Background
Schomburg, August was born on July 3, 1908 in Denver, Colorado, United States. Son of Sam and Mary (Harms) Schomburg.
Schomburg, August was born on July 3, 1908 in Denver, Colorado, United States. Son of Sam and Mary (Harms) Schomburg.
August Schomburg was born in Denver, Colorado, on July 3rd, 1908. Following graduation from West Denver High School in 1926, he attended the Colorado School of Mines for a year before entering the United States Military Academy at West Point. 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 retired from Active Duty military service in 1967, and died in 1972. He is buried at Arlington National Cemetery. Education Work During the early years of his military career he served various Infantry assignments.
In April 1944 he was called to the War Department General Staff, where he was assigned to G-3 until February 1946.
The following three years he spent at Ottawa, Canada as Assistant Military Attaché, United States Embassy, and Liaison Officer with the Canadian Army. In September 1949 he was assigned to Watertown Arsenal, Watertown, Massachusetts, where he remained until July 29, 1952 as Director of Research, Development and Engineering.
The following year he spent as a student at the Industrial College of the Armed Forces, Fort McNair, Washington, District of Columbia, graduating in June 1953. He was named Chief, Procurement Branch, G-4, Logistics, for United States Army in Europe, in 1953, with headquarters at Heidelberg, Germany.
On April 27, 1956, General Schomburg was appointed Chief, Research and Development Division, Office, Chief of Ordnance.
General Schomburg became Deputy Chief of Ordnance on 2 May 1958. He commanded the United States. Army Ordnance Missile Command at Redstone Arsenal, predecessor to the United States. Army Missile Command (later merged with the United States Army Aviation and Troop Command to form the United States Army Aviation and Missile Command in 1997), where he worked with Doctor Werner Von Braun in the development of the Nike-Zeus and Hercules class missile systems from February 1960 to May 24, 1962. He assisted with the official transfer of authority of the Army Ballistic Missile Agency (ABMA) to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration 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.
Member American Ordnance Association (director) Washington post), Armed Forces Management Association (national board directors), Defense Supply Association, National Security Industrial Association Association United States Army.
Married Fern Wynne, June 12, 1931. Children: Alice (Mistress R. West. Maher), Augusta Ann (Mistress Mead South. Gruver), August.