August Schomburg

Lieutenant General (Ret.) August Schomburg (July 3, 1908 – January 14, 1972) was the Commander of the United States Army Ballistic Missile Command, and later Commandant of the Industrial College of the Armed Forces. He retired from Active Duty military service in 1967, and died in 1972. He is buried at Arlington National Cemetery. His wife Fern Wynne Schomburg died in 1996.

Biography Education

August Schomburg was born in Denver, Colorado, on July 3, 1908. He was graduated from the West Point on June 11, 1931, with a degree in Military Science and was commissioned a Second Lieutenant of Infantry in the Regular Army. He assisted with the official transfer of authority of the Army Ballistic Missile Agency (ABMA) to the NASA George C. Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) on July 1, 1960. General Schomburg later served as Commandant of the Industrial College of the Armed Forces at Fort McNair prior to his retirement in 1967. He died in January 1972 and was buried in Arlington National Cemetery. He was inducted into the Ordnance Corps Hall of Fame in 1985.

Awards Lieutenant General Schomburg was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal, the Legion of Merit with Oak Leaf Cluster and the Army Commendation Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster.