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Oscar
Eugene
Duttweiler
Jr.

Born:

, 

New York

Home:

Kearney

, 

New Jersey

Oscar Duttweiler graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Class of 1944. He retired in 1973 as a U.S. Army Colonel.

Awards Received

  • Legion of Merit

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Colonel (Infantry)

    Action Date:

    1970 – 1973
    United States Military Academy Register of Graduates

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Colonel (Infantry) Oscar Eugene Duttweiler, Jr., United States Army, was awarded a Second Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster in lieu of a Third Award of the Legion of Merit for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States with the Military Mission to Italy from 1970 to 1973.

  • Legion of Merit

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Colonel (Infantry)

    Action Date:

    1968
    United States Military Academy Register of Graduates

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Colonel (Infantry) Oscar Eugene Duttweiler, Jr., United States Army, was awarded the Legion of Merit for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States with Headquarters, Military Assistance Command, Vietnam, in 1968.

  • Legion of Merit

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Colonel (Infantry)

    Action Date:

    1968 – 1970
    United States Military Academy Register of Graduates

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Colonel (Infantry) Oscar Eugene Duttweiler, Jr., United States Army, was awarded a Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster in lieu of a Second Award of the Legion of Merit for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States with Joint U.S. Military Mission Aid for Turkey from 1968 to 1970.

  • Silver Star

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Second Lieutenant (Infantry)

    Regiment:

    87th Infantry Regiment

    Division:

    10th Mountain Infantry Division

    Action Date:

    World War II
    Headquarters, 10th Mountain Division, General Orders No. 82 (1945)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: 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) Oscar Eugene Duttweiler, Jr., United States Army, for gallantry in action while serving with an Infantry Company of the 87th Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Infantry Division, in action against the enemy in the European Theater of Operations, in 1944 and 1945. The gallant actions and dedicated devotion to duty demonstrated by Second Lieutenant Duttweiler, without regard for his own life, were in keeping with the highest traditions of military service and reflect great credit upon himself and the United States Army.