30. America’s Most Highly Decorated Soldier is Unknown
The Tomb of the Unknowns in Arlington National Cemetery is the final resting place of American military personnel who died in the country’s wars without their remains having been identified. A little known fact is that the ranks of the Unknown include America’s most decorated soldier, ever.
The question “who is the most decorated soldier in the history of the United States?” might elicit responses such as Audie Murphy or Daniel J. Daly, both having won the Congressional Medal of Honor – Daly twice – in addition to numerous other medals. However, neither Murphy nor Daly nor any other American is as highly decorated the Unknown Soldier of the First World War.