List of Medal of Honor recipients for World War II
World War II was a global military conflict. It is also called Second World War. It was the joining of what started off as two separate conflicts. The first began in Asia as the Second Sino-Japanese War. The other began in Europe in 1939 with the German invasion of Poland.[1]
This global conflict split the majority of the world's nations into two opposing military alliances. On one side was the Allies. On the other was the Axis powers. It involved the mobilization of over 100 million military personnel. This made it the most widespread war in history. It placed the participants in a state of "total war". The distinction between civil and military resources were eliminated. This resulted in the complete activation of a nation's economic, industrial, and scientific capabilities for the purposes of the war effort. Over 60 million people, the majority of them civilians, were killed, making it the deadliest conflict in human history.[2] The financial cost of the war is estimated at about a trillion 1944 U.S. dollars worldwide,[3][4] making it the most costly war in capital as well as lives.
The Allies won. The result was the United States and Soviet Union emerged as the world's two leading superpowers.
During this conflict 464 United States military personnel received the Medal of Honor, 266 of them posthumously. Seventeen of these were Japanese-Americans fighting in both Europe and the Pacific. Additionally, the only recipient for the United States Coast Guard received the Medal for his actions during this war.
The Medal of Honor was created during the American Civil War. It is the highest military decoration presented by the United States government to a member of its armed forces. The recipient must have distinguished themselves at the risk of their own life above and beyond the call of duty in action against an enemy of the United States. Due to the nature of this medal, it is commonly presented posthumously.[5]
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Lucian Adams | Army | Staff Sergeant | near St. Die, France | October 28, 1944 | For single-handedly destroying enemy machine gun emplacements to re-establish supply lines to U.S. Army companies |
Harold C. Agerholm † | Marine Corps | Private First Class | Saipan, Marianas Islands | July 7, 1944 | Sacrificed his life to rescue wounded men under heavy enemy fire. After returning several times for more wounded was killed by an enemy sniper. | |
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Beauford T. Anderson | Army | Technical Sergeant | Okinawa | April 13, 1945 | Risked his life to save several of his fellow soldiers and repel an enemy attack single-handedly. |
Richard B. Anderson † | Marine Corps | Private First Class | Roi Island, Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands | February 1, 1944 | Sacrificed his life by smothering a grenade with his body to save fellow Marines. | |
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Sylvester Antolak † | Army | Sergeant | near Cisterna di Littoria, Italy | May 24, 1944 | Near Cisterna di Littoria, Italy, he charged 200 yards over flat, coverless terrain to destroy an enemy machinegun nest during the second day of the offensive which broke through the German cordon of steel around the Anzio beachhead. |
Richard N. Antrim | Navy | Lieutenant | Makassar, Celebes, Netherlands East Indies | April 1942 | During the early part of his imprisonment at Makassar in April 1942, he saw a Japanese guard brutally beating a fellow prisoner of war and successfully intervened, at great risk to his own life. For his conspicuous act of valor, Antrim later received the Medal of Honor. | |
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Thomas E. Atkins | Army | Private First Class | Villa Verde Trail, Luzon, Philippine Islands | March 10, 1945 | Remained in his fox hole for 4 hours bearing the brunt of each enemy assault and maintaining fire until each charge was repulsed. |
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Kenneth D. Bailey † | Marine Corps | Major | Henderson Field, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands | September 12, 1942 – September 13, 1942 | After reorganizing his unit and repelling an enemy attack. Continued to fight for hours after being severely wounded and dying from his wounds. |
Addison E. Baker † | Army Air Forces | Lieutenant Colonel | over Ploiesti, Romania (Operation Tidal Wave) | August 1, 1943 | For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty in action with the enemy on August 1, 1943. On this date he led his command, the 93d Heavy Bombardment Group, on a daring low-level attack against enemy oil refineries and installations at Ploesti, Rumania. | |
Thomas A. Baker † | Army | Private | Saipan, Mariana Islands | June 19, 1944 – July 7, 1944 | Repeatedly risked his life in multiple battles over a period of several days. Refused to leave the battle after being severely wounded. At his request, his comrades left him propped against a tree and gave him a pistol, which had eight bullets remaining. When American forces retook the position, they found the pistol, now empty, and eight dead Japanese soldiers around Baker's body. | |
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Vernon J. Baker | Army | Second Lieutenant | near Viareggio, Italy | April 5, 1945 – April 6, 1945 | Demonstrated outstanding courage and leadership in destroying enemy installations, personnel and equipment during his company's attack against a strongly entrenched enemy in mountainous terrain |
Van T. Barfoot | Army | Technical Sergeant | near Carano, Italy | May 23, 1944 | For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of life above and beyond the call of duty on 23 May 1944, near Carano, Italy | |
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Carlton W. Barrett | Army | Private | near St. Laurent-sur-Mer, France | June 6, 1944 | Joined the United States Army in Albany, New York, he was a member of, 18th Infantry, 1st Infantry Division. Barrett was one of four Medal of Honor recipients on D-Day, June 6, 1944. |
John Basilone | Marine Corps | Sergeant | Lunga area, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands | October 24, 1942 – October 25, 1942 | On the night of October 24–25, 1942 his unit engaged the Japanese in the Lunga area when their position came under attack by a regiment of approximately 3,000 soldiers. The Japanese forces began a frontal attack using machine guns, grenades and mortars against the American heavy machine guns. Basilone commanded two sections of machine guns that fought for the next 48 hours until only Basilone and two other men were still able to continue fighting. Basilone moved an extra gun into position and maintained continual fire against the incoming Japanese forces. He repaired another machine-gun and personally manned it, holding the defensive line until replacements arrived. With the continuous fighting, ammunition became critically low and supply lines were cut off. Basilone fought through hostile lines and returned with urgently needed ammunition for his gunners. He was killed on Iwo Jima on February 19, 1945. He was the first Enlisted Marine to receive The Medal of Honor, Purple Heart, and The Navy Cross. | |
Harold W. Bauer † | Marine Corps | Lieutenant Colonel | South Pacific area | May 10, 1942 – November 14, 1942 | For extraordinary heroism and conspicuous courage as Squadron Commander of Marine Fighting Squadron TWO TWELVE in the South Pacific Area during the period May 10 to November 14, 1942. | |
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Lewis K. Bausell † | Marine Corps | Corporal | Peleliu Island, Palau Group | September 15, 1944 | During combat at Peleliu, he covered an exploding Japanese hand grenade in order to protect his comrades, and died of his wounds three days later. Bausell was the only enlisted Marine from the Nation's capital, Washington, D.C. to be awarded the Medal of Honor for actions during World War II. |
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Raymond O. Beaudoin † | Army | First Lieutenant | Hamelin, Germany | April 6, 1945 | By his intrepidity, great fighting skill, and supreme devotion to his responsibility for the well-being of his platoon, 1st Lt. Beaudoin single-handedly accomplished a mission that enabled a messenger to secure help which saved the stricken unit and made possible the decisive defeat of the German forces. |
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Bernard P. Bell | Army | Technical Sergeant | Mittelwihr, France | December 18, 1944 | By his intrepidity and bold, aggressive leadership, T/Sgt. Bell enabled his 8-man squad to drive back approximately 150 of the enemy, killing at least 87 and capturing 42. Personally, he killed more than 20 and captured 33 prisoners. |
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Stanley Bender | Army | Staff Sergeant | near La Lande, France | August 17, 1944 | He had sparked and led the assault company in an attack which overwhelmed the enemy, destroying a roadblock, taking a town, seizing intact 3 bridges over the Maravenne River, and capturing commanding terrain which dominated the area. |
