Marvin H. Prinds

  • ASN:
    O-1291002
  • DATE OF BIRTH
    Nov 29, 1919
  • DATE OF DEATH
    Jan 18, 1945
FULL NAME:

Marvin H. Prinds

ARMY SERIAL NUMBER (ASN):

O-1291002

  • DATE OF BIRTH: Nov 29, 1919
  • DATE OF DEATH: Jan 18, 1945
RESIDENCE (DURING WWII):

Overland Park, Johnson County, Kansas

ORGANIZATION:
  • MAIN UNIT:
    23rd Infantry Regiment
RANK / POSITION IN UNIT (LAST KNOWN):
  • RANK:
    First Lieutenant (1st Lt.)
  • POSITION IN UNIT:
    Platoon Leader
BATTLES AND CAMPAIGNS:

✭ Normandy Campaign (6 June – 24 July 1944), ✭ Northern France Campaign (25 July – 14 September 1944), ✭ Ardennes-Alsace Campaign (16 December 1944 – 25 January 1945), ✭ Rhineland Campaign (15 September 1944 – 21 March 1945)

DECORATIONS AND CITATIONS (AWARDS):

🎖Distinguished Service Cross, 🎖Purple Heart, 🎖European–African–Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, 🎖Combat Infantry Badge

SUMMARY OF HIS SERVICE:

"First Lieutenant (Infantry) Marvin H. Prinds (ASN: 0-1291002), United States Army, was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross (Posthumously) for extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against an armed enemy while serving with the 23d Infantry Regiment, 2d Infantry Division, in action against enemy forces on 17 January 1945. First Lieutenant Prinds' intrepid actions, personal bravery and zealous 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, the 2d Infantry Division, and the United States Army."

STATUS:
  • CATEGORY:
    Died of Wounds (DOW)
  • DATE:
    Jan 18, 1945
  • LOCATION:
    Odenval, Belgium
  • NOTES:
    Diagnosis: Wound(s), perforating (points of entrance and exit) with no nerve or artery involvement; Location: Intestines, large, small, or unqualified; Causative Agent: Artillery Shell, Fragments, Afoot or unspecified / Enterorrhaphy (sewing up gap or wound of intestine)
HONORED BY:

Men of the 2nd Infantry Division

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File Unit: Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938 - 1946 (Enlistment Records)
in the Series: World War II Army Enlistment Records, created 6/1/2002 - 9/30/2002, documenting the period ca. 1938 - 1946. - Record Group 64 (info)

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