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VanEvery, Gilbert

Date of death:
July 2nd, 1987
Nationality:
American (1776 - present, Republic)

Biography

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Private First Class
Unit:
Company D, 1st Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division "Screaming Eagles", U.S. Army
For action performed on 20 December 1944, near Foy/province of Luxembourg, Belgium.

Citation unavailable.

Distinguished Service Cross (DSC)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Unit:
Company D, 1st Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division "Screaming Eagles", U.S. Army

This award was obtained in the form of an Oak Leave to be attached on the ribbon of the first award.
Bronze Star  Medal (BSM)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Unit:
Company D, 1st Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division "Screaming Eagles", U.S. Army

This award was obtained in the form of an second Oak Leave to be attached on the ribbon of the first award.
Bronze Star  Medal (BSM)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)

This award was obtained in the form of an Oak Leave to be attached on the ribbon of the first award.

Purple Heart
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)

This award was obtained in the form of an second Oak Leave to be attached on the ribbon of the first award.

Purple Heart

Sources

  • - Rapport, L., Northwood Jr., A, Rendezvous with Destiny – A History of the 101st Airborne Division, The Battery Press, Nashville, USA, 2000 (reprint of the original 1948 edition not the later 1965 second edition)
    - ramsburyatwar.com
    - ww2-airborne.us
    - 506infantry.org

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