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Heroic Score1001057th out of 4480
Number of Medals8
Total Heroic & Non-Heroic Score114827 of 4480
U.S. Marine Corps#80of 291
Marine Corps#61of 273
World War II#486of 924
Battle of Peleliu#8of 11
Richard E. Kraus
Private First Class, U.S. Marine Corps
World War IIBattle of Peleliu
Awards & Decorations
Ribbon Rack
Biography
Richard Edward Kraus was a United States Marine who was killed in action in World War II during the Battle of Peleliu on October 3, 1944. He posthumously received the Medal of Honor, the highest military honor awarded by the United States. He threw himself on a Japanese grenade to save his comrades.
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Score Breakdown
Medal of Honor(base 100)
+100Heroic Score100 pts