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White, Robert B.

Date of birth:
March 26th, 1926
Date of death:
March 19th, 2006 (St. Albans/West Virginia, United States)
Service number:
15 337 117
Nationality:
American (1776 - present, Republic)

Biography

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Private
Unit:
Company A, 1st Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division "All American", U.S. Army
Awarded on:
1944
Awarded for:
Operation Overlord
For wounds received in action on 6 June 1944 in France.

Headquarters 82nd Airborne Division, General Orders No. 56 (1944).
Purple Heart
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Sergeant
Unit:
Company A, 1st Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division "All American", U.S. Army
Awarded on:
1945
For action performed on 30 October 1944 near Bemmel/Gelderland, the Netherlands.

Headquarters 82nd Airborne Division, General Orders No. 19 (1945).
Bronze Star  Medal (BSM)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Sergeant
Unit:
Company A, 1st Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division "All American", U.S. Army
For action performed on 24 December 1944, at Rencheux/province of Luxembourg, Belgium.
Citation unavailable.

This award was obtained in the form of an Oak Leaf to be attached on the ribbon of the first award.
Bronze Star  Medal (BSM)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Unit:
Company A, 1st Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division "All American", U.S. Army

This award was obtained in the form of an Oak Leaf to be attached on the ribbon of the first award.
Purple Heart
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Unit:
Company A, 1st Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division "All American", U.S. Army

This award was obtained in the form of a second Oak Leaf to be attached on the ribbon of the first award.
Purple Heart
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Unit:
Company A, 1st Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division "All American", U.S. Army

This award was obtained in the form of a third Oak Leaf to be attached on the ribbon of the first award.
Purple Heart
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Unit:
Company A, 1st Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division "All American", U.S. Army

Awarded with five bronze campaign stars and a spearhead (for D-Day, Normandy).
European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal

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