Cannon, Odell E.

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Date of birth:: July 10th, 1921 (Cairo/Georgia, United States)
Date of death:: April 19th, 2004 (Sarasota/Florida, United States)
Nationality:: American (1776 - present, Republic)

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Silver Star Medal (SSM)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Staff Sergeant
Unit:: Company E, 2nd Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division "All American", U.S. Army
Awarded for:: Operation Market Garden

For action performed on 18 September 1944, near Nijmegen/Gelderland, Netherlands.

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Sources

- NORDYKE, P., Put Us Down In Hell, Historic Ventures, LLC, Lexington, United States, 2012.
- 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment.org
- ww2-airborne.us

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