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Awards Received

  • Silver Star

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Private

    Regiment:

    60th Infantry Regiment

    Division:

    9th Infantry Division

    Action Date:

    March 1943

    Headquarters, 9th Infantry Division, General Orders No. 49 (June 21, 1943)

    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 Private Dallas C. Byrd (ASN: 14028832), United States Army, for gallantry in action while serving with Headquarters Company, 60th Infantry Regiment Infantry Regiment, 9th Infantry Division. On the morning of ** March 1943, near ********, Tunisia, Private Byrd was ordered to lead forward a Medical Officer to a point where Captain Robert Rucker lay wounded on the field of (Remainder of citation missing).