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George Benjamin, Jr. † | Army | Private First Class | Leyte, Philippine Islands | December 21, 1944 | severely wounded while leading an assault against a strongly defended Japanese position on the island of Leyte. After being evacuated to an aid station, he conveyed valuable information regarding the disposition of the Japanese emplacement to his superiors. |
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Edward A. Bennett | Army | Corporal | Heckhuscheid, Germany | February 1, 1945 | The fearless initiative, stalwart combat ability, and outstanding gallantry of Cpl. Bennett eliminated the enemy fire which was decimating his company's ranks and made it possible for the Americans to sweep all resistance from the town. |
Mervyn S. Bennion † | Navy | Captain | USS West Virginia (BB-48), Pearl Harbor | December 7, 1941 | While mortally wounded, he remained in command of his ship. For conspicuous devotion to duty, extraordinary courage, and complete disregard of his own life, he was awarded the Medal of Honor. | |
Charles J. Berry † | Marine Corps | Corporal | Iwo Jima, Volcano Islands | March 3, 1945 | He landed on Iwo Jima on D-Day, February 19, 1945, and was killed in action on March 3, 1945, during the action which earned him the Medal of Honor. | |
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Vito R. Bertoldo | Army | Master Sergeant | Hatten, France | January 9, 1945 – January 10, 1945 | In Hatten, France, he manned a machine gun in defense of a command post being attacked by a numerically superior German force. When evacuation became necessary, he voluntarily stayed behind to cover the withdrawal. The next morning he moved to another command post, and again defended it against a continued assault by strong German forces and voluntarily covered the withdrawal of friendly forces when the post was abandoned. For these actions, he was awarded the Medal of Honor one year later, on January 10, 1946. |
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Arthur O. Beyer | Army | Corporal | near Arloncourt, Belgium | January 15, 1945 | Near Arloncourt, Belgium, he used hand grenades and his carbine to single-handedly destroy two German machine gun positions before working his way through a honey-combed series of enemy foxholes—killing and capturing German soldiers as he went. For these actions, he was awarded the Medal of Honor by President Harry Truman seven months later, on August 30, 1945. |
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Willibald C. Bianchi † | Army | First Lieutenant | near Bagac, Bataan Province, Philippine Islands | February 3, 1942 | After the action near Bagac in the Bataan Province, Bianchi was among the troops captured by the Japanese at the fall of Bataan,on April 9, 1942. He was part of the Bataan "Death March," and was imprisoned in several Japanese prisoner of war camps, enduring horrible conditions. He was known for his compassion and efforts to better the lot of his fellow prisoners by bartering with their captors for extra food and medicine. On January 9, 1945, while imprisoned in an unmarked Japanese prison ship, Bianchi was killed instantly when an American plane, unaware that the ship contained American prisoners, dropped a 1,000-pound bomb in the cargo hold. |
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Melvin E. Biddle | Army | Private First Class | near Soy, Belgium | December 23, 1944 – December 24, 1944 | When presenting the medal to Biddle, Truman whispered "People don't believe me when I tell them that I'd rather have one of these than be President." Biddle was decorated with 17 other soldiers that served in the Eastern Theater of Operations. |
Elmer C. Bigelow † | Navy | Watertender First Class | USS Fletcher, off Corregidor Island, Philippines | February 14, 1945 | While assisting minesweeping operations prior to landings on Manila Bay's Corregidor Island, Fletcher was hit by an enemy shell penetrated the No. 1 gun magazine, igniting several powder cases. Bigelow picked up a pair of fire extinguishers and rushed below in a resolute attempt to quell the raging flames. Refusing to waste the precious time required to don rescue-breathing apparatus, Bigelow plunged through the blinding smoke billowing out of the magazine hatch and dropped into the blazing compartment. Despite the acrid, burning powder smoke which seared his lungs, he succeeded in quickly extinguishing the fires and in cooling the cases and bulkheads, thereby preventing further damage to the ship. However Bigelow was badly injured and succumbed to his injuries the following day. | |
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Arnold L. Bjorklund | Army | First Lieutenant | near Altavilla, Italy | September 13, 1943 | Near Altavilla, Italy, he single-handedly attacked and destroyed two German machine gun emplacements and a mortar position. |
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Orville E. Bloch | Army | First Lieutenant | near Firenzuola, Italy | September 22, 1944 | Near Firenzuola, Italy, he led three soldiers in an attack on enemy positions which resulted in the capture of nineteen prisoners and the silencing of five machine gun nests. |
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Paul L. Bolden | Army | Staff Sergeant | Petit-Coo, Belgium | December 23, 1944 | While his comrade provided covering fire from across the street, Bolden tossed grenades through a window, rushed to the door, and began firing. Wounded by the greatly superior number of German soldiers inside, he retreated from the house. Realizing that the Germans would not surrender, he returned to the house despite his serious wounds and killed the remaining soldiers. For these actions, he was awarded the Medal of Honor eight months later, on August 30, 1945. |
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Cecil H. Bolton | Army | First Lieutenant | Mark River, Holland | November 2, 1944 | |
Richard I. Bong | Army Air Forces | Major | over Borneo and Leyte | October 10, 1944 – November 15, 1944 | Fighter pilot with 40 kills. Top AAF score. | |
Alexander Bonnyman, Jr. † | Marine Corps | First Lieutenant | Tarawa, Gilbert Islands | November 20, 1943 – November 22, 1943 | ||
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Robert D. Booker † | Army | Private | near Fondouk, Tunisia | April 9, 1943 | |
William J. Bordelon † | Marine Corps | Staff Sergeant | Tarawa, Gilbert Islands | November 20, 1943 | ||
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George W. G. Boyce, Jr. † | Army | Second Lieutenant | near Afua, New Guinea | July 23, 1944 | For smothering the blast of a grenade with his body. |
Pappy Boyington | Marine Corps | Major | Central Solomons area | September 12, 1943 – January 3, 1944 | Fighter pilot with 26 victories. | |
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Herschel F. Briles | Army | Staff Sergeant | near Scherpenseel, Germany | November 20, 1944 | |
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Maurice L. Britt | Army | First Lieutenant | North of Mignano, Italy | November 10, 1943 | Played football for the Detroit Lions, later Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas. |
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Leonard C. Brostrom † | Army | Private First Class | near Dagami, Leyte, Philippine Islands | October 28, 1944 | |
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Bobbie E. Brown | Army | Captain | Crucifix Hill, Aachen, Germany | October 8, 1944 | |
John D. Bulkeley | Navy | Lieutenant Commander | Philippine waters | December 7, 1941 – April 10, 1942 | ||
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Frank Burke | Army | First Lieutenant | Nuremberg, Germany | April 17, 1945 | Also known as Francis X. Burke. |
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Elmer J. Burr † | Army | First Sergeant | Buna, New Guinea | December 24, 1942 | For smothering the blast of a grenade with his body. |
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Herbert H. Burr | Army | Staff Sergeant | near Dorrmoschel, Germany | March 19, 1945 | |
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James M. Burt | Army | Captain | near Wurselen, Germany | October 13, 1944 | |
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Richard E. Bush | Marine Corps | Corporal | Mount Yaetake on Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands | April 16, 1945 | |
Robert E. Bush | Navy | Hospital Apprentice First Class | Okinawa Jima, Ryukyu Islands | May 2, 1945 | Hospital Corpsman serving with Marines. | |
John E. Butts † | Army | Second Lieutenant | Normandy, France | June 14, 1944, June 16, 1944, and June 23, 1944
Was severely wounded on three occasions. Continued leading his men until June 23 when he was killed. He was 21 years of age. | ||
William R. Caddy † | Marine Corps | Private First Class | Iwo Jima, Volcano Islands | March 3, 1945 | ||
Daniel J. Callaghan † | Navy | Rear Admiral | Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, Savo Island | November 12, 1942 – November 13, 1942 | ||
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Jose Calugas | Army | Sergeant | Culis, Bataan Province, Philippine Islands | January 16, 1942 | |
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George H. Cannon † | Marine Corps | First Lieutenant | Sand Island, Midway Islands | December 7, 1941 | |
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Alvin P. Carey † | Army | Staff Sergeant | near Plougastel, Brittany, France | August 23, 1944 | Mortally wounded while single-handedly attacking an enemy pillbox |
