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Heroic Score1001057th out of 4480
Number of Medals12
Total Heroic & Non-Heroic Score122408 of 4480
U.S. Marine Corps#80of 291
Marine Corps#61of 273
Korean War#101of 197
Duane E. Dewey
Corporal, U.S. Marine Corps
Korean War
Awards & Decorations
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Biography
Duane Edgar Dewey was an American combat Marine. He received the United States military's highest decoration for valor, the Medal of Honor, for his actions on April 16, 1952, during the Korean War. Although wounded by an enemy grenade, he smothered another exploding grenade with his own body to save the life of a corpsman and the other Marines around him.
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Medal of Honor(base 100)
+100Heroic Score100 pts