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Awards Received

  • Army Distinguished Service Medal

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Colonel (Field Artillery)

    Division:

    6th Infantry Division

    Action Date:

    World War II

    War Department, General Orders No. 79 (1945)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Colonel Charles H. Schwartz (ASN: 0-14820), United States Army, was awarded the Army Distinguished Service Medal for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services to the Government of the United States, in a duty of great responsibility during World War II.

  • Army Distinguished Service Medal

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Colonel (Field Artillery)

    Division:

    6th Infantry Division

    Action Date:

    August 1943 – February 1945

    Department of the Army, General Orders No. 16 (March 20, 1951)

    The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting a Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster in lieu of a Second Award of the Army Distinguished Service Medal to Colonel (Field Artillery) Charles H. Schwartz (ASN: 0-14820), United States Army, for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States from August 1943 to February 1945. (This award supersedes the award of the Bronze Star Medal to Colonel Swartz, for meritorious achievement during the period 18 June to 17 July 1944, published in General Orders 39, Headquarters, 6th Infantry Division, 28 July 1944.)