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About Benito Martinez
Benito Martinez was a United States Army soldier who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor — the United States' highest military decoration — for his actions on the near Satae-ri in Korea during the Korean War. Martinez was mortally wounded while solely defending his outpost. His actions enabled his company to take back the terrain which they had lost.
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- military personnel
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- April 21, 1932
- Died
- September 6, 1952