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Mervyn S. Bennion — Victoria Cross

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Heroic Score100955th out of 4539

Number of Medals9

Total Heroic & Non-Heroic Score116564 of 4539

U.S. Navy#80of 707

Surface warfare#30of 195

World War I#330of 945

World War II#480of 948

Attack on Pearl Harbor †#2of 8

Mervyn S. Bennion

Captain, U.S. Navy

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World War IWorld War IIAttack on Pearl Harbor †

Awards & Decorations

Medal of Honor
Purple Heart
Mexican Service Medal
Nicaraguan Campaign Medal
World War I Victory Medal (United States)
American Defense Service Medal
Asiatic–Pacific Campaign Medal
World War II Victory Medal

Ribbon Rack

Biography

Mervyn Sharp Bennion was a United States Navy captain who served during World War I and was killed while he was in command of battleship USS West Virginia during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in World War II. He posthumously received the Medal of Honor for "conspicuous devotion to duty, extraordinary courage, and complete disregard of his own life."

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Score Breakdown

Medal of Honor(base 100)

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Heroic Score100 pts