Oakley, Benjamin T.

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Nationality:: American (1776 - present, Republic)

Biography

Army Service Number: 35574539.

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Silver Star Medal (SSM)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Private 1st Class
Unit:: Company C, 607th Tank Destroyer Battalion, 95th Infantry Division "Iron Men of Metz", U.S. Army
Awarded on:: December 26th, 1944

For action performed on 28 November 1944, near Merten/Moselle department, Lorraine region, France.
Citation unavailable.

Headquarters, 95th Infantry Division, General Orders No. 52 (26 December 1944).

Purple Heart

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Private 1st Class
Unit:: Company C, 607th Tank Destroyer Battalion, 95th Infantry Division "Iron Men of Metz", U.S. Army

Sources

- Eby, H.H. (Battalion History Staff), Tank Busters – The History of the 607th Tank Destroyer Battalion in Combat on the Western Front, Knorr & Hirth, Munich, Germany, 1945
- Tank Destroyer.net

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