WENDT, Herman A.
	PERSONALIA   Name:  Wendt, Herman A. Date of birth:  Unknown Date of death:  August 10th, 1943 (Province of Messina, Sicily region, Italy) Buried on:  Sicily-Rome American Cemetery and Memorial Nationality:  American BIOGRAPHY:  Private Herman A. Wendt is buried at the Sicily-Rome American Cemetery and Memorial, Nettuno/province of Rome, Italy. Plot: F, Row: 11, Grave: 50.       DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS (DSC) Rank: Private Unit: Medical Detachment, 1st Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division "Rock Of The Marne", U.S. Army Action: For action performed on 10 August 1943 after crossing Di Zappula River near Hill Di Marco/Province of Messina, Sicily region, Italy. Details: Headquarters, Seventh U.S. Army, General Orders No. 37 (1943). Posthumously awarded. Citation unavailable.         PURPLE HEART Rank: Private Unit: Medical Detachment, 1st Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division "Rock Of The Marne", U.S. Army         PURPLE HEART Rank: Private Unit: Medical Detachment, 1st Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division "Rock Of The Marne", U.S. Army Details: This award was obtained in the form of an Oak Leave to be attached on the ribbon of the first award.         Provide alterations or additional information Information source(s):   - White, N.W., From Fedala to Berchtesgaden – A History of the Seventh United States Infantry in World War II, Keystone Print Inc., Brockton, Massachusetts, USA, 1947 - Taggart, D.G., History of the Third Infantry Division in World War II, The Battery Press, Nashville, USA, 1987 - Homeofheroes.com - American Battle Monuments Commission