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Brannen, Malcom Dodge

Date of birth:
October 14th, 1910
Date of death:
March 10th, 1999 (Greenville/South Carolina, United States)
Service number:
O-292262
Nationality:
American (1776 - present, Republic)

Biography

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
1st Lieutenant
Unit:
Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division "All American", U.S. Army
For wounds received in action in Normandy, France on 4 July 1944.

Headquarters 82nd Airborne Division, General Orders No. 54 (1944).
Purple Heart
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Captain
Unit:
508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division "All American", U.S. Army
For wounds received in action in the Netherlands on 22 October 1944.

This award was obtained in the form of an Oak Leaf to be attached on the ribbon of the first award.
Headquarters 82nd Airborne Division, General Orders No. 26 (1945).
Purple Heart

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