Dakota Meyer, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Dakota Meyer

United States Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipient

Date of Birth: 26-Jun-1988

Place of Birth: Columbia, Kentucky, United States

Profession: military personnel, author, orator

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Dakota Louis Meyer (born June 26, 1988) is a United States Marine.
A veteran of the War in Afghanistan, he was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Battle of Ganjgal on 8 September 2009, in Kunar Province, Afghanistan.
Meyer is the second-youngest living Medal of Honor recipient, the third living recipient for either the Iraq War or the War in Afghanistan and the first living U.S.
Marine in 38 years to be so honored.