John R. Fox
US Army Medal of Honor recipient (1915–1944) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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John Robert Fox (May 18, 1915 – December 26, 1944) 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. It is believed that he called in his own coordinates because he was in an area overrun with German soldiers.[1]
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![]() John Fox posthumously received the Medal of Honor in 1997 for actions during World War II | |
Born | (1915-05-18)May 18, 1915 Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. |
Died | December 26, 1944(1944-12-26) (aged 29) Sommocolonia, Italy |
Place of burial | Colebrook Cemetery, Whitman, Massachusetts |
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Years of service | 1940–1944 |
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Unit | 598th Field Artillery Battalion, 366th Infantry Regiment, 92nd Infantry Division |
Battles/wars | World War II |
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Fox and six other African Americans who served in World War II were awarded the Medal of Honor on January 12, 1997. The Medal of Honor was posthumously presented to Fox by President Bill Clinton on January 13, 1997, during a Medal of Honor ceremony for the seven recipients at the White House in Washington, D.C. The seven recipients awarded in 1997 are the only Black Americans to be awarded the Medal of Honor for World War II.[2][3]