Robert H Von Schlick

Robert was born in Berlin, Germany, on the 2nd of January 1875, and he arrived in the States in 1890. He enlisted in the US Army in July of 1899, and he was a Private when he deployed to China in support of the Boxer Rebellion. It was his actions with Company C of the 9th US Infantry on the 13th of July 1900 that would later earn him the Medal of Honor. The citation reads:

Although previously wounded while carrying a wounded comrade to a place of safety, Von Schlick rejoined his command which partly occupied an exposed position upon a dike, remaining there after his command had been withdrawn, singly keeping up the fire, and obliviously presenting himself as a conspicuous target until he was literally shot off his position by the enemy.

Robert was medically discharged from the Army three months later and he received the Medal of Honor on the 3rd of September 1903. He was married twice, first to Wilhelmina Mische in 1910, and second to Lydia Muster in 1929, with no record of children. Robert Henry Von Schlick died on the 1st of July 1941, at the age of 65 and he is buried in the Los Angeles National Cemetery: Section 81, Row G, Grave 20.