Junkin, Alfred C.

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Nationality:: American (1776 - present, Republic)

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Distinguished Service Cross (DSC)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Staff Sergeant (Sergeant-Major)
Unit:: Company C, 307th Infantry Regiment, 77th Infantry Division "Statue of Liberty", U.S. Army
Awarded on:: 1945

For action performed on 17 and 18 May 1945, near Ishimmi on Okinawa Island, Ryukyu Islands, Japan.

Headquarters, Tenth U.S. Army, General Orders No. 170 (1945).

Sources

- Myers, M. (editor), Ours to Hold it High – The History of the 77th Infantry Division in World War II, The Battery Press, Nashville, USA, 2002
- Homeofheroes.com

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