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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.
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  2. 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.

  3. John Robert Fox had sacrificed himself for the Allied cause and to protect his men from an oncoming assault. He had done all this in the most heroic traditions of the United States military, and yet the nation’s highest honor, the Medal of Honor, had been denied to him.

  4. December 26, 1944 - 1st Lieutenant John Robert Fox was killed in action after calling in artillery fire on the enemy and himself during World War II.

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  5. First Lieutenant John Robert Fox (18 May 1915 - 26 December 1944) was a U.S. Army officer who was posthumously awarded the U.S. military's highest award for valor, the Medal of Honor, for his heroic actions during World War II.

  6. For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty: First Lieutenant John R. Fox distinguished himself by extraordinary heroism at the risk of his own life on 26 December 1944 in the Serchio River Valley Sector, in the vicinity of Sommocolonia, Italy.

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  7. Jun 29, 2021 · On Dec. 26, 1944, enemy troops closed in on 1st Lt. John Fox situated on the second floor of house in the Italian village of Sommocolonia. Surrounded and with little hope of rescue, Fox radioed for an artillery bombardment of his position.

  8. John Robert Fox (May 18, 1915 – December 26, 1944) was an American Artillery Officer who was killed in action when he deliberately called for artillery fire on his own position, after his position was overrun, in order to defeat a German attack in the vicinity of Sommocoloia, northern Italy, during World War II. He

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