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| |overseas=Y | | |overseas=Y |
| |certificate=2359 | | |certificate=2359 |
| |birth_place=Switzerland
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| |awards=Silver Star; Bronze Star Medal
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| == Biography == | | == Biography == |
| ''Add a biography, family details, and sources. Click Edit to change this page; no account is required.'' | | ''Add a biography, family details, and sources. Click Edit to change this page; no account is required.'' |
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| <!-- Dan Gross timeline enrichment -->
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| The timeline research also records College in Switzerland (Political Economics). Worked as hotel manager.
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| == Research notes == | | == Research notes == |
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| == Timeline ==
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| * 6/22/1918 Born in Switzerland (Protestant). Also known as Fernand Sperl.
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| * 12/13/41 Enlisted in Chicago as Pvt (ASN: 36308989).
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| * 12/25/1942 Completed OCS at Camp Davis, NC as 2nd Lt. (ASN 01049351).
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| * 7/16/1943 Graduated with Class 8 (IPW Ge). OIC (German).
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| * 10/13/1943 Promoted to 1st Lt.
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| * 4/26/1945 Awarded Silver Star for bravery on dangerous mission in Hostau, Czechoslovakia. This resulted in the saving of the Lipizzaner horses.
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| * 1/1942 Assigned to Signal Corps at Fort Monmouth. Course in Signal.
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| * 1946 Discharged with rank of Major.
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| * 6/1944 Landed in Normandy. Won Bronze Star. Promoted to Captain.
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| * Capt Ferdinand Sperl (1918-2006) 8.
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| * Sgt Henry A. Lipps (1916-2007) 14.
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| * T/3 Bert Stein (1914-1971) 8.
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| == Sources == | | == Sources == |
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| * NARA World War II Army enlistment records (where a NARA ASN is present) | | * NARA World War II Army enlistment records (where a NARA ASN is present) |
| * 1940 U.S. Census (where a census match is present) | | * 1940 U.S. Census (where a census match is present) |
| * Dan Gross, ''Timeline of Ferdinand P. Sperl for Camp Ritchie'' (private research document; 1 source documents reviewed)
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| * Dan Gross, ''Timeline of Sperl, Ferdinand P. for Camp Ritchie'' (private research files; selected non-private narrative findings; 1 source files: FERDINAND SPERL.doc)
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