Death
Schmitz died of prostate cancer at the age of 70 on January 10, 2001. Following a packed funeral service at the Ft. Meyer post chapel, was buried with full military honors at Arlington National Cemetery.
An obituary printed in the Institute for Historical Review's journal, the Journal of Historical Review, described Schmitz as a "good friend of the Institute for Historical Review ... Schmitz attended at least two IHR Conferences, and was a subscriber for many years to the IHR's Journal of Historical Review."
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