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Awards Received

  • Silver Star

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Second Lieutenant (Infantry)

    Regiment:

    387th Infantry Regiment

    Division:

    97th Infantry Division

    Action Date:

    April 16, 1945

    Headquarters, 97th Infantry Division, General Orders No. 32 (May 28, 1945)

    The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Second Lieutenant (Infantry) James D. Dennedy, United States Army, for gallantry in action while serving with Company D, 387th Infantry Regiment, 97th Infantry Division, in connection with military operations against an armed enemy. Near Walscheid, Germany, on 16 April 1945, when a heavy weapons company was subjected to hostile artillery fire, Lieutenant Dennedy went to the top floor of a building to direct counter-battery fires of the mortar platoon. Enemy artillery soon placed his observation post under fire and Lieutenant Dennedy was painfully wounded in the neck and leg. Disregarding his wounds and heedless of his hazardous position he steadfastly remained at his post and directed the fire of his mortars until the hostile artillery was neutralized. Lieutenant Dennedy’s gallantry on this occasion reflects high credit upon himself and the Armed Forces.