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Charles F. Carey, Jr. † | Army | Technical Sergeant | Rimling, France | January 8, 1945 – January 9, 1945 | |
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Chris Carr | Army | Sergeant | near Guignola, Italy | October 1, 1944 – October 2, 1944 | |
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Horace S. Carswell, Jr. † | Army Air Forces | Major | over the South China Sea | October 26, 1944 | |
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Edward A. Carter, Jr. † | Army | Staff Sergeant | near Speyer, Germany | March 23, 1945 | |
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Anthony Casamento | Marine Corps | Corporal | Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands | November 1, 1942 | |
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Frederick W. Castle † | Army Air Forces | Brigadier General | Germany | December 24, 1944 | |
Justice M. Chambers | Marine Corps | Lieutenant Colonel | Iwo Jima, Volcano Islands | February 19, 1945 – February 22, 1945 | ||
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Ralph Cheli † | Army Air Forces | Major | near Wewak, New Guinea | August 18, 1943 | |
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Ernest Childers | Army | Second Lieutenant | Oliveto, Italy | September 22, 1943 | |
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Clyde L. Choate | Army | Staff Sergeant | near Bruyeres, France | October 25, 1944 | |
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Dale E. Christensen † | Army | Second Lieutenant | Driniumor River, New Guinea | July 16, 1944 – July 19, 1944 | |
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Herbert F. Christian † | Army | Private | near Valmontone, Italy | June 2, 1944 – June 3, 1944 | |
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Joseph J. Cicchetti † | Army | Private First Class | South Manila, Luzon, Philippine Islands | February 9, 1945 | |
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Francis J. Clark | Army | Technical Sergeant | near Kalborn, Luxembourg and near Sevenig, Germany | September 12, 1944 and September 17, 1944 | |
Mike Colalillo | Army | Private First Class | near Untergriesheim, Germany | April 7, 1945 | ||
Darrell S. Cole † | Marine Corps | Sergeant | Iwo Jima, Volcano Islands | February 19, 1945 | Namesake of USS Cole (DDG-67). | |
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Robert G. Cole † | Army | Lieutenant Colonel | near Carentan, France | June 11, 1944 | For leading a charge across a field swept by German machineguns and artillery. |
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James P. Connor | Army | Sergeant | Cape Cavalaire, southern France | August 15, 1944 | |
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Raymond H. Cooley | Army | Staff Sergeant | near Lumboy, Luzon, Philippine Islands | February 24, 1945 | |
Charles H. Coolidge | Army | Technical Sergeant | East of Belmont sur Buttant, France | October 24, 1944 – October 27, 1944 | ||
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Henry A. Courtney, Jr. † | Marine Corps | Major | Okinawa Shima, Ryukyu Islands | May 14, 1945 – May 15, 1945 | |
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Richard E. Cowan † | Army | Private First Class | near Krinkelter Wald, Belgium | December 17, 1944 | |
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Clarence B. Craft | Army | Private First Class | Hen Hill, Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands | May 31, 1945 | |
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Robert Craig † | Army | Second Lieutenant | near Favoratta, Sicily | July 11, 1943 | |
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Morris E. Crain † | Army | Technical Sergeant | Haguenau, France | March 13, 1945 | |
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Demas T. Craw † | Army Air Forces | Colonel | near Port Lyautey, French Morocco | November 8, 1942 | |
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William J. Crawford | Army | Private | near Altavilla, Italy | September 13, 1943 | |
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John R. Crews | Army | Staff Sergeant | near Lobenbacherhof, Germany | April 8, 1945 | |
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John P. Cromwell † | Navy | Captain | USS Sculpin, off Truk Island | November 19, 1943 | Stayed aboard a sinking submarine to prevent military secrets he possessed from falling into enemy hands. |
Francis S. Currey | Army | Sergeant | Malmedy, Belgium | December 21, 1944 | Rescued several men and women while destroying a building with enemy soldiers. | |
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Edward C. Dahlgren | Army | Sergeant | Oberhoffen, France | February 11, 1945 | |
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Peter J. Dalessondro | Army | Technical Sergeant | near Kalterherberg, Germany | December 22, 1944 | |
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Michael J. Daly | Army | First Lieutenant | Nuremberg, Germany | April 18, 1945 | |
Anthony P. Damato † | Marine Corps | Corporal | Engebi Island, Eniwetok Atoll, Marshall Islands | February 19, 1944 – February 20, 1944 | ||
Albert L. David † | Navy | Lieutenant, Junior Grade | off French West Africa | June 4, 1944 | For leading a boarding party that successfully captured U-505. | |
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Rudolph B. Davila | Army | Staff Sergeant | near Artena, Italy | May 28, 1944 | |
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Charles W. Davis | Army | Captain | Guadalcanal Island | January 12, 1943 | |
George F. Davis † | Navy | Commander | USS Walke, Lingayen Gulf, Luzon, Philippine Islands | January 6, 1945 | ||
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James L. Day | Marine Corps | Corporal | Okinawa, Ryukya Islands | May 14, 1945 – May 17, 1945 | |
Samuel D. Dealey † | Navy | Commander | USS Harder, near Philippine Islands | Jun 6, 1944 – Jun 10, 1944 | ||
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Jefferson J. DeBlanc | Marine Corps | Captain | off Kolombangara Island, Solomons group | January 31, 1943 | |
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Arthur F. DeFranzo † | Army | Staff Sergeant | near Vaubadon, France | June 10, 1944 | |
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Charles N. DeGlopper † | Army | Private First Class | Merderet River at la Fiere, France | June 9, 1944 | |
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Emile Deleau, Jr. † | Army | Sergeant | Oberhoffen, France | February 1, 1945 – February 2, 1945 | |
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Ernest H. Dervishian | Army | Technical Sergeant | near Cisterna, Italy | May 23, 1944 | |
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James H. Diamond † | Army | Private First Class | Mintal, Mindanao, Philippine Islands | May 8, 1945 – May 14, 1945 | |
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Robert H. Dietz † | Army | Staff Sergeant | Kirchain, Germany | March 29, 1945 | |
Jimmy Doolittle | Army Air Forces | Lieutenant Colonel | over Japan | April 18, 1942 | For leading the Doolittle Raid over the Japanese mainland. | |
Desmond T. Doss | Army | Private First Class | near Urasoe Mura, Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands | April 29, 1945 – May 21, 1945 | The first conscientious objector to receive a Medal of Honor, for saving many lives while acting as a medic. | |
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Jesse R. Drowley | Army | Staff Sergeant | Bougainville, Solomon Islands | January 30, 1944 | |
Russell E. Dunham | Army | Technical Sergeant | near Kayserberg, France | January 8, 1945 | ||
Robert H. Dunlap | Marine Corps | Captain | Iwo Jima, Volcano Islands | February 20, 1945 – February 21, 1945 | ||
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John W. Dutko † | Army | Private First Class | near Ponte Rotto, Italy | May 23, 1944 | |
Aquilla J. Dyess † | Marine Corps | Lieutenant Colonel | Namur Island, Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands | February 1, 1944 – February 2, 1944 | ||
Merritt A. Edson | Marine Corps | Colonel | Solomon Islands | September 13, 1942 – September 14, 1942 | ||
Walter D. Ehlers | Army | Staff Sergeant | near Goville, France | June 9, 1944 – June 10, 1944 | ||
Henry T. Elrod † | Marine Corps | Captain | Wake Island | December 8, 1941 – December 23, 1941 | ||
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Gerald L. Endl † | Army | Staff Sergeant | near Anamo, New Guinea | July 11, 1944 | |
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Harold G. Epperson † | Marine Corps | Private First Class | Island of Saipan, Marianas | June 25, 1944 | |
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Henry E. Erwin | Army Air Forces | Staff Sergeant | Koriyama, Japan | April 12, 1945 | |
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Ray E. Eubanks † | Army | Sergeant | Noemfoor Island, Dutch New Guinea | July 23, 1944 | |
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Ernest E. Evans † | Navy | Commander | USS Johnston, off Samar | October 25, 1944 | |
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Forrest E. Everhart | Army | Technical Sergeant | near Kerling, France | November 12, 1944 | |
