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Jack W. Kelso



Jack William Kelso (23 January 1934 - 2 October 1952) was a United States Marine posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for heroism on the night of 2 October 1952, when he was killed while covering the escape of fellow Marines from a besieged bunker. He was the 31st Marine to receive his Nation’s highest military decoration for heroism during the Korean War.



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