Heroic Score1001059th out of 4482

Number of Medals2

Total Heroic & Non-Heroic Score1022195 of 4482

U.S. Army#443of 2016

Fighter / combat pilot#98of 177

World War I#386of 929

Meuse-Argonne Offensive †#2of 2

Erwin R. Bleckley

Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army

World War IMeuse-Argonne Offensive †

Awards & Decorations

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Biography

Erwin Russell Bleckley was a United States Army aviator during World War I, and posthumous recipient of the Medal of Honor, killed in action on October 6, 1918, near the "lost battalion". Bleckley entered service as a member of the Kansas National Guard, was commissioned as an artillery officer, then volunteered for aviation training and duty. His was one of the four Medals of Honor awarded to members of the Air Service in World War I.

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Medal of Honor(base 100)

+100

Heroic Score100 pts