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Awards Received

  • Bronze Star Medal

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Corporal

    Batallion:

    3d Engineer Combat Battalion

    Division:

    24th Infantry Division

    Action Date:

    August 11, 1950

    Headquarters, 24th Infantry Division, General Orders No. 141 (September 24, 1950)

    The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Bronze Star Medal with Combat “V” to Corporal Gene E. Timmerman (ASN: RA-16311240), United States Army, for heroic achievement while serving as a member of the Medical Detachment, 3rd Engineer Combat Battalion, 24th Infantry Division, near the Naktong River, Korea, on 11 August 1950. The small patrol of which he was a member, probing deep into enemy held territory was surrounded and forced to withdraw. During the withdrawal they were held up by heavy enemy small arms fire which had wounded the patrol leader and several others. Corporal Timmerman with utter disregard for his personal safety, while continuously exposed to heavy enemy fire, administered first aid to the stricken men until ordered to withdraw. His unselfish devotion to his comrades and his heroic actions reflect great credit on himself and the military service.