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(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Lieutenant Colonel (Quartermaster Corps) Austin J. Montgomery (ASN: 0-51942), United States Army, was awarded a Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster in lieu of a Second Award of the Silver Star for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in connection with military operations against the enemy during World War II.

Awards Received

  • Army Distinguished Service Medal

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Brigadier General

    Action Date:

    April 1965 – July 1967

    Department of the Army, General Orders No. 36 (September 14, 1967)

    The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Army Distinguished Service Medal to Brigadier General Austin J. Montgomery (ASN: 0-51942), United States Army, for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services to the Government of the United States, in a duty of great responsibility, during the period from April 1965 to July 1967.

  • Silver Star

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Lieutenant Colonel (Quartermaster Corps)

    Action Date:

    World War II

    Headquarters, U.S. Forces, Pacific, General Orders No. 450 (1946)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Lieutenant Colonel (Quartermaster Corps) Austin J. Montgomery (ASN: 0-51942), United States Army, was awarded the Silver Star for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in connection with military operations against the enemy during World War II.

  • Silver Star

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Lieutenant Colonel (Quartermaster Corps)

    Action Date:

    World War II

    War Department, General Orders No. 51 (1947), Amended by Department of the Army, General Orders No. 58 (August 30, 1948)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Lieutenant Colonel (Quartermaster Corps) Austin J. Montgomery (ASN: 0-51942), United States Army, was awarded a Second Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster in lieu of a Third Award of the Silver Star for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in connection with military operations against the enemy during World War II.