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Awards Received

  • Silver Star

    Service:

    United States Army Air Forces

    Rank:

    First Lieutenant (Air Corps)

    Batallion:

    74th Fighter Squadron

    Regiment:

    23d Fighter Group

    Division:

    14th Air Force

    Action Date:

    December 10, 1943

    Headquarters, 14th Air Force, General Orders No. 10 (January 29, 1944)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: 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 First Lieutenant (Air Corps) Altheus Baker Jarmon, Jr. (ASN: 0-665569), United States Army Air Forces, for gallantry in action against the enemy while serving as Pilot of a Fighter Airplane of the 74th Fighter Squadron, 23d Fighter Group, FOURTEENTH Air Force, in aerial operations in the China-Burma-India Theater of Operations, on or abut 10 December 1943. The gallant actions and dedicated devotion to duty demonstrated by First Lieutenant Jarmon, 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 Air Forces.