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Awards Received

  • Silver Star

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Private First Class

    Batallion:

    3d Battalion

    Regiment:

    134th Infantry Regiment

    Division:

    35th Infantry Division

    Action Date:

    July 30, 1944

    Headquarters, 35th Infantry Division, General Orders No. 25 (August 25, 1944)

    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 Private First Class Luverne J. Strand, United States Army, for gallantry in action against the enemy while serving with Company L, 3d Battalion, 134th Infantry Regiment, 35th Infantry Division, in action in the **** Sector, Normandy, France, on 30 July 1944. When four gunners were wounded in quick succession at a vital Browning Automatic Rifle position protecting the second platoon from enemy flanking fire zeroed in on the position, he together with another soldier, voluntarily and without hesitation went to this exposed position and fired on the enemy until Private Strand was killed by a direct hit from an enemy mortar. The intrepid courage and tenacity of purpose on the part of Private Strand, who voluntarily assumed a hazardous duty well knowing the extreme danger involved, pays high tribute to his character as a soldier, and is in accord with the traditions of the military service.