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John P. Fardy † | Marine Corps | Corporal | Okinawa Shima, Ryukyu Islands | May 7, 1945 | |
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Robert E. Femoyer † | Army Air Forces | Second Lieutenant | over Merseburg, Germany | November 2, 1944 | |
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James H. Fields | Army | First Lieutenant | Rechicourt, France | September 27, 1944 | |
John W. Finn | Navy | Chief Aviation Ordnanceman | Naval Air Station, Kaneohe Bay, Oahu, Hawaii | December 7, 1941 | ||
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Almond E. Fisher | Army | Second Lieutenant | near Grammont, France | September 12, 1944 – September 13, 1944 | |
Francis C. Flaherty † | Navy | Ensign | Pearl Harbor, Hawaii | December 7, 1941 | ||
Richard E. Fleming † | Marine Corps | Captain | Midway Atoll | June 4, 1942 – June 5, 1942 | ||
Eugene B. Fluckey | Navy | Commander | USS Barb, along east coast of China | December 19, 1944 – February 15, 1945 | ||
Joseph J. Foss | Marine Corps | Captain | over Guadalcanal | October 9, 1942 – November 19, 1942 and January 1943 | For shooting down 26 aircraft as leader of the Flying Circus. Later became a Governor of South Dakota. | |
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William A. Foster † | Marine Corps | Private First Class | Okinawa Shima, Ryukyu Islands | May 2, 1945 | |
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William G. Fournier † | Army | Sergeant | Mount Austen, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands | January 10, 1943 | |
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Thomas W. Fowler † | Army | Second Lieutenant | near Carano, Italy | May 23, 1944 | |
John R. Fox † | Army | First Lieutenant | near Sommocolonia, Italy | December 26, 1944 | ||
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Elmer E. Fryar † | Army | Private | Leyte, Philippine Islands | December 8, 1944 | |
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Leonard A. Funk, Jr. | Army | First Sergeant | Holzheim, Belgium | January 29, 1945 | |
Samuel G. Fuqua | Navy | Lieutenant Commander | Pearl Harbor, Territory of Hawaii | December 7, 1941 | For heroism aboard the USS Arizona. | |
Robert E. Galer | Marine Corps | Major | Solomon Islands area | Aug 1942 – Sep 1942 | For service in the Solomon Islands as the leader of a Marine fighter squadron. | |
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William W. Galt † | Army | Captain | Villa Crocetta, Italy | May 29, 1944 | For his leadership and courage in directing an assault against an entrenched force that had repulsed two previous attacks. |
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Archer T. Gammon † | Army | Staff Sergeant | near Bastogne, Belgium | January 11, 1945 | While under fire from a German machine gun and tank, counterattacked the German force and forced them to retreat with grenade and small arms fire. |
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Marcario Garcia | Army | Private | near Grosshau, Germany | November 27, 1944 | |
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Harold A. Garman | Army | Private | near Montereau, France | August 25, 1944 | Medic, for braving enemy fire to tow a boat of wounded to safety. |
Donald A. Gary | Navy | Lieutenant, Junior Grade | Japanese home islands near Kobe, Japan | March 19, 1945 | For braving hazardous conditions on the USS Franklin when it was hit by enemy fire to save sailors trapped inside the vessel's hull. | |
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Robert E. Gerstung | Army | Technical Sergeant | Siegfried Line near Berg, Germany | December 19, 1944 | |
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Eric G. Gibson † | Army | Technician Fifth Grade | near Isola Bella, Italy | January 28, 1944 | |
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Howard W. Gilmore † | Navy | Commander | USS Growler, southwest Pacific | January 10, 1943 – February 7, 1943 | |
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Harold Gonsalves † | Marine Corps | Private First Class | Okinawa Shima, Ryukyu Chain | April 15, 1945 | |
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David M. Gonzales † | Army | Private First Class | Villa Verde Trail, Luzon, Philippine Islands | April 25, 1945 | |
Nathan G. Gordon | Navy | Lieutenant, Junior Grade | Bismarck Sea | February 15, 1944 | Later Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas | |
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Donald J. Gott † | Army Air Forces | First Lieutenant | Saarbrücken, Germany | November 9, 1944 | |
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William J. Grabiarz † | Army | Private First Class | Manila, Luzon, Philippine Islands | February 23, 1945 | For using his body to shield a wounded officer from hostile fire. |
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Ross F. Gray † | Marine Corps | Sergeant | Iwo Jima, Volcano Islands | February 21, 1945 | |
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Stephen R. Gregg | Army | Technical Sergeant | near Montelimar, France | August 27, 1944 | |
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Kenneth E. Gruennert † | Army | Sergeant | near Buna, New Guinea | December 24, 1942 | |
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Henry Gurke † | Marine Corps | Private First Class | Bougainville Island, Solomon Islands Archipelago | November 9, 1943 | Fell on a grenade that landed in his foxhole, saving the man with him |
Barney F. Hajiro | Army | Private | near Bruyeres and Biffontaine, eastern France | October 19, 1944, October 22, 1944, and October 29, 1944 | ||
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George J. Hall | Army | Staff Sergeant | near Anzio, Italy | May 23, 1944 | |
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Lewis Hall † | Army | Technician Fifth Grade | Mount Austen, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands | January 10, 1943 | |
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William E. Hall | Navy | Lieutenant, Junior Grade | Coral Sea | May 7, 1942 – May 8, 1942 | |
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Sherwood H. Hallman † | Army | Staff Sergeant | Brest, Brittany, France | September 13, 1944 | |
William D. Halyburton, Jr. † | Navy | Pharmacist's Mate Second Class | Okinawa Shima, Ryukyu Chain | May 10, 1945 | Corpsman serving with Marines | |
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Pierpont M. Hamilton | Army Air Forces | Major | near Port Lyautey, French Morocco | November 8, 1942 | |
Owen F. P. Hammerberg † | Navy | Boatswain's Mate Second Class | West Loch, Pearl Harbor | February 17, 1945 | ||
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Dale M. Hansen † | Marine Corps | Private | Okinawa Shima, Ryukyu Chain | May 7, 1945 | |
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Robert M. Hanson † | Marine Corps | First Lieutenant | Bougainville Island and New Britain Island | November 1, 1943 and January 24, 1944 | |
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Roy W. Harmon † | Army | Sergeant | near Casaglia, Italy | July 12, 1944 | |
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Harry R. Harr † | Army | Corporal | near Maglamin, Mindanao, Philippine Islands | June 5, 1945 | |
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William G. Harrell | Marine Corps | Sergeant | Iwo Jima, Volcano Islands | March 3, 1945 | |
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James L. Harris † | Army | Second Lieutenant | Vagney, France | October 7, 1944 | |
Mikio Hasemoto † | Army | Private | near Cerasuolo, Italy | November 29, 1943 | ||
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Joe R. Hastings † | Army | Private First Class | Drabenderhohe, Germany | April 12, 1945 | |
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Louis J. Hauge, Jr. † | Marine Corps | Corporal | Okinawa Shima in the Ryukyu Chain | May 14, 1945 | |
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John D. Hawk | Army | Sergeant | near Chambois, France | August 20, 1944 | |
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William D. Hawkins † | Marine Corps | First Lieutenant | Tarawa, Gilbert Islands | November 20, 1943 – November 21, 1943 | |
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Lloyd C. Hawks | Army | Private First Class | near Carano, Italy | January 30, 1944 | |
Joe Hayashi † | Army | Private | near Tendola, Italy | April 20, 1945 and April 22, 1945 | ||
Shizuya Hayashi | Army | Private | near Cerasuolo, Italy | November 29, 1943 | ||
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Clinton M. Hedrick † | Army | Technical Sergeant | near Lembeck, Germany | March 27, 1945 – March 28, 1945 | |
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James R. Hendrix | Army | Private | near Assenois, Belgium | December 26, 1944 | |
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Robert T. Henry † | Army | Private | Luchem, Germany | December 3, 1944 | |
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Silvestre S. Herrera | Army | Private First Class | near Mertzwiller, France | March 15, 1945 | |
Rufus G. Herring | Navy | Lieutenant, Junior Grade | as commanding officer aboard a landing craft, USS LCI (G) 449, Iwo Jima | February 17, 1945 | ||
Edwin J. Hill † | Navy | Chief Boatswain | Pearl Harbor, Hawaii | December 7, 1941 | ||
