OSS Mayer, Frederick A.

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Mayer ​

• FORENAME

Frederick A. ​

• UNIT

OSS Austria ​

• RANK

Sergeant + Second Lieutenant ​

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• NUMBER
  2038824

• AWARD

Legion of Merit,Purple Heart ​

• PLACE

Austria 1945 (Op.Greenup) ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from New York,New York​

born 28.10.1921 Freiburg im Breisgau,Baden,Germany (Friedrich Mayer)​

son of Heinrich Mayer​

to USA 1938​

graduated high school​

employed by Ford Motor Company​

entered service 1942​

81st Infantry Division​

Ranger​

OSS 1943​

Op.Greenup 1945​

POW and tortured​

liberated 1945 ​

employed by General Motors postwar​

power plant supervisor​

retired 1977​

residing in West Virginia 2014​

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