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Hunsicker, Francis L.

Nationality:
American (1776 - present, Republic)

Biography

Army Service Number: 35527425.

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Private 1st Class
Unit:
Company C, 607th Tank Destroyer Battalion, 90th Infantry Division "Tough 'Ombres", U.S. Army
Awarded on:
September 7th, 1944
For action performed on 16 August 1944 in Le Bourg-Saint-Léonard/Orne department, Basse-Normandy, France.
Citation unavailable.

Headquarters, 90th Infantry Division, General Orders No. 56 (7 September 1944).
Silver Star Medal (SSM)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Private 1st Class
Unit:
Company C, 607th Tank Destroyer Battalion, 90th Infantry Division "Tough 'Ombres", U.S. Army
Awarded on:
November 28th, 1944

With Bronze Star.
Decision No. 175 Le Président du Gouvernement Provisoire de la République Française dated 28 November 1944.
Croix de Guerre (1939-1945)

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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