- SURNAME
Krueger
- FORENAME
William Joseph Herman
- UNIT
1st Marine Parachute Battalion
- RANK
Private First Class
- NUMBER
510767
- AWARD
Silver Star
- PLACE
Bougainville, 29th November 1943
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
born 25.09.1921 Dubuque, Iowa, USA
father Herman Krueger
mother Theresa (nee Tschohl) Krueger
employed by Farley Loettcher Manufacturing Company
resided 1273½ Washington Street, Dubuque, Dubuque County, Iowa (draft card)
16.02.1942 draft card Dubuque, Iowa
12.12.1942 entered service
26.02.1945 WIA Iwo Jima, Japan
20.11.1945 discharged
12.10.1946 married Luella (nee Boyes) Kruger (1924-2005)
daughter Janis Lynn Krueger (1947-1961)
employed Farley & Loettcher (21 years)
employed Jaeger Hardware (20 years)
died 07.11.2001 Guttenberg, Clayton County, Iowa, USA (Aged 80)
Center Grove Cemetery, Dubuque, Dubuque County, Iowa, USA
CITATION:
Silver Star : The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Private First Class William J. H. Krueger (MCSN: 510767), United States Marine Corps, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity while serving with the First Marine Parachute Battalion in action against numerically superior enemy Japanese forces near Koi-ari, Bougainville, Solomon Islands, on November 29, 1943. Although painfully wounded when a hostile mortar scored a direct hit on his machine gun during a fierce engagement, Private First Class Krueger immediately restored the weapon to operating condition and, refusing to leave his position for medical treatment, courageously manned his gun throughout the entire day of concentrated fighting. His valiant conduct and unselfish devotion to duty under extremely hazardous conditions were in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service.
WEB LINKS:
• https://valor.militarytimes.com/recipient/recipient-37250/FINDAGRAVE:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/127601330/william-j-krueger
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