Hord, Shelby Robert
- Date of birth:
- April 26th, 1924 (Kalamazoo/Michigan, United States)
- Date of death:
- November 11th, 2013 (Marietta/Georgia, United States)
- Service number:
- 16 084 792
- Nationality:
- American
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Distinguished Service Cross (DSC)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Private
- Unit:
- Company H, 3rd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division "All American", U.S. Army
- Awarded on:
- September 11th, 1943
"For extraordinary heroism in action on 11 July 1943 approximately three miles southeast of Niscemi, Sicily. Private Hord, a machine gunner, alone and upon his own initiative, courageously advanced three hundred yards under intense machine gun and rifle fire toward an enemy machine gun position. From a distance of about fifty feet he threw four hand grenades into the position, then attacked the enemy with his carbine, killing four and wounding three. The enemy force was completely disorganized and routed, enabling his unit to advance and use the captured machine guns against the enemy."
General Orders No. 24, Headquarters, Seventh U.S. Army (September 11, 1943).
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Sources
- - Nordyke, P., More Than Courage – The Combat History of the 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment in World War II, Zenith Press, St. Paul, USA, 2008
- allamerican82nd.com
- Obituary, Marietta Daily Journal
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