Charles Schaube
| Date and Place of Birth: | 1917 Denton, MD |
| Date and Place of Death: | April 16, 1945 Germany |
| Baseball Experience: | Semi-Pro |
| Position: | First Base |
| Rank: | Private First Class |
| Military Unit: | 323rd Field Artillery Battalion, 83rd Infantry Division US Army |
| Area Served: | European Theater of Operations |
Charles H. Schaube was born in Denton, Maryland in 1917. An
outstanding young first baseman, Schaube had a tryout with the Dover
Orioles of the Eastern Shore League in 1937, but was beaten out of the
first base job by Paul Swoboda. He went on to play semi-pro baseball in
the Mar-Del (Maryland-Delaware) League with Goldsboro, Greensboro and
Denton. Over three seasons with the Denton club – 1940 to 1942 – his
batting average was around .300.
Schaube was working at Goldsborough Farms near Goldsboro, Delaware, when
he entered service with the Army on October 15, 1942. The 25-year-old
trained at Camp Lee in Virginia, Camp Atterbury in Indiana and Camp
Breckenridge in Kentucky.
Private First Class Schaube served in Europe with the 323rd Field
Artillery Battalion of the 83rd Infantry Division. He was killed in
action in Germany on April 16, 1945 – just three weeks before Germany
surrendered.
Charles Schaube is buried at the Netherlands American Cemetery in
Margraten.
Thanks to Astrid van Erp for help with photos for this biography
Date Added June 5, 2012. Updated July 29, 2017
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