Shirley, Orlin L.

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Silver Star Medal (SSM)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Corporal
Unit:: Company C, 607th Tank Destroyer Battalion, 90th Infantry Division "Tough 'Ombres", U.S. Army
Awarded on:: September 22nd, 1944

For action performed on 16 August 1944 in Le Bourg-Saint-Léonard/Orne department, Basse-Normandy, France.

Headquarters, 90th Infantry Division, General Orders No. 72 (22 September 1944).

Purple Heart

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Corporal
Unit:: Company C, 607th Tank Destroyer Battalion, 90th Infantry Division "Tough 'Ombres", 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

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