Army Pvt. Floyd Schultz, killed in action during the Korean War at 21 years of age, was finally recovered this past September and will be laid to rest in White's Fairview Cemetery on Wednesday, August 20, 2025.  There will be a Graveside Service at 10:00 AM with full military honors.

Floyd Schultz was born January 16, 1929 in White, SD, to John and Jennie (Franken) Schultz. Floyd had four brothers and one sister and grew up in the White area.  Before Floyd even graduated high school, he entered active military service in Brookings on April 28, 1948. He trained at Fort Knox, Kentucky and was deployed overseas as part of the Occupation Forces in Japan in August of 1949. While in the military, Floyd completed his GED.

Private First Class Schultz was a member of Company E, 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division.  When war broke out in Korea, Pfc. Schulz's Division was one of the first to be sent into combat.  By the time the 1st Calvary Division arrived in Korea in late July 1950, the North Koreans were threatening to overrun Teagu, a major road and rail junction in Southeast Republic of Korea.  The 1st Cavalry Division was quickly sent to the Taegu sector of the U.N. defensive line that became known as the Pusan Perimeter with the mission to block Main Supply Route 1 into Teagu. Soon after, on August 14, 1950, Pfc. Schultz was reported missing in action and his family waited anxiously for more information. Later, they received news that he had died in battle on August 20, 1950 at the Battle of Naktong Bulge.  The family received a letter from General MacArthur in which he wrote:

The untimely and tragic loss of your son, Floyd, who met his death on the field of battle in Korea, has shocked all of us very deeply.  Some measure of comfort may be derived from the knowledge that he died in the service of his country and in the defense of a peace-loving country.

Pfc. Schultz was awarded the Purple heart, the Combat Infantryman's Badge, the Korean Service Medal, The United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, and the Korean War Service Medal.

The body of Private First Class Floyd Schultz was reportedly buried in a mass grave in South Korea and later, remains were sent to Hawaii Cemetery that holds unknown soldiers in the National Cemetery of the Pacific (informally known as the "Punchbowl").

Floyd was proceeded in death by his brother Matthew (who was killed in Belgium during WWII).  He has since been joined in death by his parents, John and Jenny; his brothers, Eddie (Dorothy), Alvin and Donald and his sister, Grace (Harold) Bahr.

Surviving to remember Floyd are his nieces; Maxine (Richard) Christianson, Nancy (John) Popowski, Donna (Larry) Miller, Carol (late husband Don) Schultz McLaughlin, a sister-in-law, Jacquelyn Schultz, as well as many great, great-great, and great-great-great nieces and nephews.