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Awards Received

  • Silver Star

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Private

    Regiment:

    ** Infantry Regiment

    Division:

    34th Infantry Division

    Action Date:

    May **, 1943

    Headquarters, 34th Infantry Division, General Orders No. 17 (May 28, 1943)

    The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pride in presenting the Silver Star (Posthumously) to Private Louis R. Zick (ASN: 32182572), United States Army, for gallantry in action while serving with Company C, ** Infantry Regiment, on ** May 1943, in Tunisia, North Africa. When the advance of an infantry patrol was held up by enemy machine gun fire, Private Zick volunteered to go with a combat patrol to try and destroy the enemy machine gun. The mission was accomplished but during the action Private Zick was killed by fire from another enemy machine gun. The courage and devotion to duty shown by Private Zick is highly meritorious and a credit to the Armed Forces of the United States.