Index of the General Orders of the 473rd Infantry Regiment, in WWII
Statistics:
Purple
Heart Medals 346
Combat Infantryman Badges 3,870
Combat Medic Badges 163
Total Awards 4,379
This book has 83 pages
ISBN 978-1-932891-94-2
Library of Congress Control Number
Pending
The 473rd Infantry Regiment was attached to the 92nd Infantry Division
WWII Campaigns
North Apennines
Po Valley
This is the seventeenth in a series of indexes of all infantry regiments and independent infantry battalions of the US Army in WWII. Others will be published as they are completed.
This work includes all decorations cited in the general orders of the 473rd Infantry Regiment. Please note that some decorations to members of the 473rd Infantry Regiment may have been cited in general orders of other commands. This index lists members of the 473rd Infantry Regiment that were awarded the Combat Infantryman Badge or the Combat Medic Badge by the 473rd Infantry Regiment. Combat Infantryman Badges and Combat Medic Badges are important, since the recipients of these badges are retroactively entitled to a Bronze Star Medal under Change 13 to Army Regulation 600-45, Department of the Army, 4 November 1947. I have made no attempt to list the Unit Awards, awards of specific Battle Stars, or Good Conduct Medals.
How to read the sources:
(GO#12,1945,473INF) is broken down as GO (General Order), # (Number 12,
1945), 473INF (473rd Infantry Regiment).
Every effort has been made to minimize errors and misspelled names. An error
may be attributable to the source document, or may have occurred while
transcribing the names/units. Some of the original documents are of very
poor print quality, making them difficult to decipher. Corrections with
supporting documentation can be sent to D-Day Militaria.