Charles L. Gilliland

Corporal (posthumous), U.S. Army

Korean War (MIA)

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Biography

Charles Leon Gilliland was a United States Army soldier who was posthumously awarded the United States military's highest award, the Medal of Honor, for his actions in the Korean War. Gilliland, at age 17, was the youngest Medal of Honor recipient of the Korean War.

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Medal of Honor(base 100)

+100

Heroic Score100 pts