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Heroic Score1001058th out of 4481
Number of Medals6
Total Heroic & Non-Heroic Score1101196 of 4481
U.S. Marine Corps#80of 291
Marine Corps#61of 273
Korean War (DOW)#3of 14
John D. Kelly (Korean War soldier)
Private First Class, U.S. Marine Corps
Korean War (DOW)
Awards & Decorations
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Biography
John Doran Kelly was a United States Marine Corps private first class who received the Medal of Honor posthumously for his heroic actions on May 28, 1952, against Chinese forces during the Korean War. Kelly was mortally wounded while destroying his third consecutive enemy machine gun position that day while serving in the 1st Marine Division.
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Medal of Honor(base 100)
+100Heroic Score100 pts