Ova A. Kelley
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Ova A. Kelley was a United States Army soldier and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration the Medal of Honor for his actions in World War II. Kelley joined the Army from his birth place of Norwood, Missouri, and by December 8, 1944 was serving as a private in Company A, 382nd Infantry Regiment, 96th Infantry Division. On that day, in Leyte, the Philippines, he single-handedly attacked an entrenched Japanese position and then led a charge which destroyed the remainder of the Japanese force. He was shot by a sniper soon after,…mehr

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Ova A. Kelley was a United States Army soldier and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration the Medal of Honor for his actions in World War II. Kelley joined the Army from his birth place of Norwood, Missouri, and by December 8, 1944 was serving as a private in Company A, 382nd Infantry Regiment, 96th Infantry Division. On that day, in Leyte, the Philippines, he single-handedly attacked an entrenched Japanese position and then led a charge which destroyed the remainder of the Japanese force. He was shot by a sniper soon after, and died of his wounds two days later. For these actions, he was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor on October 19, 1945.