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Lough, Frederick Charles

Date of birth:
March 6th, 1916 (Fall River/Massachusetts, United States)
Date of death:
May 30th, 2002 (Osterville/Massachusetts, United States)
Buried on:
United States Military Academy Post Cemetery
Nationality:
American (1776 - present, Republic)

Biography

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Lieutenant Colonel
Unit:
Signal Battalion, Fifth Army, U.S. Army
" Lieutenant Colonel (Signal Corps) Frederick Charles Lough, United States Army, was awarded the Legion of Merit for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States as Commanding Officer of a Signal Battalion of the FIFTH Army, from 1943 to 1944."
Legion of Merit - US Military
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Lieutenant Colonel
Unit:
Office of the Chief Signal Officer, U.S. Army
"Lieutenant Colonel (Signal Corps) Frederick Charles Lough, United States Army, was awarded a Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster in lieu of a Second Award of the Legion of Merit for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States in the Office of the Chief Signal Officer, from 1944 to 1946."

Second LoM received as Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster
Legion of Merit - US Military

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