Carwood Lipton Military person

First Lieutenant Clifford Carwood Lipton (January 30, 1920 - December 16, 2001) was a commissioned officer with Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, in the 101st Airborne Division during World War II. Lipton was portrayed by Donnie Wahlberg in the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers. On the battlefields of Europe he was promoted to Company First Sergeant and ultimately was awarded a battlefield commission to Second Lieutenant. He said "it was the greatest honor ever awarded" to him. He eventually earned a promotion to First Lieutenant before leaving the Army. Lipton's life story was featured in the 2010 book A Company of Heroes: Personal Memories about the Real Band of Brothers and the Legacy They Left Us.

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award	Bronze Star Medal Purple Heart Good Conduct Medal (United States) American Campaign Medal Presidential Unit Citation (United States)
military operations	Operation Overlord Battle of the Bulge Operation Market Garden
military branch	United States Army
military unit	506th Infantry Regiment (United States) E Company 506th Infantry Regiment (United States) Battalion 101st Airborne Division
service start	1942
service end	1945