Dress, Hillman C.

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Date of death:: June 30th, 1965 (Beaumont/Pennsylvania, United States)
Nationality:: American

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Purple Heart

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Captain
Unit:: Company H, 3rd Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division "All American", U.S. Army

Purple Heart

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Captain
Unit:: Company H, 3rd Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division "All American", U.S. Army
Awarded on:: 1945

For wounds received in action on 27 January 1945 in Belgium.

This award was obtained in the form of an Oak Leaf to be attached on the ribbon of the first award.
Headquarters 82nd Airborne Division, General Orders No. 37 (1945).

Sources

- NORDYKE, P., Put Us Down In Hell, Historic Ventures, LLC, Lexington, United States, 2012.
- 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment.org

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