What is Duane E. Dewey?
{{Infobox military person |name= Duane Edgar Dewey |birth_date= {{birth date|1931|11|16}} |death_date= {{death date and age|2021|10|11|1931|11|16}} |birth_place= [[Grand Rapids, Michigan]], [[United States|U.S.]] |death_place= [[St. Augustine, Florida]], U.S. |placeofburial= |placeofburial_label= Place of burial |image= Dewey DE.jpg |caption= |nickname= |allegiance= [[United States|United States of America]] |branch= [[United States Marine Corps]] |serviceyears= 1951–1952 |rank= [[Corporal#United States|Corporal]] |unit= [[2nd Battalion 5th Marines]] |battles= [[Korean War]] |awards= [[Medal of Honor]] (1952)<br/>[[Purple Heart Medal]]<br/>[[Combat Action Ribbon]]<br/>[[Presidential Unit Citation (United States)|Presidential Unit Citation]] }} '''Duane Edgar Dewey''' (November 16, 1931 &ndash; October 11, 2021) was an American combat [[United States Marine Corps|Marine]]. He received the U.S. military's highest decoration for valor, the [[Medal of Honor]], for his actions on April 16, 1952 during the [[Korean War]]. Although wounded by an enemy grenade, he fell on another exploding grenade with his own body to save the life of a [[Hospital corpsman|corpsman]] and the other Marines around him.<ref name=NBCNightlyNews_200706>{{cite news |title=Medal of Honor: Duane E. Dewey |publisher=[[NBC Nightly News]] |date=June 22, 2007}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *{{cite web |access-date=2007-09-02 |url=http://www.tecom.usmc.mil/HD/Whos_Who/Dewey_DE.htm |title=Corporal Duane Edgar Dewey, USMCR |work=Who's Who in Marine Corps History |publisher=History Division, United States Marine Corps |archive-date=2011-05-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110516214024/http://www.tecom.usmc.mil/HD/Whos_Who/Dewey_DE.htm |url-status=dead }} *{{cite web |access-date=2006-04-04 |url=http://www.usmc.mil/moh.nsf/000003c919889c0385255f980058f5b6/000003c919889c0385255fa20075d474?OpenDocument |title=Duane E. Dewey Medal of Honor citation |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2006