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Carico, Hugh V.

Date of death:
August 15th, 1943 (near Spadafora/Province of Messina/Sicily region, Italy)
Service number:
0-337748
Nationality:
American (1776 - present, Republic)

Biography

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Captain
Unit:
Commanding Officer, Company C, 1st Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division "The Rock of the Marne", U.S. Army
Awarded on:
September 8th, 1944
For action performed on 15 August 1943 near Spadafora/Province of Messina, Sicily region, Italy.

Posthumously awarded.
Headquarters, 3rd Infantry Division, General Orders No. 63 (8 September 1944).
Citation unavailable.
Silver Star Medal (SSM)

Sources

  • - White, N.W., From Fedala to Berchtesgaden – A History of the Seventh United States Infantry in World War II, Keystone Print Inc., Brockton, Massachusetts, USA, 1947
    - Taggart, D.G., History of the Third Infantry Division in World War II, The Battery Press, Nashville, USA, 1987

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