married to Miss Joan Fessler, 1020 Orchard street, Newport. He attended Sacred Heart School in Bellevue and later graduated from Newport Catholic High School. He was employed at the Standard Publishing Co. Cincinnati, when he entered the armed services last Nov 2.
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Kentucky Post, Monday, 10 August 1953, page 4
SCHMIDT, Frank X, beloved son of Willard and Catherine (nee Dickman) dear brother of Rev Louis Schmidt, Mrs. John Wildeboer, Rita, Virginia, Willard Jr. Charles, Paul and Jerry. Killed in action in Korea, June 14, 1953; residence 230 Fairfield av. Bellevue. Prayers Thursday, August 13, at the Dobbling Funeral Home, 241 Fairfield av. Bellevue at 9L30 am. Solemn Requiem High Mass Sacred Heart Church at 10 am. Friends may call Wednesday 4-9 pm.