Claymore, Grant W.

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Nationality:: American (1776 - present, Republic)

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Distinguished Service Cross (DSC)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: 2nd Lieutenant
Unit:: Company A, 607th Tank Destroyer Battalion, 87th Infantry Division "Golden Acorn", U.S. Army
Awarded on:: 1945

For action performed on 11 April 1945 near Cottendorf/Thuringia, Germany.
Citation unavailable.

Headquarters, Ninth U.S. Army, General Orders No. 297 (1945)

Purple Heart

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Unit:: Company A, 607th Tank Destroyer Battalion, 87th Infantry Division "Golden Acorn", 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
- Military Times.com

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