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Heroic Score100955th out of 4539
Number of Medals11
Total Heroic & Non-Heroic Score120564 of 4539
U.S. Marine Corps#74of 294
Marine Corps#56of 277
Vietnam War#144of 222
Operation Medina †#1of 1
William T. Perkins Jr.
Corporal, U.S. Marine Corps
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Biography
William Thomas Perkins Jr. was a United States Marine who posthumously received the United States' highest military decoration for valor — the Medal of Honor — for his heroic action on October 12, 1967, during the Vietnam War in which he smothered an exploding grenade with his body to save the lives of three fellow Marines. Perkins is the only combat photographer to have received the Medal of Honor.
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Score Breakdown
Medal of Honor(base 100)
+100Heroic Score100 pts