Fred Faulkner Lester

Hospital Apprentice First Class, U.S. Navy

World War IIBattle of Okinawa †

Awards & Decorations

Medal of Honor
Purple Heart
w/ 1 Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster
Combat Action Ribbon
Presidential Unit Citation (Army) — (United States)
American Campaign Medal
Asiatic–Pacific Campaign Medal (2)
World War II Victory Medal

Ribbon Rack

Biography

Fred Faulkner Lester was a United States Navy hospital corpsman who was killed in action during World War II while assigned to a Marine Corps rifle company. He was posthumously awarded the nation's highest military decoration for valor, the Medal of Honor, for heroic actions "above and beyond the call of duty" on June 8, 1945, during the Battle of Okinawa.

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Score Breakdown

Medal of Honor(base 100)

+100

Heroic Score100 pts