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Votruba, Kenneth E.

Nationality:
American (1776 - present, Republic)

Biography

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Private
Unit:
Service Company, 7th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division "The Rock of the Marne", U.S. Army
For saving the life of a truck driver whose clothes caught fire, on 16 February 1943 in Port Lyautey, French Morocco.

Headquarters, 3rd Infantry Division, General Orders No. 108 (9 June 1944).
Citation unavailable.
Soldier's Medal (SM)

Sources

  • - White, N.W., From Fedala to Berchtesgaden – A History of the Seventh United States Infantry in World War II, Keystone Print Inc., Brockton, Massachusetts, USA, 1947
    - Taggart, D.G., History of the Third Infantry Division in World War II, The Battery Press, Nashville, USA, 1987

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