Date of birth:

December 31st, 1921

Date of death:

January 7th, 1945 (near Goronne/province of Luxembourg, Belgium)

Service number:

18109222

Nationality:

American

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Corporal

Unit:

Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division "All American", U.S. Army

Awarded for:

Operation Market Garden

For action which was performed in September 1944 in Nijmegen/Province of Gelderland, the Netherlands.

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Corporal

Unit:

Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division "All American", U.S. Army

For action which was performed on 7 January 1945 near Goronne/province of Luxembourg, Belgium.
This award was obtained in the form of an Oak Leaf to be attached on the ribbon of the first award.
Posthumously awarded.

• - NORDYKE, P., An Irresistible Force, Historic Ventures, LLC, McKinney, United States, 2011.
  - WW2-Airborne.us