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Heroic Score363259th out of 4480
Number of Medals46
Total Heroic & Non-Heroic Score44754 of 4480
U.S. Army#112of 2016
Airborne#9of 71
Vietnam War#45of 217
Robert L. Howard
Colonel, U.S. Army
Vietnam War
Awards & Decorations
- Medal of Honor
- Distinguished Service Cross (United States)
- Silver Star
- Defense Superior Service Medal
- Legion of Meritw/ 3 Bronze Oak Leaf Clusters
- Bronze Star Medalw/ "V" Device
- Purple Heart
- Meritorious Service Medal (United States)w/ 2 Bronze Oak Leaf Clusters
- Air Medalw/ "V" Device
- Joint Service Commendation Medal
- Army Commendation Medalw/ "V" Device
- Joint Service Achievement Medal
- Army Achievement Medal
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army) — (United States) (2)
- Navy Unit Commendation
- Meritorious Unit Commendation
- Good Conduct Medal (United States)
- National Defense Service Medal (2)
- Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (4)
- Vietnam Service Medal (4)
- Armed Forces Reserve Medal
- Non-Commissioned Officer Professional Development Ribbon
- Army Service Ribbon
- Army Overseas Service Ribbon
- Republic of Vietnam Civil Actions Medal
- Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation
- Republic of Vietnam Civil Actions Medal
- Order of National Security Merit — Cheon-Su Medal — (South Korea)
- Armed Forces Honor Medal
- Staff Service Medal 2nd Class
- Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
- Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross
- Wound Medal - Vietnam
Ribbon Rack
Biography
Robert Lewis Howard was a United States Army Special Forces officer and recipient of the Medal of Honor for his actions in the Vietnam War. He was wounded 14 times over 54 months of combat, was awarded the Medal of Honor, eight Purple Hearts, a Distinguished Service Cross, a Silver Star, and four Bronze Stars.
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Score Breakdown
Medal of Honor(base 100)
+100Distinguished Service Cross (United States)(base 45)
+45Silver Star(base 45)
+45Bronze Star Medal(base 30)
+30Unified Scoring Metrics Bonuses(career variety ×1.65 (4 medal types))
+143Heroic Score363 pts