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Candler, Harry W.

Nationality:
American

Biography

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Lieutenant Colonel (Lieutenant-colonel)
Unit:
36th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, 11th Cavalry Group, 102nd Infantry Division "Ozark", U.S. Army
For action performed somewhere in the period from 5 December 1944 – 19 January 1945 when the division was holding the line during the Ardennes offensive in the vicinity of the villages of Flossdorf, Rürdorf, Linnich, Lindern, Beeck and Wurm in the Rhine Province, Germany.

The exact date of action as well as the citation are unknown to us.
Silver Star Medal (SSM)

Sources

  • - Mick, A., With the 102nd Infantry Division through Germany, The Battery Press, Nashville, USA, 2002

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