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Louis Van Schaick attended the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, and was a non-graduating member of the Class of 1900. He retired due to wounds received in combat as a U.S. Army Colonel. Serving as a civilian in the Philippine Islands, he was taken as a Prisoner of War by the Japanese, and died while still in captivity.

Awards Received

  • Prisoner of War Medal

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Colonel

    Division:

    Prisoner of War (Philippine Islands)

    Action Date:

    1942 – Died in Captivity

    Colonel (Retired) Louis Joseph Van Schaick (ASN: 0-838), United States Army, while in the Philippines as a United States Civilian, was taken Prisoner of War by the Japanese, and died while still in captivity.

  • Medal of Honor

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    First Lieutenant (Infantry)

    Regiment:

    4th Cavalry

    Action Date:

    November 23, 1901

    War Department, General Orders No. 33 (1913)

    The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to First Lieutenant (Infantry) Louis Joseph Van Schaick, United States Army, for most distinguished gallantry on 23 November 1901, while serving with 4th Cavalry, in action at Nasugbu, Batangas, Philippine Islands. While in pursuit of a band of insurgents, First Lieutenant Van Schaick was the first of his detachment to emerge from a canyon, and seeing a column of insurgents and fearing they might turn and dispatch his men as they emerged one by one from the canyon, galloped forward and closed with the insurgents, thereby throwing them into confusion until the arrival of others of the detachment.