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A comprehensive archive of decorated U.S. military heroes, objectively ranked by the Unified Scoring Matrix (USM-25). Honoring valor through history.

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William Parker (Medal of Honor) — Victoria Cross

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Heroic Score1001059th out of 4482

Number of Medals2

Total Heroic & Non-Heroic Score1022195 of 4482

U.S. Navy#80of 704

Surface warfare#33of 182

American Civil War#10of 1091

• Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip#1of 19

William Parker (Medal of Honor)

Captain of the Afterguard, U.S. Navy

American Civil War• Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip

Awards & Decorations

Medal of Honor
Civil War Campaign Medal

Ribbon Rack

Biography

William Parker was a Union Navy sailor who served during the American Civil War. Serving as a Captain of the Afterguard, he demonstrated exceptional bravery during one of the pivotal naval engagements of the war, the Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip.

His courageous actions during this key battle earned him the nation's highest military decoration for valor, the Medal of Honor. He remains remembered as one of the naval heroes of the Union effort to secure the Mississippi River.

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Score Breakdown

Medal of Honor(base 100)

+100

Heroic Score100 pts