COL ELAM W. WRIGHT, JR., was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for actions on 17 December 1944, near Kaysersberg, France. He led a fifteen-man platoon in an assault on a […]
Citations in World War II 1941-1945:
LT Wendell P Wright
LIEUTENANT WENDELL P. WRIGHT, while serving as a Lieutenant (jg), Mr. Wright received the Navy Cross for extraordinary heroism as a pilot of a dive bomber in Bombing Squadron TWENTY, […]
Robert Young
No citation currently on file. Mr. Young resided in Michigan.
Walter A Young
No citation currently on file. Mr. Young resided in Massachusetts.
ENSIGN Edward C Zacek
Ensign EDWARE C. ZACEK, U.S.N.R. Awarded the NAVY CROSS for extraordinary heroism as Boat Wave Commander during the amphibious assault at Salerno, Italy, September 9, 1943. Undeterred by fierce opposition, […]
Frank C Zalewski
FRANK C. ZALEWSKI, Private First Class, Infantry, Company A, Infantry Regiment, received the Distinguished Service Cross, Posthumous, for extraordinary heroism in action. At 0800 hours on 27 August 1944, near […]
Paul Ziegele
Staff Sergeant PAUL ZIEGELE, (20928860), Company A, 163d Infantry, United States Army. For extraordinary heroism in action near Sanananda, New Guinea, on 15 January 1943. When his company attacked an […]
COL Roy F Zinser
Roy F. Zinser (then Major), Infantry, United States Army. For extraordinary heroism in action near Buna, New Guinea, on 16 December 1942. Lieutenant Colonel Zinser, Executive Officer of his battalion, […]
Chester Zymros
CHESTER ZYMROS, received the Navy Cross for extraordinary heroism as member of a demolition party attached to the U.S.S. CHEROKEE during the assault on and occupation of french Morocco from […]