US PARAS Deam, John Warner

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  • SURNAME
Deam
  • FORENAME
John Warner
  • UNIT
513 Parachute Infantry Regiment (Company E)
  • RANK
First Lieutenant
  • NUMBER
0-306349
  • DATE OF DEATH
4th January 1945
  • AGE
34
  • GRAVESITE
Gay Cemetery,Gay,Meriwether County,Georgia
  • ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from Jacksonville Beach,Duval County,Florida
born 6.12.1910
husband of Harriet Deam (3 children)
award D.S.C.
KIA Belgium
 

DATE OF DEATH:

04-Jan-1945

AWARD:

https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?threads/deam-john-warner.39497/

CITATION:

Distinguished Service Cross : The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pride in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross (Posthumously) to First Lieutenant (Infantry) John W. Deam (ASN: 0-306349), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against an armed enemy while serving with Company E, 513th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 17th Airborne Division, in action against enemy forces in Belgium, on 4 January 1945. On that date, an attack launched by Lieutenant Deam's battalion near Mande-St. Etienne, Belgium, was halted by intense enemy fire short of its objective. Lieutenant Deam boldly led his reserve company in a bayonet assault up an open, snow-covered slope and succeeded in reaching the edge of a woods. There, when his company was pinned down by machine gun fire he advanced alone and destroyed a machine gun nest, killing the crew with hand grenades. He charged a second gun but was killed by enemy fire. First Lieutenant Deam's heroic action lives on as an inspiration to his men. The courage he displayed, his fearless determination and supreme devotion to duty at the cost of his life, exemplify the highest traditions of the military forces of the United States and reflect great credit upon himself, his unit, and the United States Army.

WEB LINKS:

https://valor.militarytimes.com/hero/22038
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