Sponsored by:

Navy Federal Credit Union
Otto
Diller
Schmidt
August 10, 1883

–

February 9, 1963

Cemetery:

Prospect Hill Cemetery

Awards Received

  • Medal of Honor

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Seaman

    Division:

    U.S.S. Bennington

    Action Date:

    July 21, 1905
    War Department, General Orders No. 13, January 5, 1906

    The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Seaman Otto Diller Schmidt, United States Navy, for extraordinary heroism on board the U.S.S. BENNINGTON, displayed at the time of the explosion of a boiler of that vessel at San Diego, California, 21 July 1905.