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Heroic Score100955th out of 4539
Number of Medals10
Total Heroic & Non-Heroic Score118935 of 4539
U.S. Army#396of 2023
Infantry#373of 1570
World War I#330of 945
Oise-Aisne#1of 1
Meuse-Argonne#2of 3
Defensive Sector#3of 4
Charles W. Whittlesey
Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Army
Support & adopt this hero ↓World War IOise-AisneMeuse-ArgonneDefensive Sector
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Biography
Charles White Whittlesey was a United States Army Medal of Honor recipient who led the Lost Battalion in the Meuse–Argonne offensive during World War I. He committed suicide by drowning when he jumped from a ship en route to Havana on November 26, 1921, at age 37.
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Medal of Honor(base 100)
+100Heroic Score100 pts