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Alexander R. Skinker — Victoria Cross

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Heroic Score1321004th out of 4480

Number of Medals7

Total Heroic & Non-Heroic Score1421195 of 4480

U.S. Army#436of 2016

Infantry#399of 1502

Argonne Forest#1of 1

World War I#357of 928

Alexander R. Skinker

Captain, U.S. Army

Argonne ForestWorld War I

Awards & Decorations

Medal of Honor
Mexican Border Service Medal
World War I Victory Medal (United States) (4)
War Merit Cross

Ribbon Rack

Biography

Captain Alexander Rives Skinker was a U.S. Army officer who was a Medal of Honor recipient during World War I. He graduated from Washington University in St. Louis in 1905. He served in the Missouri National Guard from 1903 to 1908, and entered the Army as a commissioned officer in 1916. He was awarded the medal for leading an attack on German pillboxes in the Hindenburg Line during the Meuse–Argonne offensive, and was killed in the attack.

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Score Breakdown

Medal of Honor(base 100)

+100

War Merit Cross(base 15)

+15

Unified Scoring Metrics Bonuses(career variety ×1.15 (2 medal types))

+17

Heroic Score132 pts