Wright, Robert E.

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Nationality:: American (1776 - present, Republic)

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Silver Star Medal (SSM)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Unit:: Medic, 2nd Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division "Screaming Eagles", U.S. Army

For lifesaving work in the vicinity of Angoville au Plain in the first two days after the Allied invasion on 6 juni 1944 in Normandy, France.

Sources

- Bando, M., 101st Airborne: The Screaming Eagles in World War II, Zenith Press, St. Paul/Minnesota, USA, 2007
- band-of-brothers.nl

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