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Heroic Score1001058th out of 4481
Number of Medals9
Total Heroic & Non-Heroic Score116679 of 4481
U.S. Marine Corps#80of 291
Marine Corps#61of 273
World War II#486of 924
Battle of Kwajalein †#1of 2
Aquilla J. Dyess
Lieutenant colonel, U.S. Marine Corps
World War IIBattle of Kwajalein †
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Biography
Lieutenant Colonel Aquilla James Dyess was a United States Marine Corps officer who was a posthumous recipient of the Medal of Honor for "conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life" at the head of his troops during World War II, in the Battle of Kwajalein, on Namur Island, Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands on February 2, 1944.
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Medal of Honor(base 100)
+100Heroic Score100 pts