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Freeman V. Horner | Army | Staff Sergeant | Wurselen, Germany | November 16, 1944 | |
James H. Howard | Army Air Forces | Major | over Oschersleben, Germany | January 11, 1944 | only fighter pilot in the European Theater of Operations in World War II to be awarded the Medal of Honor | |
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Paul B. Huff | Army | Corporal | near Carano, Italy | February 8, 1944 | |
Lloyd Herbert Hughes † | Army Air Forces | Second Lieutenant | Ploesti Raid, Romania | August 1, 1943 | ||
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Johnnie D. Hutchins † | Navy | Seaman First Class | aboard a landing ship, USS LST 473, off Lae, New Guinea | September 4, 1943 | |
Daniel K. Inouye | Army | Second Lieutenant | near San Terenzo, Italy | April 21, 1945 | Later became a U.S. Senator representing Hawaii. Served as President pro tempore of the United States Senate and was third in line to the Presidency of the United States; highest ranking Asian-American politician in U.S. history. | |
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Isadore S. Jachman † | Army | Staff Sergeant | Flamierge, Belgium | January 4, 1945 | |
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Arthur J. Jackson | Marine Corps | Private First Class | Island of Peleliu, Palau group | September 18, 1944 | |
Douglas T. Jacobson | Marine Corps | Private First Class | Iwo Jima, Volcano Islands | February 26, 1945 | ||
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Willy F. James, Jr. † | Army | Private First Class | near Lippoldsberg, Germany | April 7, 1945 | |
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John L. Jerstad † | Army Air Forces | Major | Ploesti Raid, Romania | August 1, 1943 | |
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Elden H. Johnson † | Army | Private | near Valmontone, Italy | June 3, 1944 | |
Leon W. Johnson | Army Air Forces | Colonel | Ploesti Raid, Romania | August 1, 1943 | ||
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Leroy Johnson † | Army | Sergeant | near Limon, Leyte, Philippine Islands | December 15, 1944 | |
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Oscar G. Johnson | Army | Private First Class | near Scarperia, Italy | September 16, 1944 – September 18, 1944 | |
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William J. Johnston | Army | Private First Class | near Padiglione, Italy | February 17, 1944 – February 19, 1944 | |
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Herbert C. Jones † | Navy | Ensign | Pearl Harbor, Hawaii | December 7, 1941 | |
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Joseph R. Julian † | Marine Corps | Platoon Sergeant | Iwo Jima, Volcano Islands | March 9, 1945 | |
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Victor L. Kandle † | Army | First Lieutenant | near La Forge, France | October 9, 1944 | |
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John R. Kane | Army Air Forces | Colonel | Ploesti Raid, Romania | August 1, 1943 | |
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Neel E. Kearby | Army Air Forces | Colonel | near Wewak, New Guinea | October 11, 1943 | |
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George D. Keathley † | Army | Staff Sergeant | Mt. Altuzzo, Italy | September 14, 1944 | |
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Gus Kefurt † | Army | Staff Sergeant | near Bennwihr, France | December 23, 1944 – December 24, 1944 | |
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Jonah E. Kelley † | Army | Staff Sergeant | Kesternich, Germany | January 30, 1945 – January 31, 1945 | |
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Ova A. Kelley † | Army | Private | Leyte, Philippine Islands | December 8, 1944 | |
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Charles E. Kelly | Army | Corporal | near Altavilla, Italy | September 13, 1943 | |
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John D. Kelly † | Army | Corporal | Fort du Roule, Cherbourg, France | June 25, 1944 | |
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Thomas J. Kelly | Army | Corporal | Alemert, Germany | April 5, 1945 | |
Reinhardt J. Keppler † | Navy | Boatswain's Mate First Class | USS San Francisco, Solomon Islands | November 12, 1942 – November 13, 1942 | ||
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Dexter J. Kerstetter | Army | Private First Class | near Galiano, Luzon, Philippine Islands | April 13, 1945 | |
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Patrick L. Kessler † | Army | Private First Class | near Ponte Rotto, Italy | May 23, 1944 | |
Isaac C. Kidd † | Navy | Rear Admiral | Pearl Harbor, Hawaii | December 7, 1941 | ||
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Truman Kimbro † | Army | Technician Fourth Grade | near Rocherath, Belgium | December 19, 1944 | |
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Harold G. Kiner † | Army | Private | near Palenberg, Germany | October 2, 1944 | |
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David R. Kingsley † | Army Air Forces | Second Lieutenant | Ploesti Raid, Romania | June 23, 1944 | |
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Elbert L. Kinser † | Marine Corps | Sergeant | Okinawa Shima, Ryukyu Chain | May 4, 1945 | |
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Gerry H. Kisters | Army | Sergeant | near Gagliano, Sicily | July 31, 1943 | |
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Alton W. Knappenberger | Army | Private First Class | near Cisterna di Littoria, Italy | February 1, 1944 | |
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Jack L. Knight † | Army | First Lieutenant | near LoiKang, Burma | February 2, 1945 | |
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Raymond L. Knight † | Army Air Forces | First Lieutenant | northern Po Valley, Italy | April 24, 1945 – April 25, 1945 | |
Yeiki Kobashigawa | Army | Technical Sergeant | near Lanuvio, Italy | June 2, 1944 | ||
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Richard E. Kraus † | Marine Corps | Private First Class | Peleliu, Palau Islands | October 3, 1944 | |
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Anthony L. Krotiak † | Army | Private First Class | Balete Pass, Luzon, Philippine Islands | May 8, 1945 | |
Robert T. Kuroda † | Army | Staff Sergeant | near Bruyeres, France | October 20, 1944 | ||
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James D. La Belle † | Marine Corps | Private First Class | Iwo Jima, Volcano Islands | March 8, 1945 | |
William R. Lawley, Jr. | Army Air Forces | First Lieutenant | over Europe | February 20, 1944 | ||
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Robert E. Laws | Army | Staff Sergeant | Pangasinan Province, Luzon, Philippine Islands | January 12, 1945 | |
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Daniel W. Lee | Army | Second Lieutenant | Montreval, France | September 2, 1944 | |
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John H. Leims | Marine Corps | Second Lieutenant | Iwo Jima, Volcano Islands | March 7, 1945 | |
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Turney W. Leonard † | Army | First Lieutenant | Kommerscheidt, Germany | November 4, 1944 – November 6, 1944 | |
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Fred F. Lester † | Navy | Hospital Apprentice First Class | Okinawa Shima, Ryukyu Chain | June 8, 1945 | |
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Darrell R. Lindsey † | Army Air Forces | Captain | L'Isle Adam railroad bridge over the Seine, France | August 9, 1944 | |
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Jake W. Lindsey | Army | Technical Sergeant | near Hamich, Germany | November 16, 1944 | |
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Floyd K. Lindstrom † | Army | Private First Class | near Mignano, Italy | November 11, 1943 | |
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Edgar H. Lloyd † | Army | First Lieutenant | near Pompey, France | September 14, 1944 | |
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Donald R. Lobaugh † | Army | Private | near Afua, New Guinea | July 22, 1944 | |
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James M. Logan | Army | Sergeant | near Salerno, Italy | September 9, 1943 | |
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Jose M. Lopez | Army | Sergeant | near Krinkelt, Belgium | December 17, 1944 | |
Jacklyn H. Lucas | Marine Corps | Private First Class | Iwo Jima, Volcano Islands | February 20, 1945 | Youngest recipient since the Civil War (turned 17 just 5 days before Iwo Jima D-Day) | |
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Jack Lummus † | Marine Corps | First Lieutenant | Iwo Jima, Volcano Islands | March 8, 1945 | Had earlier played football for the New York Giants. |
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George L. Mabry, Jr. | Army | Lieutenant Colonel | Hurtgen Forest near Schevenhütte, Germany | November 20, 1944 | |
Douglas MacArthur | Army | General | Bataan Peninsula, Philippine Islands | April 1, 1942 | With his father, Arthur MacArthur, Jr., became first father and son pair to both receive the Medal of Honor. | |
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Charles A. MacGillivary | Army | Sergeant | near Woelfling, France | January 1, 1945 | Immigrant from Canada. |
