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Schafer, Charles E.

Date of death:
August 1944 (Guam, the Mariana Islands in the Pacific Ocean)
Nationality:
American

Biography

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Technical Sergeant
Unit:
Company K, 306th Infantry Regiment, 77th Infantry Division "Statue of Liberty", U.S. Army
Awarded on:
1944
For action performed on 7 and 8 August 1944, north of Yigo/Guam, the Mariana Islands in the Pacific Ocean.

Headquarters, U.S. Army Forces-Pacific Ocean Areas, General Orders No. 74 (1944). Posthumously awarded.

Distinguished Service Cross (DSC)

Sources

  • - Myers, M. (editor), Ours to Hold it High – The History of the 77th Infantry Division in World War II, The Battery Press, Nashville, USA, 2002
    - Home of Heroes

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