Delong, Walter Carl

Date of birth:: June 17th, 1912 (Garrison/Iowa, United States)
Date of death:: February 2nd, 1998
Buried on:: Fort Logan National Cemetery
Plot: L. Grave: 351.
Service number:: 0-372095
Nationality:: American

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Silver Star Medal (SSM)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Captain
Unit:: Company H, 3rd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division "All American", U.S. Army
Awarded on:: July 14th, 1944
Awarded for:: Operation Neptune

"For gallantry in action while serving with Company H, 3d Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82d Airborne Division, in action against the enemy at Normandy, France, on 6 June 1944. His gallant actions and dedicated devotion to duty, without regard for his own life, were in keeping with the highest traditions of military service and reflect great credit upon himself and the United States Army."

Headquarters, 82d Airborne Division, General Orders No. 34