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Raider, Wandel L. (US Army)

Date of birth:
December 6th, 1918 (Rockport, Indiana - USA)
Date of death:
November 2nd, 1999 (Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana - USA)
Nationality:
American (1776 - present, Republic)

Biography

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Technician Fourth Grade
Unit:
Medical Detachment, 2nd Battalion, 180th Infantry Regiment, 45th Infantry Division "Thunderbird", U.S. Army
For action performed on 9 January 1944, in the region of Campania, Italy, having evacuated and healed a soldier WIA by mine in a unswept minefield.

Citation unavailable.
Bronze Star  Medal (BSM)

Sources

  • Photo 1: Keith Raider
  • - Fisher, G.A., The Story of the 180th Infantry Regiment, Newsfoto Publishing Co., San Angelo, Texas, 1947

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