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Rideout, Robert M.

Date of death:
November 19th, 1944
Buried on:
Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial
Nationality:
American

Biography

Captain Robert M. Rideout is buried at Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial Margraten/Limburg, Netherlands. Plot: G, Row: 13, Grave: 6.

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
1st Lieutenant (Lieutenant)
Unit:
Company G, 115th Infantry Regiment
For action performed on 8 September 1944, near Kergonant/Finistère département, Brittany, France.

Citation unavailable.

Silver Star Medal (SSM)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Unit:
Company G, 115th Infantry Regiment
For action performed on 19 November 1944, near Dürboslar/Rhine Province, Germany.

Posthumously awarded. Citation unavailable.

Silver Star Medal (SSM)

Sources

  • - Balkoski, J., From Beachhead to Brittany – The 29th Infantry Division at Brest, August-September 1944, Stackpole Books, Mechanicsburg, U.S.A., 2008
    - Ewing, J.H., 29 Let’s Go! – A History of the 29th Infantry Division in World War II, The Battery Press, Nashville, USA, 1979
    - Binkoski, J. & Plaut, A., The 115th Infantry Regiment in World War II, The Battery Press, Nashville, USA, 1988
    - American Battle Monuments Commission

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