Blair, Samuel Sylvester "Buddy"

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Blair, Samuel Sylvester "Buddy"

Date of death:: October 4th, 1944 (Peleliu, Palau Islands)
Nationality:: American

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Silver Star Medal (SSM)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Private 1st Class
Unit:: Company B, 321st Infantry Regiment, 81st Infantry Division "Wildcat", U.S. Army
Awarded on:: 1945
Awarded for:: Operation Stalemate II

Citation unavailable.

Posthumously awarded.
Headquarters 81st Infantry Division, General Orders No. 2 (1945).

Purple Heart

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Private 1st Class
Unit:: Company B, 321st Infantry Regiment, 81st Infantry Division "Wildcat", U.S. Army

Sources

- BLAIR, B.C. & DECIOCCIO, J.P., Victory at Peleliu, University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, Oklahoma, U.S.A., 2011.
- Home of Heroes.com

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