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Polar Bear Roster

Soldier Summary

Robert D. Day

Military History

Rank: Corporal

Unit: United States. Army. Infantry, 339th. Company I.

Serial Number: 2021557

Medals Awarded
  • Silver Star Citation
Events
EventDatePlaceDetails
Residence1927Detroit, MI
Silver Star Citation for putting an enemy machine gun out of action. [1]09/16/1918Obozerskaya (Russia)
Reported dead since 1954 reunion
Sources

[1]Military Times Hall of Valor

Biennial reunion programs

The Polar Bear, vol. 3, no. 1 (Feb. 1927).

Joel Roscoe Moore papers, 1917-1929, 1940, and 1949-1952