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October 6
1 DIC • 3 Awards
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Louis H. Davis
First Lieutenant · Infantry · Class 388 (1945)
First Lieutenant Louis Hudler Davis IN 388-1945 died from small arms and automatic weapons fire on 6 October 1951 while serving with Company K, 3rd Battalion, 9th Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division, Korea. For his actions on this date, he was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Service Cross.
First Lieutenant · Infantry · Class 388 (1945)
First Lieutenant Louis Hudler Davis IN 388-1945 died from small arms and automatic weapons fire on 6 October 1951 while serving with Company K, 3rd Battalion, 9th Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division, Korea. For his actions on this date, he was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Service Cross.
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Awards October 6
✦ DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS ✦
Douglas D. Bazata
Major · Infantry · Class 78 (1942)
Major (then Captain) Douglas DeWitt Bazata IN 78-1942 was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for actions between 27 August 1944 and on 6 October 1944 while serving with the Office of Strategic Services. Captain Bazata, after having been parachuted into the Haute Saone Department of France, organized and armed Resistance Forces, numbering 7,000; planned and executed acts of sabotage against rail and highway markers in order to divert German convoys onto secondary routes, leading them into well prepared ambushes and causing them to lose many men and motor vehicles.
Major · Infantry · Class 78 (1942)
Major (then Captain) Douglas DeWitt Bazata IN 78-1942 was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for actions between 27 August 1944 and on 6 October 1944 while serving with the Office of Strategic Services. Captain Bazata, after having been parachuted into the Haute Saone Department of France, organized and armed Resistance Forces, numbering 7,000; planned and executed acts of sabotage against rail and highway markers in order to divert German convoys onto secondary routes, leading them into well prepared ambushes and causing them to lose many men and motor vehicles.
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✦ DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS ✦
Benjamin A. Blackmer
Major · Infantry · Class 34 (1942)
Major (then Captain) Benjamin Abner Blackmer IN 34-1942 was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for actions on 6 October 1944 while serving with Company G, 2d Battalion, 180th Infantry Regiment, 45th Infantry Division in France. Encountering a strongly contested defense line, Captain Blackmer led an assault against the hostile positions. When a machine gun temporarily stopped the advance of his company, he crawled forward and destroyed the three members of the enemy crew with his M-1 rifle. Then, finding the enemy well-entrenched in the company objective, Captain Blackmer crawled to within close range of another machine gun position and, throwing a hand grenade into the enemy emplacement, destroyed both the gun and its crew. In addition, he was also awarded two Silver Star medals, one for actions in North Africa and one for actions at the Anzio beachhead.
Major · Infantry · Class 34 (1942)
Major (then Captain) Benjamin Abner Blackmer IN 34-1942 was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for actions on 6 October 1944 while serving with Company G, 2d Battalion, 180th Infantry Regiment, 45th Infantry Division in France. Encountering a strongly contested defense line, Captain Blackmer led an assault against the hostile positions. When a machine gun temporarily stopped the advance of his company, he crawled forward and destroyed the three members of the enemy crew with his M-1 rifle. Then, finding the enemy well-entrenched in the company objective, Captain Blackmer crawled to within close range of another machine gun position and, throwing a hand grenade into the enemy emplacement, destroyed both the gun and its crew. In addition, he was also awarded two Silver Star medals, one for actions in North Africa and one for actions at the Anzio beachhead.
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✦ DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS ✦
Louis H. Davis
First Lieutenant · Infantry · Class 388 (1945)
First Lieutenant Louis Hudler Davis IN 388-45 was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Cross for actions on 6 October 1951 while serving with Company K, 3rd Battalion, 9th Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division, Korea. Realizing that his men faced annihilation in their open positions, Lieutenant Davis exposed himself to the intense fire to seek out the concealed enemy emplacements. He then directed the fire of his men, constantly moving among them across the fire-swept terrain, shouting words of encouragement. The counterfire of the friendly troops commanded by Lieutenant Davis proved so effective that it enabled other friendly units to advance against the hostile positions and to drive the enemy troops from the objective with heavy casualties. He was inducted into the OCS Hall of Fame in 2024.
First Lieutenant · Infantry · Class 388 (1945)
First Lieutenant Louis Hudler Davis IN 388-45 was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Cross for actions on 6 October 1951 while serving with Company K, 3rd Battalion, 9th Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division, Korea. Realizing that his men faced annihilation in their open positions, Lieutenant Davis exposed himself to the intense fire to seek out the concealed enemy emplacements. He then directed the fire of his men, constantly moving among them across the fire-swept terrain, shouting words of encouragement. The counterfire of the friendly troops commanded by Lieutenant Davis proved so effective that it enabled other friendly units to advance against the hostile positions and to drive the enemy troops from the objective with heavy casualties. He was inducted into the OCS Hall of Fame in 2024.
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Data sourced from Army OCS Graduate records and official military archives.