Charles H. Coolidge
United States Army technical sergeant
Died when: 99 years 245 days (1196 months)Star Sign: Leo
Charles Henry Coolidge (August 4, 1921 – April 6, 2021) was a United States Army technical sergeant and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration for valor, the Medal of Honor, for his conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action above and beyond the call of duty in France during World War II.
At the time of his death, Coolidge was the last surviving Medal of Honor recipient from the European theater of World War II, as well as the last surviving recipient to have received the medal during the war (with Hershel W.
Williams receiving the medal after the war on October 5, 1945).
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