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Jachman, Isadore S. |
| Date of birth: | Unknown (Berlijn, Duitsland)
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January 4th, 1945 (Flamièrge, Belgium)
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American |
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MEDAL OF HONOR - ARMY (MOH)
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Rank:
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Staff Sergeant
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Company B, 513th. Parachute Infantry Regiment, U.S. Army
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Awarded on:
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June 9th, 1950
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Action:
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Rank and organization: Staff Sergeant, U.S. Army, Company B, 513th Parachute Infantry Regiment. Place and date: Flamierge, Belgium, 4 January 1945. Entered service at: Baltimore, Md. Birth: Berlin, Germany. G.O. No.: 25, 9 June 1950.
Citation:
For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty at Flamièrge, Belgium, on 4 January 1945, when his company was pinned down by enemy artillery, mortar, and small arms fire, 2 hostile tanks attacked the unit, inflicting heavy. casualties. S/Sgt. Jachman, seeing the desperate plight of his comrades, left his place of cover and with total disregard for his own safety dashed across open ground through a hail of fire and seizing a bazooka from a fallen comrade advanced on the tanks, which concentrated their fire on him. Firing the weapon alone, he damaged one and forced both to retire. S/Sgt. Jachman's heroic action, in which he suffered fatal wounds, disrupted the entire enemy attack, reflecting the highest credit upon himself and the parachute infantry
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Details:
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Awarded posthumously
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