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Helegda, James A.

Date of birth:
March 8th, 1921 (Clinton/Indiana, United States)
Date of death:
September 20th, 1994
Service number:
35 902 451
Nationality:
American (1776 - present, Republic)

Biography

James A. Helegda served in Europe between July 21st, 1944 and January 7th, 1946.

Promotions:
?: Technical Sergeant.

Career:
January 15th, 1944: Opgeroepen;
February 5th, 1944: Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana;
?: Platoon Sergeant, Company A, 318th Infantry Regiment;
January 22nd,1946: Separation Center, Camp Atterbury, Indiana.

James A. Helegda was also entitled to wear the Distinguished Unit Badge.

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
1944
Awarded for a wound received in Luxembourg on December 22nd, 1944.
Purple Heart
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
1945
Awarded for a wound received in Germany on February 11th, 1945.

Second PH awarded as a bronze oak leaf cluster to be worn on the ribbon of the first PH.
Purple Heart
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
1946
Honorable Service Lapel Button / Honorable Discharge Emblem
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded with four bronze campaign stars for "NORTHERN FRANCE", "ARDENNES", "RHINELAND" and "CENTRAL EUROPE".
European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal

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