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Heroic Score437144th out of 4480
Number of Medals14
Total Heroic & Non-Heroic Score455470 of 4480
U.S. Army#64of 2016
Infantry#59of 1502
World War II#73of 924
European theatre#2of 5
Normandy landings#2of 4
Omaha Beach#1of 1
Michael J. Daly
Captain, U.S. Army
World War IIEuropean theatreNormandy landingsOmaha Beach
Awards & Decorations
- Medal of Honor
- Silver Starw/ 2 Bronze Oak Leaf Clusters
- Bronze Star Medal
- Purple Heartw/ 1 Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster
- Army Presidential Unit Citation
- American Campaign Medal
- European–African–Middle Eastern Campaign Medalw/ 1 Arrowhead
- World War II Victory Medal
Ribbon Rack
Biography
Michael Joseph Daly was an Irish-American United States Army infantry officer who received the United States military's highest decoration for valor—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in World War II. He received the medal for single-handedly eliminating 15 German soldiers including a German patrol, and destroying three machine-gun nests.
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Score Breakdown
Medal of Honor(base 100)
+100Silver Star ×3(base 45, 3 awards (rarity curve))
+194Bronze Star Medal(base 30)
+30Unified Scoring Metrics Bonuses(career variety ×1.35 (3 medal types))
+113Heroic Score437 pts