Michl, Robert Henry

Date of birth:: August 9th, 1916
Nationality:: American

Biography

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Silver Star Medal (SSM)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Private 1st Class
Unit:: Company L, 143rd Infantry Regiment, 36th Infantry Division
Awarded on:: 1945

Date and place action: December 4th, 1944, Guémar. Alsace, France.

Private Michl penned down a large group of German soldiers with a captured German machine gun holding the position for lengthy period preventing harm to his fellow soldiers. He wounded six of the enemy. During the engagement he was wounded but he continued to hold his position.
Later in the battle he captured nineteen German soldiers plus a ranking officer.

General Orders No. 386, Headquarters 36th Infantry Division (1945).

Purple Heart

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded for a wound received in France.

Good Conduct Medal - Army

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Received with three campaign stars.

European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal

World War Two Victory Medal

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Honorable Service Lapel Button / Honorable Discharge Emblem

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Sources

Photo 1: Tom Michl
- Home of Heroes
- Birth Certificate
- Newspaper Article
- Confirmation of Awards, National Personnel Records Center, February 7, 2011