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Haddy, Frank "Speck"

Date of birth:
October 15th, 1923 (Seneca/Iowa, United States)
Date of death:
July 2nd, 2004 (Mason City/Iowa, United States)
Nationality:
American (1776 - present, Republic)

Biography

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Corporal
Unit:
Company D, 2nd Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division "All American", U.S. Army
Awarded for:
Operation Market Garden
For action which was performed on 1-2 October 1944 near Groesbeek/Province of Gelderland, the Netherlands.
Citation unavailable.

Silver Star Medal (SSM)
Citation unavailable.

Headquarters 82nd Airborne Division, General Orders No. 66 (1944).
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Private
Unit:
Company D, 2nd Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division "All American", U.S. Army
Awarded on:
1944
For wounds received in action in France on 4 July 1944.

Headquarters 82nd Airborne Division, General Orders No. 54 (1944).
Purple Heart

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