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Heroic Score41197th out of 4480
Number of Medals32
Total Heroic & Non-Heroic Score465115 of 4480
U.S. Marine Corps#13of 291
Fighter / combat pilot#18of 177
World War II#48of 924
Korean War#13of 197
John Smith (flying ace)
Colonel, U.S. Marine Corps
World War IIKorean War
Awards & Decorations
- Medal of Honor
- Legion of Meritw/ 1 Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster
- Distinguished Flying Cross (United States)
- Bronze Star Medalw/ 1 Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster
- Air Medalw/ Numeral 4
- Navy Presidential Unit Citation
- Navy Unit Commendation (2)
- American Defense Service Medal (2)
- American Campaign Medal
- Asiatic–Pacific Campaign Medal (2)
- World War II Victory Medal
- Navy Occupation Service Medal (2)
- National Defense Service Medal
- Korean Service Medal (2)
- United Nations Service Medal (Korea)
- Korean War Service Medal
- Distinguished Service Order
- Philippine Presidential Unit Citation
- Korean Presidential Unit Citation
- Philippine Liberation Medal (3)
Ribbon Rack
Biography
John Lucian Smith was an American Medal of Honor recipient and Marine Corps flying ace who, as commanding officer of VMF-223, shot down 19 Japanese planes in World War II and led his squadron to destroy a total of 83 enemy aircraft during the Solomon Islands campaign.
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Score Breakdown
Medal of Honor(base 100)
+100Distinguished Service Order(base 55)
+55Bronze Star Medal ×2(base 30, 2 awards (rarity curve))
+69Philippine Presidential Unit Citation(base 25)
+25Unified Scoring Metrics Bonuses(career variety ×1.65 (4 medal types))
+162Heroic Score411 pts