<p>Yes! Both the infantry unit just eliminated <strong>and</strong> the Heroic Leader are worth a Victory Medal, as the only meaningful interpretation of the bullet point on the card itself (my emphasis):</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>When infantry unit with a heroic leader is eliminated, roll two Battle
  dice; if at least 1 star is rolled, <strong>leader is lost and counts as a
  Victory Medal</strong>; if heroic leader survives, move him to nearest friendly
  infantry unit.</p>
</blockquote>

<p>There is no mention of the destroyed infantry unit <strong>not</strong> counting as a Victory medal, so that must be taken as unchanged from the standard rule. Clearly then the destruction of the heroic leader, either through a star being rolled or <a href="http://www.daysofwonder.com/memoir44/en/content/cards_compendium/?id=action_8" rel="nofollow">through there not being a friendly infantry unit to relocate to</a>, counts as an additional Victory medal.</p>

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<p>If the unit with the <em>heroic leader</em> dies but no star is rolled, does the enemy still get one victory medal for the destroyed infantry unit?</p>

<p><a href="http://www.daysofwonder.com/memoir44/en/content/cards_compendium/?id=action_8" rel="nofollow">Action Cards 8 - Heroic Leader</a></p>

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# Heroic leader after his unit is eliminated

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-01-28)

If the unit with the *heroic leader* dies but no star is rolled, does the enemy still get one victory medal for the destroyed infantry unit?

[Action Cards 8 - Heroic Leader](http://www.daysofwonder.com/memoir44/en/content/cards_compendium/?id=action_8)

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2015-01-28. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

Yes! Both the infantry unit just eliminated **and** the Heroic Leader are worth a Victory Medal, as the only meaningful interpretation of the bullet point on the card itself (my emphasis):

> When infantry unit with a heroic leader is eliminated, roll two Battle
> dice; if at least 1 star is rolled, **leader is lost and counts as a
> Victory Medal**; if heroic leader survives, move him to nearest friendly
> infantry unit.

There is no mention of the destroyed infantry unit **not** counting as a Victory medal, so that must be taken as unchanged from the standard rule. Clearly then the destruction of the heroic leader, either through a star being rolled or [through there not being a friendly infantry unit to relocate to](http://www.daysofwonder.com/memoir44/en/content/cards_compendium/?id=action_8), counts as an additional Victory medal.


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