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★Victoria Cross

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John R. Fox — Victoria Cross

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Heroic Score150760th out of 4480

Number of Medals8

Total Heroic & Non-Heroic Score162989 of 4480

U.S. Army#272of 2016

Artillery#17of 82

World War II#324of 924

Italian Campaign †#2of 3

John R. Fox

First Lieutenant, U.S. Army

World War IIItalian Campaign †

Awards & Decorations

Medal of Honor
Bronze Star Medal
Purple Heart
American Defense Service Medal
American Campaign Medal
European–African–Middle Eastern Campaign Medal (2)
World War II Victory Medal

Ribbon Rack

Biography

John Robert Fox was a United States Army first lieutenant who was killed in action after calling in artillery fire on the enemy during World War II. In 1997, he was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor, the nation's highest military decoration for valor, for his actions on December 26, 1944, in the vicinity of Sommocolonia, Italy. He asked that American artillery fire on his own location; it is believed that he did this because he was in an area overrun with German soldiers.

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Score Breakdown

Medal of Honor(base 100)

+100

Bronze Star Medal(base 30)

+30

Unified Scoring Metrics Bonuses(career variety ×1.15 (2 medal types))

+20

Heroic Score150 pts