BIOGRAPHY:
Private 1st Class Wesley F. Howe is buried at the Sicily-Rome American Cemetery and Memorial, Nettuno/province of Rome, Italy. Plot: B, Row: 13, Grave: 18.
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DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS (DSC)
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Rank:
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Private First Class
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Unit:
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Company A, 157th Infantry Regiment, 45th Infantry Division "Thunderbird", U.S. Army
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Action:
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For action performed on 28-29 July 1943, near Motta d’Affermo/Messina, region Sicily, Italy.
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Details:
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Posthumously awarded. Citation unavailable.
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PURPLE HEART
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Rank:
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Private First Class
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Company A, 157th Infantry Regiment, 45th Infantry Division "Thunderbird", U.S. Army
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- Whitlock, F., The Rock of Anzio – From Sicily to Dachau: A History of the U.S. 45th Infantry Division, Westview Press, Boulder, USA, 1998
- Autor: members of the 157th Infantry Regiment, History of the 157th Infantry Regiment - Newsfoto Publishing Co., San Angelo, Texas, 1946
- American Battle Monuments Commission
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