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Jack Williams (Medal of Honor) — Victoria Cross

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Heroic Score100955th out of 4539

Number of Medals8

Total Heroic & Non-Heroic Score114724 of 4539

U.S. Navy#80of 707

Marine Corps#56of 277

World War II#480of 948

Battle of Iwo Jima †#3of 13

Jack Williams (Medal of Honor)

Pharmacist's Mate Third Class, U.S. Navy

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World War IIBattle of Iwo Jima †

Awards & Decorations

Medal of Honor
Purple Heart
Navy Presidential Unit Citation
Navy Unit Commendation
American Campaign Medal
Asiatic–Pacific Campaign Medal
World War II Victory Medal

Ribbon Rack

Biography

Jack Williams was a United States Navy hospital corpsman who was killed in action while serving with a Marine Corps infantry unit in World War II. 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 March 3, 1945, during the Battle of Iwo Jima.

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Score Breakdown

Medal of Honor(base 100)

+100

Heroic Score100 pts