John R. Fox

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United States Army Medal of Honor recipient (1915-1944)

United StatesLived 1915 to 1944 · aged 29

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John Robert Fox was a United States Army first lieutenant who was killed in action after calling in artillery fire on the enemy during World War II.

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Medal of Honor

Bronze Star Medal

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John Robert Fox was a United States Army first lieutenant who was killed in action after calling in artillery fire on the enemy during World War II. In 1997, he was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor, the nation's highest military decoration for valor, for his actions on December 26, 1944, in the vicinity of Sommocolonia, Italy. He asked that American artillery fire on his own location; it is believed that he did this because he was in an area overrun with German soldiers.

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Lived 1915 to 1944 · aged 29

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