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Heroic Score1001059th out of 4482
Number of Medals2
Total Heroic & Non-Heroic Score1022195 of 4482
U.S. Navy#80of 704
Logistics#6of 27
American Civil War#10of 1091
William Thompson (Medal of Honor, 1861)
Signal Quartermaster, U.S. Navy
American Civil War
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Biography
William Thompson was an American sailor who was a Signal Quartermaster in the American Civil War and recipient of the Medal of Honor for action at Forts Beauregard and Walker on Hilton Head, South Carolina, on November 7, 1861. He was wounded by a piece of shell which caused his legs to be amputated.
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Medal of Honor(base 100)
+100Heroic Score100 pts