He was awarded a Silver Star for his bravery in continuing at his machine gun post until he was mortally wounded. His refusal to leave his post helped turn the tide of an attempted counterattack. The award was made posthumously to the care of his mother, Mary.
He was awarded a Silver Star for his bravery in continuing at his machine gun post until he was mortally wounded. His refusal to leave his post helped turn the tide of an attempted counterattack. The award was made posthumously to the care of his mother, Mary.
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ALABAMA
PVT 32 INF 7 INF DIV
WORLD WAR II
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Records on Ancestry
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Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S., National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (Punchbowl), 1941-2011
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U.S., National Cemetery Interment Control Forms, 1928-1962
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U.S., War Department, Press Releases and Related Records, 1942-1945
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1910 United States Federal Census
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U.S., Veterans' Gravesites, ca.1775-2019
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