John Harlan Willis

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

World War II• Battle of Iwo Jima †

Awards & Decorations

Medal of Honor
Purple Heart
w/ 1 Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster
American Defense Service Medal
American Campaign Medal
Asiatic–Pacific Campaign Medal (2)
World War II Victory Medal

Ribbon Rack

Biography

John Harlan Willis was a United States Navy hospital corpsman who was killed in action during World War II while serving with 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 February 28, 1945, during the Battle of Iwo Jima.

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Score Breakdown

Medal of Honor(base 100)

+100

Heroic Score100 pts