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Training and Education Command
Quantico, Virginia

Oct 26, 1968

Lt. Gen. Ormond R. Simpson, commanding general, 1st Marine Division, presents Charles Lynn Lowder with the Silver Star medal in an Aug. 29, 1969 ceremony. Lowder was presented the medal for his heroic actions while apprehending prisoners along the Ho Chi Minh Trail on August 10. Lowder also received the Purple Heart medal for injuries sustained when an enemy hand grenade blew up next to him.

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