Desmond Doss
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* 7th February 1919 + 23rd March 2006 Unit: B Company, 1st Battalion, 307th Infantry Regiment, 77th Infantry Division Awards: Medal of honor (actions: April 29, 1945 – May 21, 1945) The first conscientious objector to receive this award. |
| Corporal Doss was a Medal of honor recepient for saving the lives of 75 wounded infantrymen from his battalion in Okinawa. Movie Hacksaw Ridge, directed by Mel Gibson, is based on his life story. |