PERSONALIA
 
Name:  Hickey, Doyle O.
Date of birth: July 27th, 1892 (Rector/Arkansas, United States)
Nationality:  American
     
SILVER STAR
Rank: Brigadier General (Brigadier)
Unit: Commanding General Combat Command A, 3rd Armored Division "Spearhead", U.S. Army
Action: For action performed on 29 June, 1944 near Villiers-Fossard/Manche département, Basse-Normandy, France.
Details: Citation unavailable.
 
     
SILVER STAR
Rank: Brigadier General (Brigadier)
Unit: Commanding General Combat Command A, 3rd Armored Division "Spearhead", U.S. Army
Action: For successful planning and execution of his part in the Normandy breakthrough, 1944.
Details: Citation unavailable. This award was obtained in the form of an Oak Leave to be attached on the ribbon of the first award.
 
     
SILVER STAR
Rank: Brigadier General (Brigadier)
Unit: Commanding General Combat Command A, 3rd Armored Division "Spearhead", U.S. Army
Action: For action performed in the period of 14-19 August in the fighting at Rânes-Fromentel/Orne départment, Basse-Normandy, France.
Details: Citation unavailable. This award was obtained in the form of an second Oak Leave to be attached on the ribbon of the first award.
 
     
LEGION OF MERIT - US MILITARY
Rank: Brigadier General (Brigadier)
Unit: Commanding General Combat Command A, 3rd Armored Division "Spearhead", U.S. Army
 
     
BRONZE STAR (BSM)
Rank: Brigadier General (Brigadier)
Unit: 3rd Armored Division "Spearhead", U.S. Army
 
     
BRONZE STAR (BSM)
Rank: Brigadier General (Brigadier)
Unit: 3rd Armored Division "Spearhead", U.S. Army
Details: This award was obtained in the form of an Oak Leave to be attached on the ribbon of the first award.
 
     
CROIX DE GUERRE (1939-1945)
Rank: Brigadier General (Brigadier)
Unit: Commanding General 3rd Armored Division "Spearhead", U.S. Army
Details: With palm.
 
 
 
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Information source(s):   - Autor: U.S. Army, Spearhead in the West – the Third Armored Division 1941-1945, The Battery Press, Nashville, USA, 1998
- 3rd Armored Division History Foundation
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