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John D. Magrath † | Army | Private First Class | near Castel d'Aiano, Italy | April 14, 1945 | |
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Joe E. Mann † | Army | Private First Class | Best, Holland | September 18, 1944 | |
Harry L. Martin † | Marine Corps | First Lieutenant | Iwo Jima, Volcano Islands | March 26, 1945 | ||
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Joe P. Martinez † | Army | Private | Attu, Aleutians | May 26, 1943 | |
Leonard F. Mason † | Marine Corps | Private First Class | Asan-Adelup Beachhead, Guam, Marianas Islands | July 22, 1944 | ||
Archibald Mathies † | Army Air Forces | Sergeant | over Germany | February 20, 1944 | ||
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Jack W. Mathis † | Army Air Forces | First Lieutenant | over Vegesack, Germany | March 18, 1943 | |
Robert D. Maxwell | Army | Technician Fifth Grade | near Besançon, France | September 7, 1944 | ||
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Martin O. May † | Army | Private First Class | legusuku-Yama, Ie Shima, Ryukyu Islands | April 19, 1945 – April 21, 1945 | Defended his machine gun position for 3 days against Japanese attacks, even when wounded, thus maintaining the American lines. Refusing to withdraw when his machine gun was disabled, he used hand grenades to fight to his death. |
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Melvin Mayfield | Army | Corporal | Cordillera Mountains, Luzon, Philippine Islands | July 29, 1945 | |
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Thomas E. McCall | Army | Staff Sergeant | near San Angelo, Italy | January 22, 1944 | |
David McCampbell | Navy | Commander | First and second battles of the Philippine Sea | June 19, 1944 | Top Navy flying ace. 34 kills. | |
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Bruce McCandless | Navy | Commander | Battle off Savo Island | November 12, 1942 – November 13, 1942 | |
Robert H. McCard † | Marine Corps | Gunnery Sergeant | Saipan, Marianas Islands | June 16, 1944 | For saving the lives of his tank crewmen. | |
Lloyd G. McCarter | Army | Private | Corregidor, Philippine Islands | February 16, 1945 – February 19, 1945 | ||
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Joseph J. McCarthy | Marine Corps | Captain | Iwo Jima, Volcano Islands | February 21, 1945 | |
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Richard M. McCool | Navy | Lieutenant | off Okinawa | June 10, 1945 – June 11, 1945 | |
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Charles L. McGaha | Army | Master Sergeant | near Lupao, Luzon, Philippine Islands | February 7, 1945 | |
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Vernon McGarity | Army | Technical Sergeant | near Krinkelt, Belgium | December 16, 1944 | |
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William D. McGee † | Army | Private | near Mulheim, Germany | March 18, 1945 | |
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Troy A. McGill † | Army | Sergeant | Los Negros Islands, Admiralty Group | March 4, 1944 | |
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Francis X. McGraw † | Army | Private First Class | near Schevenhütte, Germany | November 19, 1944 | |
Thomas B. McGuire, Jr. † | Army Air Forces | Major | over Luzon, Philippine Islands | December 25, 1944 – December 26, 1944 | The second leading air ace in World War II before being killed in action in January 1945. McGuire Air Force Base is named for him. | |
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John R. McKinney | Army | Private | Tayabas Province, Luzon, Philippine Islands | May 11, 1945 | |
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Robert M. McTureous, Jr. † | Marine Corps | Private | Okinawa, Ryukyu Chain | June 7, 1945 | |
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John J. McVeigh † | Army | Sergeant | near Brest, France | August 29, 1944 | |
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William A. McWhorter † | Army | Private First Class | Leyte, Philippine Islands | December 5, 1944 | |
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John W. Meagher | Army | Technical Sergeant | near Ozato, Okinawa | June 19, 1945 | |
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Gino J. Merli | Army | Private First Class | near Sars la Bruyere, Belgium | September 4, 1944 – September 5, 1944 | Held off German troops overnight, even when his machine gun nest was captured. |
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Joseph F. Merrell † | Army | Private | near Lohe, Germany | April 18, 1945 | |
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Harold O. Messerschmidt † | Army | Sergeant | near Radden, France | September 17, 1944 | |
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William E. Metzger, Jr. † | Army Air Forces | Second Lieutenant | Saarbrücken, Germany | November 9, 1944 | |
Edward S. Michael | Army Air Forces | First Lieutenant | over Germany | April 11, 1944 | ||
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Harry J. Michael † | Army | Second Lieutenant | near Neiderzerf, Germany | March 14, 1945 | |
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Andrew Miller † | Army | Staff Sergeant | from Woippy, France to Kerprich Hemmersdorf, Germany | November 16, 1944 – November 29, 1944 | |
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James H. Mills | Army | Private | near Cisterna di Littoria, Italy | May 24, 1944 | |
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John W. Minick † | Army | Staff Sergeant | near Hurtgen, Germany | November 21, 1944 | |
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Nicholas Minue † | Army | Private | near MedjezelBab, Tunisia | April 28, 1943 | |
Jimmie W. Monteith, Jr. † | Army | First Lieutenant | near Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy, France | June 6, 1944 | ||
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Jack C. Montgomery | Army | First Lieutenant | near, Padiglione, Italy | February 22, 1944 | |
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Harold H. Moon, Jr. † | Army | Private | Pawig, Leyte, Philippine Islands | October 21, 1944 | |
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John C. Morgan | Army Air Forces | Second Lieutenant | over Germany | July 28, 1943 | |
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Edward J. Moskala † | Army | Private First Class | Kakazu Ridge, Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands | April 9, 1945 | |
Kaoru Moto † | Army | Private First Class | near Castellina, Italy | July 7, 1944 | ||
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Charles E. Mower † | Army | Sergeant | near Capoocan, Leyte, Philippine Islands | November 3, 1944 | |
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Joseph E. Muller † | Army | Sergeant | near Ishimmi, Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands | May 15, 1945 – May 16, 1945 | |
Sadao S. Munemori † | Army | Private First Class | near Seravezza, Italy | April 5, 1945 | For taking out two machine-gun emplacements and jumping onto a grenade to save 2 soldiers. | |
Douglas A. Munro † | Coast Guard | Signalman First Class | off Point Cruz, Guadalcanal | September 27, 1942 | Only member of the Coast Guard to receive the Medal of Honor. | |
Kiyoshi K. Muranaga † | Army | Private First Class | near Suvereto, Italy | June 26, 1944 | ||
Audie L. Murphy | Army | Second Lieutenant | near Holtzwihr, France | January 26, 1945 | Highest number of decorations for US combatant. | |
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Frederick C. Murphy † | Army | Private First Class | Siegfried Line at Saarlautern, Germany | March 18, 1945 | |
Charles P. Murray, Jr. | Army | First Lieutenant | near Kaysersberg, France | December 16, 1944 | ||
Masato Nakae † | Army | Private | near Pisa, Italy | August 19, 1944 | ||
Shinyei Nakamine † | Army | Private | near La Torreto, Italy | June 2, 1944 | ||
William K. Nakamura † | Army | Private First Class | near Castellina, Italy | July 4, 1944 | ||
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William L. Nelson † | Army | Sergeant | Djebel Dardys, Northwest of Sedjenane, Tunisia | April 24, 1943 | |
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Ralph G. Neppel | Army | Sergeant | Birgel, Germany | December 14, 1944 | |
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Robert B. Nett | Army | First Lieutenant | near Cognon, Leyte, Philippine Islands | December 14, 1944 | |
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John D. New † | Marine Corps | Private First Class | Peleliu Island, Palau Group | September 25, 1944 | |
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Beryl R. Newman | Army | First Lieutenant | near Cisterna, Italy | May 26, 1944 | For single-handedly destroying three machine gun emplacements. |
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Alexander R. Nininger † | Army | Second Lieutenant | near Abucay, Bataan, Philippine Islands | January 12, 1942 | |
Joe M. Nishimoto † | Army | Private First Class | near La Houssiere, France | November 7, 1944 | ||
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William J. O'Brien † | Army | Lieutenant Colonel | Saipan, Marianas Islands | June 20, 1944 – July 7, 1944 | |
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Joseph T. O'Callahan | Navy | Commander | near Kobe, Japan | March 19, 1945 | Chaplain aboard aircraft carrier USS Franklin. |
