- SURNAME
Files
- FORENAME
Hanford Allen
- UNIT
504 Parachute Infantry Regiment (Company E)
- RANK
First Lieutenant
- NUMBER
0-495711
- DATE OF DEATH
17th September 1944
- AGE
- GRAVESITE
Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, Netherlands Plot K Row 9 Grave 20
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from Los Angeles, California
born 17.11.1920 Wahkonsa Township, Iowa, USA
father James Ray Files (1881-1953)
mother Anna M. (nee Louis) Files (1882-1969)
1942 graduated University of California
served Africa, Italy, Normandy
Next of kin - Father. Mr. James R. Files, 1010 Bank of America Building, 650 South Spring Street, Los Angeles, California
award Silver Star (posthumous)
KIA Grave-Elft,Holland
DATE OF DEATH:
17-Sep-1944AWARD:
https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?threads/files-hanford-allen.35088/CITATION:
Silver Star : 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 (Infantry) Hanford A. Files (ASN: 0-495711), United States Army, for gallantry in action while serving with Company E, 2d Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82d Airborne Division, in action against the enemy in Holland, on 17 September 1944. His gallant actions and dedicated devotion to duty, 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.
WEB LINKS:
• https://valor.militarytimes.com/hero/90643FINDAGRAVE:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56298686/hanford-allen-files
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