LaFountain, Eugene L.

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Nationality:: American

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Distinguished Service Cross (DSC)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Corporal
Unit:: Company B, 607th Tank Destroyer Battalion, 95th Infantry Division "Iron Men of Metz", U.S. Army
Awarded on:: February 14th, 1945

For action performed on 4 December 1944, in Saarland near the town of Beaumarais/Rhine Province, Germany.
Citation unavailable.

Headquarters, Third U.S. Army, General Orders No. 38 (14 February 1945).

Purple Heart

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Corporal
Unit:: Company B, 607th Tank Destroyer Battalion, 95th Infantry Division "Iron Men of Metz", U.S. Army

Sources

- Eby, H.H. (Battalion History Staff), Tank Busters – The History of the 607th Tank Destroyer Battalion in Combat on the Western Front, Knorr & Hirth, Munich, Germany, 1945
- Tank Destroyer.net
- Home of Heroes.com
- U.S. Army Center of Military History

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