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Carlos C. Ogden | Army | First Lieutenant | near Fort du Roule, France | June 25, 1944 | |
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Edward H. O'Hare | Navy | Lieutenant | off Papua New Guinea | February 20, 1942 | O'Hare International Airport in Chicago was named in his memory. |
Allan M. Ohata † | Army | Sergeant | near Cerasuolo, Italy | November 29, 1943 – November 30, 1943 | ||
Richard H. O'Kane | Navy | Commander | Philippine Islands | October 23, 1944 – October 24, 1944 | For submarine operations against two Japanese convoys. | |
James K. Okubo † | Army | Technician Fifth Grade | Foret Domaniale de Champ, near Biffontaine, France | October 28, 1944 – October 29, 1944 and November 4, 1944 | ||
Yukio Okutsu | Army | Technical Sergeant | on Mount Belvedere, Italy | April 7, 1945 | ||
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Arlo L. Olson † | Army | Captain | crossing of the Volturno River, Italy | October 13, 1943 | |
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Truman O. Olson † | Army | Sergeant | near Cisterna di Littoria, Italy | January 30, 1944 – January 31, 1944 | |
Frank H. Ono † | Army | Private First Class | near Castellina, Italy | July 4, 1944 | ||
Nicholas Oresko | Army | Master Sergeant | near Tettingen, Germany | January 23, 1945 | For single-handedly destroying two bunkers while being seriously wounded. Currently the oldest living Medal of Honor recipient. | |
Kazuo Otani † | Army | Staff Sergeant | near Pieve Di S. Luce, Italy | July 15, 1944 | ||
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Robert A. Owens † | Marine Corps | Sergeant | Cape Torokina, Bougainville, Solomon Islands | November 1, 1943 | |
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Joseph W. Ozbourn † | Marine Corps | Private | Tinian Island, Marianas Islands | July 30, 1944 | Private Ozbourn saved the lives of four fellow Marines by jumping on the top of a live hand grenade. |
Mitchell Paige | Marine Corps | Platoon Sergeant | Battle of Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands | October 26, 1942 | ||
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John J. Parle † | Navy | Ensign | aboard a landing ship, USS LST 375, off Sicily | July 9, 1943 – July 10, 1943 | |
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Laverne Parrish † | Army | Technician Fourth Grade | Binalonan, Luzon, Philippine Islands | January 18, 1945 – January 24, 1945 | |
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Harl Pease, Jr. † | Army Air Forces | Captain | near Rabaul, New Britain | August 6, 1942 – August 7, 1942 | |
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Forrest E. Peden † | Army | Technician Fifth Grade | near Biesheim, France | February 3, 1945 | |
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Jack J. Pendleton † | Army | Staff Sergeant | Bardenberg, Germany | October 12, 1944 | |
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Frank D. Peregory † | Army | Technical Sergeant | Grandcampe, France | June 8, 1944 | |
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Manuel Perez, Jr. † | Army | Private First Class | Fort William McKinley, Luzon, Philippine Islands | February 13, 1945 | |
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George J. Peters † | Army | Private | near Fluren, Germany | March 24, 1945 | |
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George Peterson † | Army | Staff Sergeant | near Eisern, Germany | March 30, 1945 | |
Oscar V. Peterson † | Navy | Chief Watertender | USS Neosho, Battle of the Coral Sea | May 7, 1942 | ||
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Frank J. Petrarca † | Army | Private First Class | Horseshoe Hill, New Georgia, Solomon Islands | July 27, 1943 | |
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Jackson C. Pharris | Navy | Gunner | Pearl Harbor, Territory of Hawaii | December 7, 1941 | |
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Wesley Phelps † | Marine Corps | Private First Class | Battle of Peleliu, Palau Islands | October 4, 1944 | |
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George Phillips † | Marine Corps | Private | Iwo Jima, Volcano Islands | March 14, 1945 | |
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Francis J. Pierce | Navy | Pharmacist's Mate First Class | Iwo Jima | March 15, 1945 – March 16, 1945 | |
John J. Pinder, Jr. † | Army | Technician Fifth Grade | near Colleville-sur-Mer, France | June 6, 1944 | ||
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Everett P. Pope | Marine Corps | Captain | Peleliu Island, Palau group | September 19, 1944 – September 20, 1944 | |
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John V. Power † | Marine Corps | First Lieutenant | Namur Island, Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands | February 1, 1944 | |
John J. Powers † | Navy | Lieutenant | over the Coral Sea and adjacent waters | May 4, 1942 – May 8, 1942 | ||
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Leo J. Powers | Army | Private First Class | northwest of Cassino, Italy | February 3, 1944 | |
Arthur M. Preston | Navy | Lieutenant | Wasile Bay, Halmahera Island | September 16, 1944 | ||
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Ernest W. Prussman † | Army | Private First Class | near Les Coates, Brittany, France | September 8, 1944 | |
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Donald D. Pucket † | Army Air Forces | First Lieutenant | Ploesti Raid, Romania | July 9, 1944 | |
Lawson P. Ramage | Navy | Commander | USS Parche, south of Taiwan | July 31, 1944 | Sunk enemy ships in gallant action. | |
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Bernard J. Ray † | Army | First Lieutenant | Hurtgen Forest near Schevenhütte, Germany | November 17, 1944 | |
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James W. Reese † | Army | Private | Mt. Vassillio, Sicily | August 5, 1943 | Sent mortars into enemy position in the line of fire so that his comrades can get across the hill. Shot down after the mortars were finally used up. |
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John N. Reese, Jr. † | Army | Private First Class | Paco Railroad Station, Manila, Philippine Islands | February 9, 1945 | |
Thomas J. Reeves † | Navy | Chief Radioman | USS California, Pearl Harbor | December 7, 1941 | Died on the USS California. | |
Milton E. Ricketts † | Navy | Lieutenant | USS Yorktown, Battle of the Coral Sea | May 8, 1942 | ||
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Paul F. Riordan † | Army | Second Lieutenant | near Cassino, Italy | February 3, 1944 – February 8, 1944 | |
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Ruben Rivers † | Army | Staff Sergeant | toward Guebling, France | November 15, 1944 – November 19, 1944 | |
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Charles H. Roan † | Marine Corps | Private First Class | Peleliu, Palau Islands | September 18, 1944 | |
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James E. Robinson, Jr. † | Army | First Lieutenant | near Untergriesheim, Germany | April 6, 1945 | |
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Cleto L. Rodriguez | Army | Private | Paco Railroad Station, Manila, Philippine Islands | February 9, 1945 | |
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Robert E. Roeder † | Army | Captain | Mt. Battaglia, Italy | September 27, 1944 – September 28, 1944 | |
Albert H. Rooks † | Navy | Captain | USS Houston | February 4, 1942 – February 27, 1942 | Commanded USS Houston during early days of war. Led during Battle of Java Sea. Killed in action while attempting to lead Houston and HMAS Perth to safety in Sunda Strait. | |
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Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. † | Army | Brigadier General | Utah Beach, Normandy invasion | June 6, 1944 | With his father, Theodore Roosevelt, became second father and son pair to both receive the Medal of Honor. Died of a heart attack before he could receive the award. |
Donald K. Ross | Navy | Machinist | Pearl Harbor, Territory of Hawaii | December 7, 1941 | ||
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Wilburn K. Ross | Army | Private | near St. Jacques, France | October 30, 1944 | |
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Carlton R. Rouh | Marine Corps | First Lieutenant | Peleliu Island, Palau group | September 15, 1944 | |
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Donald E. Rudolph | Army | Technical Sergeant | Munoz, Luzon, Philippine Islands | February 5, 1945 | For destroying 8 pillboxes, a trench and a tank while under fire. |
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Donald J. Ruhl † | Marine Corps | Private First Class | Iwo Jima, Volcano Islands | February 19, 1945 – February 21, 1945 | |
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Alejandro R. Ruiz | Army | Private First Class | Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands | April 28, 1945 | |
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Joseph J. Sadowski † | Army | Sergeant | Valhey, France | September 14, 1944 | |
George T. Sakato | Army | Private | Hill 617, near Biffontaine, France | October 29, 1944 | ||
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Benjamin L. Salomon † | Army | Captain | Saipan, Marianas Islands | July 7, 1944 | |
