BIOGRAPHY:
Technical Sergeant Fred D. Steelman Jr. is buried at Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial, Colleville-sur-Mer/Basse-Normandie, France. Plot: J, Row: 12, Grave: 26.
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DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS (DSC)
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Rank:
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Technical Sergeant
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Unit:
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Company I, 119th Infantry Regiment, 30th Infantry Division "Old Hickory" U.S. Army
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Action:
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For action performed on 28 and 29 July 1944 near Troisgots/Manche département, Basse-Normandy, France.
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Details:
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Headquarters, U.S. Army Forces in the South Pacific Area, General Orders No. 31 (1943).
Posthumously awarded.
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PURPLE HEART
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Rank:
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Technical Sergeant
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Unit:
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Company I, 119th Infantry Regiment, 30th Infantry Division "Old Hickory" U.S. Army
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- Combat History of the 119th Infantry Regiment, by the 119th Infantry Regiment, Army & Navy Publishing Company, Baton Rouge, USA
- Hewitt, R.L., Workhorse of the Western Front – The Story of the 30th Infantry Division, The Battery Press, Nashville, USA, 1980
- The 30th Infantry Division Veterans of WWII
- American Battle Monuments Commission
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