Kucinski, Edward S.

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Nationality:: American (1776 - present, Republic)

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Distinguished Service Cross (DSC)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: 2nd Lieutenant
Unit:: Company C, 2nd Ranger Battalion, VIII Corps, Third Army, U.S. Army

For action performed from 3 to 5 September 1944, in the French department Finistère, the Brest campaign.

Purple Heart

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Purple Heart

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Received this second Purple Heart as his first Oak Leaf Cluster to be worn on the ribbon of the first.

Purple Heart

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Received this third Purple Heart as a second Oak Leaf Cluster to be worn on the ribbon of the first.

Sources

- Black, Robert W., The Battalion - The Dramatic Story of the 2nd Ranger Battalion in World War II, Stackpole Books, Mechanicsburg, U.S.A., 2006
- homeofheroes.com

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