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Gates, Raymond S.
Gates, Raymond S.
Date of death:
November 17th, 1944 (Peleliu, Palau Islands)
Buried on:
American Cemetery and Memorial Manila
Plot: L. Row: 15. Grave: 108.
Service number:
O-230904
Nationality:
American
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Distinguished Service Cross (DSC)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Lieutenant Colonel
Unit:
Commanding Officer
,
323rd Infantry Regiment
,
81st Infantry Division "Wildcat"
,
U.S. Army
Awarded on:
1945
Awarded for:
Operation Stalemate II
Citation unavailable.
For action performed in the period of 14 October 1944 to 17 November 1944, at Peleliu, Palau Islands.
Posthumously awarded.
Headquarters, U.S. Army Forces-Pacific Ocean Areas, General Orders No. 37 (1945).
Purple Heart
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Lieutenant Colonel
Unit:
Commanding Officer
,
323rd Infantry Regiment
,
81st Infantry Division "Wildcat"
,
U.S. Army
Sources
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BLAIR, B.C. & DECIOCCIO, J.P., Victory at Peleliu, University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, Oklahoma, U.S.A., 2011
.
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HALLAS, J. H., The Devil's Anvil, Praeger Publishers, Westport, United States, 1994
.
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ROTTMAN, G.L. & MORAN, J., Peleliu 1944, Osprey Publishing Ltd., Botley, United Kingdom, 2002
.
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Military Times.com
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American Battle Monuments Commission
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