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Photographer: Mary Thurman
Taken: June 8, 2007
Caption:
Travis E. Watkins | Additional Description:
War: Korean
Date of Birth: September 5, 1920Place of Birth: Waldo, Columbia County, Arkansas
Service at time of action: U.S. Army
Entered Service: Texas
Unit at time of action: Company H, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division
Rank at time of action: Master Sergeant
Date of action: August 31-September 3, 1950
Place of action: Yongsan, Korea
Date of Presentation: January 9, 1951
Place of presentation: The White House
Presented by: President Harry Truman
Submitted: February 3, 2013, by Mary Thurman of Wheelerville,, Missouri.
Database Locator Identification Number: p233612
File Size: 1.194 Megabytes
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