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Auvil, Daniel M., Jr.

Nationality:
American

Biography

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
2nd Lieutenant
Unit:
Company A, 607th Tank Destroyer Battalion, 95th Infantry Division "Iron Men of Metz", U.S. Army
Awarded on:
December 18th, 1944

Headquarters, 95th Infantry Division, General Orders No. 48 (18 December 1944).
Bronze Star  Medal (BSM)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
1st Lieutenant
Unit:
Company A, 607th Tank Destroyer Battalion, 87th Infantry Division "Golden Acorn", U.S. Army
Awarded on:
May 9th, 1945

Headquarters, 87th Infantry Division, General Orders No. 118 (9 May 1945).
This award was obtained in the form of an Oak Leaf to be attached on the ribbon of the first award.

Bronze Star  Medal (BSM)
For action performed on 16 April 1945 in Plauen/Saxony, Germany.

Headquarters, 87th Infantry Division, General Orders No. 147 (26 May 1945).

Sources

  • - Eby, H.H. (Battalion History Staff), Tank Busters – The History of the 607th Tank Destroyer Battalion in Combat on the Western Front, Knorr & Hirth, Munich, Germany, 1945
    - Tank Destroyer.net

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