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Schwarzkopf, Herbert Norman (Sr.)

Date of birth:
August 28th, 1895 (Newark/New Jersey, United States)
Date of death:
November 25th, 1958 (Mineola/New York, United States)
Buried on:
United States Military Academy Post Cemetery
Plot: X. Row: 1. Grave: 160.
Service number:
0-190484
Nationality:
American

Biography

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Colonel
Unit:
Chief, Military Mission to Iran, U.S. Department of War, U.S. Government
Awarded on:
1945
"Colonel Herbert Norman Schwarzkopf (ASN: 0-190484), United States Army, was awarded the Army Distinguished Service Medal for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services to the Government of the United States, in a duty of great responsibility as Chief of the Military Mission to Iran in 1942."

War Department, General Orders No. 119
Distinguished Service Medal - Army (DSM)
Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Unit:
American Expeditionary Forces (AEF), U.S. Army
For illness sustained due to Mustard gass.
Purple Heart
Period:
First World War (1914-1918)

With 4 service stars
World War I Victory Medal
Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Rank:
Provost marshal
Army of Occupation of Germany Medal
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)

With 4 service stars
European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Provost marshal
Unit:
U.S. Sector Germany

"Germany"
Army of Occupation Medal
National Defense Service Medal (NDSM)

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