Slaughter, Willis Richard

Date of birth:: August 24th, 1895 (Campbell County/Virginia, United States)
Date of death:: January 2nd, 1981 (Kennett Square/Pennsylvania, United States)
Buried on:: Arlington National Cemetery
Plot: 9. Grave: 5830.
Nationality:: American

Biography

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Silver Citation Star

Period:: First World War (1914-1918)
Rank:: Captain
Unit:: 23rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Division, American Expeditionary Forces (AEF), U.S. Army
Awarded on:: 1946

For merit and gallantry in the Battle of Chateau-Thierry.

War Department, General Orders No. 23

World War I Victory Medal

Period:: First World War (1914-1918)

Purple Heart

Period:: First World War (1914-1918)
Unit:: 23rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Division, American Expeditionary Forces (AEF), U.S. Army

Legion of Merit - US Military

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Colonel
Unit:: Ordnance School, Office of the Chief Of Ordnance, U.S. Army

"Colonel Willis Richard Slaughter, 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 Commandant of the Ordnance School from 1943 to 1945."