Brashears, Charlie

Date of birth:: January 3rd, 1917 (Wolfe county/Kentucky, United States)
Date of death:: November 14th, 1995
Nationality:: American (1776 - present, Republic)

Biography

Service number: 35 261 584. Enlisted on 14th January 1942 in Fort Thomas, Kentucky.
Was honorably discharged on 15th September 1945.

Charlie Brashears was also entitled to wear the Distinguished Unit Citation with two oak leaf clusters.

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Purple Heart

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:: 1943

Received for a wound inflicted on 24th April 1943 in Tunesia.

Bronze Star Medal (BSM)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Unit:: 3rd Infantry Division "The Rock of the Marne", U.S. Army
Awarded on:: 1944

Purple Heart

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:: 1944

Received for a wound inflicted on 28th January 1944 in Italy.

Second Purple Heart received as an oak leaf cluster for on the ribbon of the first Purple Heart.

Purple Heart

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:: 1944

Received for a wound inflicted on 23rd May 1944 in Italy.

Third Purple Heart received as an oak leaf cluster for on the ribbon of the first Purple Heart.

Purple Heart

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:: 1945

Received for a wound inflicted on 18th March 1945 in Germany.

Fourth Purple Heart received as an oak leaf cluster for on the ribbon of the first Purple Heart.

European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:: 1945

Received with eight bronze stars (on the ribbon as one silver and three bronze) for the operations Algeria-French Morocco, Tunisia, Sidily, Naples-Foggia, Rome-Arno, Rhineland, Southern France and Central Europe, and with a bronze arrowhead for an amphibian operation.