- SURNAME
Hord
- FORENAME
Shelby Robert
- UNIT
504 Parachute Infantry Regiment (Company H)
- RANK
Private
- NUMBER
16084792
- AWARD
Distinguished Service Cross
- PLACE
Sicily 1943
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from Kalamazoo, Michigan
born 26.04.1924 Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
son of Shelby & Erma Grogg Hord
4 years high school
civil occupation Actor
single without dependents upon enlistment
30.06.1942 draft card Atlanta, Georgia
19.06.1942 entered service Kalamazoo, Michigan
postwar Pharmacist
wife Doris Anne (nee Brisben) Hord (1929-2012)
daughters Mary Sue (1945-2016) Terrie Kim (1956-2021) & son Robert (1948-2014)
died 11.11.2013 Marietta, Georgia, USA (Aged 89)
Georgia National Cemetery, Canton, Georgia, USA. Section 2, Site 212
CITATION:
Distinguished Service Cross : The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross to Private Shelby Robert Hord (ASN: 16084792), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against an armed enemy while serving with Company G, 3d Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82d Airborne Division, in action against enemy forces on 10 July 1943, approximately three miles southeast of Niscemi, Sicily. Private Hord, a machine gunner, alone and upon his own initiative, courageously advanced three hundred yards under intense machine gun and rifle fire toward an enemy machine gun position. From a distance of about fifty feet he threw four hand grenades into the position, then attacked the enemy with his carbine, killing four and wounding three. The enemy force was completely disorganized and routed, enabling his unit to advance and use the captured machine guns against the enemy. Private Hord's intrepid actions, personal bravery and zealous devotion to duty exemplify the highest traditions of the military forces of the United States and reflect great credit upon himself, the 82d Airborne Division, and the United States Army.
WEB LINKS:
• https://valor.militarytimes.com/hero/22262FINDAGRAVE:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/120256546/shelby-robert-hord
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