Aquilla J. Dyess
Military Person
1909 – 1944
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Who was Aquilla J. Dyess?
Lieutenant Colonel Aquilla James "Jimmie" Dyess was a United States Marine Corps officer who was a posthumous recipient of the Medal of Honor for "conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life" at the head of his troops during World War II in the Battle of Kwajalein, on Namur Island, Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands on February 2, 1944.
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- Born
- Jan 11, 1909
Andersonville - Also known as
- Aquilla James Dyess
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Education
- Clemson University
- Died
- Feb 2, 1944
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on July 23, 2013
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