Wiginton, Hugh

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Service number:: 458122
Nationality:: American

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Silver Star Medal (SSM)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Private First Class (Marine)
Unit:: Company K, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division "The Old Breed", U.S. Marine Corps
Awarded for:: Operation Stalemate II

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For action which was performed on 15 September 1944 at Peleliu, Palau Islands.

Sources

- HALLAS, J. H., The Devil's Anvil, Praeger Publishers, Westport, United States, 1994.
- Home of Heroes.com

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