Otto Diller Schmidt
Born: August 10, 1883 at Blair, Nebraska
Home Town: Blair, Nebraska
Medal of Honor
Peacetime Awards
U.S. Navy
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.