He has a daughter that is apparently still alive, but have not found her name yet.
The BSM was authorized for recipients of the C.I.B. but was not automaticly issued, it had to be applied for.
Criteria for award of the Bronze Star are covered in AR 600 - 45; Change 12 to AR 600-45, 10 Sep 1947; Change 13 to AR 600-45, Department of the Army, 4 November 1947; current is 600-8-22, Military Awards.
http://www.tioh.hqda.pentagon.mil/Awards/bronze_star.aspx
Change 12 to AR 600-45, 10 Sep 1947 made provisions for the award of the Bronze Star Medal to WW2 recipients of the Combat Infantry and Medical Badges. It says, "Those individuals who, as members of the armed forces of the United States were cited by name on or after 7 December 1941 and prior to 3 September 1945, in orders or in a formal certificate, for meritorious or exemplary conduct in ground combat against the armed enemy, may make application to The Adjutant General, Washington 25, D.C., for award of the Bronze Star Medal on the basis of such citation. A citation in orders for the Combat Infantry Badge or Medical Badge awarded in the field during the period pf actual combat against the armed enemy is considered as a citation for exemplary conduct in ground combat."