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Dakota Meyer

ダコタ・メイヤー　/　だこた・めいやー

American author

June 26, 1988 (age 37)　・　Columbia, Kentucky, United States

Kentucky
author
orator
military personnel

My Take

Dakota Meyer compels me less for the medal than for what he did afterward. The Medal of Honor marks a single day of extraordinary courage at Ganjgal, but choosing to become an author and speaker — to relive and articulate that trauma publicly — is a different, slower kind of bravery. Plenty of decorated veterans retreat into silence; Meyer turned his experience into language, and that choice gives his story lasting civic value. I am drawn to people who translate extreme experience into something others can learn from, and a young man from small-town Kentucky carrying that weight with such openness has my genuine admiration.

Overview

Dakota Louis Meyer (born June 26, 1988) is a United States Marine serving with the United States Marine Corps Reserve. A veteran of the War in Afghanistan, he was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Battle of Ganjgal on September 8, 2009, in Kunar Province, Afghanistan.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Dakota Meyer
Name (Japanese): ダコタ・メイヤー
Reading: だこた・めいやー
Born: June 26, 1988 (age 37)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Cancer / Dragon
Origin: Columbia, Kentucky, United States
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: author / orator / military personnel

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Green County High School
University: Private

Awards & achievements

Medal of Honor
Purple Heart
Combat Action Ribbon
Achievement Medal
Commendation Medal
Meritorious Unit Commendation
Afghanistan Campaign Medal
Iraq Campaign Medal

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dakota%20Meyer

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