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Browne, Barry D.

Date of death:
December 25th, 1944 (near Bastogne/province of Luxembourg, Belgium)
Nationality:
American (1776 - present, Republic)

Biography

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Lieutenant Colonel (Lieutenant-colonel)
Unit:
Commanding Officer, 420th Armored Field Artillery Battalion, 10th Armored Division, U.S. Army
Awarded on:
December 25th, 1944
For action performed in the period from 20 December to 24 December
1944, near Bastogne/province of Luxembourg, Belgium.

Posthumously awarded.
Headquarters, Third U.S. Army, General Orders No. 41 (1945).
Citation unavailable.

Distinguished Service Cross (DSC)

Sources

  • - Pallud, J.P., Battle of the Bulge Then and Now, After the Battle - Battle of Britain International Limited, 1984
    - Patterson, E., Patton’s Unsung Armor of the Ardennes – The Tenth Armored Division’s Secret Dash to Bastogne, Xlibris Corporation, USA, 2008
    - Nichols, L.M., Impact – The Battle Story of the Tenth Armored Division, The Battery Press, Nashville, USA, 2000

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