Desmond Doss
Sign in to saveAmerican solder, pacifist, and combat medic; recipient of the Purple Heart medal, recipient of the Medal of Honor (1919–2007)
Person
- Born
- 1919-02-07
- Died
- 2006-03-23
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Film & TV
Acting
Known for
- The Conscientious Objector — Himself2004
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- 10
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- CLUSTAL W: improving the sensitivity of progressive multiple sequence alignment through sequence weighting, position-specific gap penalties and weight matrix choice
· 1994 · cited 51,834x
- Fast, scalable generation of high‐quality protein multiple sequence alignments using Clustal Omega
· 2011 · cited 14,271x
- T-coffee: a novel method for fast and accurate multiple sequence alignment 1 1Edited by J. Thornton
· 2000 · cited 5,949x
- Development and validation of a brief screening version of the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire
· 2003 · cited 5,289x
- Endovascular Therapy for Ischemic Stroke with Perfusion-Imaging Selection
· 2015 · cited 5,067x
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Key facts
- Born
- Desmond Thomas Doss , ( 1919-02-07 ) February 7, 1919, Lynchburg, Virginia , U.S.
- Died
- March 23, 2006 (2006-03-23) (aged 87), Piedmont, Alabama , U.S.
- Buried
- Chattanooga National Cemetery , Chattanooga, Tennessee
- Allegiance
- United States of America
- Branch
- United States Army
- Service years
- 1942–1946
- Rank
- Corporal
- Unit
- Company B, 1st Battalion, 307th Infantry Regiment , 77th Infantry Division
- Conflicts
- World War II Pacific War Battle of Guam Battle of Leyte Battle of Okinawa ( Wounded in action</span>"}]]}'>WIA )
- Awards
- Medal of Honor , Bronze Star Medal (2), Purple Heart (3)
- Spouses
- Dorothy Schutte ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1942 ; died 1991 ) Frances Duman ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1993 )
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Key dates
- Born
- 7 February 1919
- Died
- 23 March 2006
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Lynchburg
- Place of death
- Piedmont
- Occupation
- pacifist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Seventh-day Adventist Church
- Field of work
- pacifism
- Conflict
- Battle of Leyte
Article
Desmond Thomas Doss (February 7, 1919 – March 23, 2006) was a United States Army corporal who served as a combat medic with an infantry company in World War II. Due to his religious beliefs, he refused to carry a weapon.
He was twice awarded the Bronze Star Medal for actions on Guam and in the Philippines. Doss further distinguished himself in the Battle of Okinawa by saving an estimated 75 men, acting on his own, becoming the first of only three conscientious objectors to receive the Medal of Honor for this and other actions, the others being Thomas W. Bennett and Joseph G. LaPointe Jr., who were posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor during the Vietnam War.
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1919 births2006 deathsAmerican Christian pacifistsAmerican conscientious objectorsAmerican Seventh-day AdventistsChristian vegetariansIMDb title ID different from WikidataMilitary personnel from Lynchburg, VirginiaPeople from Piedmont, AlabamaPeople from the Anniston–Oxford metropolitan areaUnited States Army Medal of Honor recipientsUnited States Army medics