Nationality:

American

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

1st Lieutenant (Lieutenant)

Unit:

Regimental I&R Platoon, 18th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division "The Big Red One", U.S. Army

Awarded on:

1944

For action performed on D-Day, June 6th, 1944 near Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer/Calvados département, Basse-Normandy, France.

Headquarters, First U.S. Army, General Orders No. 99 (1944).
Citation unavailable.

• - Baumer, R.W. & Reardon, M.J., American Iliad – The 18th Infantry Regiment in World War II, The Aberjona Press, Bedford, U.S.A., 2004
  - Balkoski, J., Omaha Beach: D-Day, June 6, 1944, Stackpole Books, Mechanicsburg, U.S.A., 2006
  - Home of Heroes