<P> Audie Leon Murphy ( 20 June 1925 -- 28 May 1971 ) was one of the most decorated American combat soldiers of World War II , receiving every military combat award for valor available from the U.S. Army , as well as French and Belgian awards for heroism . Murphy received the Medal of Honor for valor demonstrated at the age of 19 for single - handedly holding off an entire company of German soldiers for an hour at the Colmar Pocket in France in January 1945 , then leading a successful counterattack while wounded and out of ammunition . </P>
<P> Audie Leon Murphy ( 20 June 1925 -- 28 May 1971 ) was one of the most decorated American combat soldiers of World War II , receiving every military combat award for valor available from the U.S. Army , as well as French and Belgian awards for heroism . Murphy received the Medal of Honor for valor demonstrated at the age of 19 for single - handedly holding off an entire company of German soldiers for an hour at the Colmar Pocket in France in January 1945 , then leading a successful counterattack while wounded and out of ammunition . </P>
who was the most decorated soldier of world war ii
who was the most decorated soldier of world war ii
Audie Leon Murphy
Audie Leon Murphy