Artkamp, Maurice B.

Date of birth:: June 5th, 1911 (Munster/Ohio, United States)
Service number:: 35 016 654
Nationality:: American

Biography

Promotions:
?: Technician 5th Grade.

Career:
March 6th, 1941: entering service;
?: Service Company, 26th Infantry Regiment;
August 7th, 1942 - July 2nd, 1945: Europe;
October 31st, 1945: honorable discharge, Fletcher General Hospital, Cambridge, Ohio.

Was entitled to wear the Distinguished Unit Badge awarded to the 1st Infantry Division as from May 25th, 1945.

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Combat Infantryman Badge

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:: January 9th, 1944

Bronze Star Medal (BSM)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:: December 10th, 1945

Citation:
"For meritorious achievement in connection with military operations against the enemy in the North African Theatre of Operations and in the European Theatre of Operations from 8 November 1942 to 15 September 1944."

Purple Heart

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Good Conduct Medal - Army

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded with seven campaign stars for "Algeria-French Morocco", "Tunisia", "Sicily", "Normandy", "Northern France", "Rhineland" and "Central Europe".

European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal

Honorable Service Lapel Button / Honorable Discharge Emblem

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Sources

- Enlisted Record and Report of Separation Honorable Discharge
- Permission to wear the Disitnguished Unit Badge
- Identification Discharge Certificate
- Awarding Letter BSM
- Recognition of wounded pension
- Purple Heart Medal