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McDermid, Alton J.

Nationality:
American

Biography

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Corporal
Unit:
Company C, 7th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division "The Rock of the Marne", U.S. Army
For action which was performed on 10 November 1942, in the vicinity of Camp De la Jonquiere near Casablanca, French Morocco.

Headquarters, 3rd Infantry Division, General Orders No. 23 (18 March 1943).
Citation unavailable.
Silver Star Medal (SSM)

Sources

  • - White, N.W., From Fedala to Berchtesgaden – A History of the Seventh United States Infantry in World War II, Keystone Print Inc., Brockton, Massachusetts, USA, 1947
    - Taggart, D.G., History of the Third Infantry Division in World War II, The Battery Press, Nashville, USA, 1987

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