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Hoskot, Nathaniel Ramsey

Date of birth:
September 10th, 1911 (Dayton/Ohio, United States)
Date of death:
March 22nd, 2004 (Alexandria, United States)
Buried on:
Arlington National Cemetery
Plot: 66. Grave: 2928-A-1.
Nationality:
American

Biography

Nathaniel Hoskot acted as a liaison between the 101st and 82 Airborne Divisions on D-Day. He was captured later that day. Lt Col Nathaniel R. Hoskot, was the ranking POW among his group of POWs at Limberg until Col George V. Millett''s arrival. They both reached Oflag 64 on July 16, 1944.

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Awarded on:
1947
Prasiddha Pravala Gorkha Dakshine Bahu
Legion of Merit - US Military
Rank:
Colonel
Awarded on:
September 27th, 1963
"For exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States from October 1956 to May 1963."

OLC
Legion of Merit - US Military

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