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Joseph R. Sarnoski † | Army Air Forces | Second Lieutenant | over Buka area, Solomon Islands | June 16, 1943 | |
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Foster J. Sayers † | Army | Private First Class | near Thionville, France | November 12, 1944 | |
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Joseph E. Schaefer | Army | Staff Sergeant | near Stolberg, Germany | September 24, 1944 | |
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Henry Schauer | Army | Private First Class | near Cisterna di Littoria, Italy | May 23, 1944 – May 24, 1944 | |
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Herbert E. Schonland | Navy | Commander | Savo Island | November 12, 1942 – November 13, 1942 | Took command of USS San Francisco after captain had been killed, fought ship and led her to safety. |
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Albert E. Schwab † | Marine Corps | Private First Class | Okinawa Shima, Ryukyu Islands | May 7, 1945 | |
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Norman Scott † | Navy | Rear Admiral | off Savo Island | October 11, 1942 – October 12, 1942 and November 12, 1942 – November 13, 1942 | |
Robert R. Scott † | Navy | Machinist's Mate First Class | Pearl Harbor, Hawaii | December 7, 1941 | ||
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Robert S. Scott | Army | Lieutenant | near Munda Air Strip, New Georgia, Solomon Islands | July 29, 1943 | For single-handedly defeating a Japanese patrol. |
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Charles W. Shea | Army | Second Lieutenant | near Mount Damiano, Italy | May 12, 1944 | |
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Carl V. Sheridan † | Army | Private First Class | Frenzenberg Castle, Weisweiler, Germany | November 26, 1944 | |
William R. Shockley † | Army | Private First Class | Villa Verde Trail, Luzon, Philippine Islands | March 31, 1945 | ||
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William A. Shomo | Army Air Forces | Major | over Luzon, Philippine Islands | January 11, 1945 | 7 victories in one action |
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Curtis F. Shoup † | Army | Staff Sergeant | near Tillet, Belgium | January 7, 1945 | |
David M. Shoup | Marine Corps | Colonel | Betio Island, Tarawa Atoll, Gilbert Islands | November 20, 1943 – November 22, 1943 | Wrote battle plan for Tarawa assault, directed assault from trench on Betio beach as first waves came ashore.Twenty-second Commandant of the United States Marine Corps (January 1, 1960 – December 31, 1963) | |
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Franklin E. Sigler | Marine Corps | Private | Iwo Jima, Volcano Islands | March 14, 1945 | |
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Edward A. Silk | Army | First Lieutenant | near St. Pravel, France | November 23, 1944 | |
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John C. Sjogren | Army | Staff Sergeant | near San Jose Hacienda, Negros, Philippine Islands | May 23, 1945 | |
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Luther Skaggs, Jr. | Marine Corps | Private First Class | Asan-Adelup beachhead, Guam, Marianas Islands | July 21, 1944 – July 22, 1944 | |
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James D. Slaton | Army | Corporal | near Oliveto, Italy | September 23, 1943 | |
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Furman L. Smith † | Army | Private | near Lanuvio, Italy | May 31, 1944 | |
John L. Smith | Marine Corps | Major | Solomon Islands area | August 1942 – September 1942 | ||
Maynard H. Smith | Army Air Forces | Sergeant | over Brest, France | May 1, 1943 | AKA- Snuffy Smith. On his first mission as a B-17 gunner Sgt. Smith helped save the lives of six of his wounded comrades, put out a fire, and drove off waves of German fighters. | |
William A. Soderman | Army | Private First Class | near Rocherath, Belgium | December 17, 1944 | ||
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Richard K. Sorenson | Marine Corps | Private | Namur Island, Kwajalein Atoll Marshall Islands | February 1, 1944 – February 2, 1944 | |
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Joe C. Specker † | Army | Sergeant | Mount Porchia, Italy | January 7, 1944 | |
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Junior J. Spurrier | Army | Staff Sergeant | Achain, France | November 13, 1944 | |
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John C. Squires † | Army | Private First Class | near Padiglione, Italy | April 23, 1944 – April 24, 1944 | |
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Tony Stein † | Marine Corps | Corporal | Iwo Jima, Volcano Islands | February 19, 1945 | First Medal of Honor of Iwo Jima |
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George L. Street, III | Navy | Lieutenant Commander | harbor of Quelpart Island, off the coast of Korea | April 14, 1945 | For torpedoing three enemy ships while captain of USS Triante. |
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Stuart S. Stryker † | Army | Private First Class | near Wesel, Germany | March 24, 1945 | |
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James E. Swett | Marine Corps | First Lieutenant | Solomon Islands area | April 7, 1943 | For downing eight Japanese Vals off the coast of Guadacanal |
Ted T. Tanouye † | Army | Technical Sergeant | near Molino A Ventoabbto, Italy | July 7, 1944 | ||
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Seymour W. Terry † | Army | Captain | Zebra Hill, Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands | May 11, 1945 | |
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Charles L. Thomas † | Army | First Lieutenant | near Climbach, France | December 14, 1944 | |
Herbert J. Thomas † | Marine Corps | Sergeant | Koromokina River, Bougainville Islands, Solomon Islands | November 7, 1943 | ||
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William H. Thomas † | Army | Private First Class | Zambales Mountains, Luzon, Philippine Islands | April 22, 1945 | |
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Clyde A. Thomason † | Marine Corps | Sergeant | Island of Makin | August 17, 1942 – August 18, 1942 | |
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Max Thompson | Army | Sergeant | near Haaren, Germany | October 18, 1944 | |
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Horace M. Thorne † | Army | Corporal | near Grufflingen, Belgium | December 21, 1944 | |
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John F. Thorson † | Army | Private First Class | Dagami, Leyte, Philippine Islands | October 28, 1944 | |
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Grant F. Timmerman † | Marine Corps | Sergeant | Saipan, Marianas Islands | July 8, 1944 | |
Peter Tomich † | Navy | Chief Watertender | USS Utah (BB-31), Pearl Harbor, Hawaii | December 7, 1941 | ||
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John J. Tominac | Army | First Lieutenant | Saulx de Vesoul, France | September 12, 1944 | |
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John R. Towle † | Army | Private | near Oosterhout, Holland | September 21, 1944 | |
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Jack L. Treadwell | Army | First Lieutenant | near Nieder-Wurzbach, Germany | March 18, 1945 | |
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Walter E. Truemper † | Army Air Forces | Second Lieutenant | over Europe | February 20, 1944 | |
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Day G. Turner † | Army | Sergeant | Dahl, Luxembourg | January 8, 1945 | |
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George B. Turner | Army | Private First Class | Philippsbourg, France | January 3, 1945 – January 4, 1945 | |
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Matt Urban | Army | Captain | Renouf, France | June 14, 1944 – September 3, 1944 | For bravery as a company commander during combat operations. |
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Jose F. Valdez † | Army | Private First Class | near Rosenkrantz, France | January 25, 1945 | |
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Junior Van Noy † | Army | Private | near Finschafen, New Guinea | October 17, 1943 | |
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Franklin Van Valkenburgh † | Navy | Captain | Pearl Harbor, Hawaii | December 7, 1941 | Commanding officer of the USS Arizona. |
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Bruce A. Van Voorhis † | Navy | Lieutenant Commander | Greenwich Island, battle of the Solomon Islands | July 6, 1943 | |
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Leon R. Vance, Jr. † | Army Air Forces | Lieutenant Colonel | over Wimereaux, France | June 5, 1944 | Died in unrelated air crash before receiving his Medal. |
Alexander A. Vandegrift | Marine Corps | Major General | Battle of Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands | August 7, 1942 – December 9, 1942 | Later became the 18th Commandant of the Marine Corps. | |
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Robert M. Viale † | Army | Second Lieutenant | Manila, Luzon, Philippine Islands | February 5, 1945 | |
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Ysmael R. Villegas † | Army | Staff Sergeant | Villa Verde Trail, Luzon, Philippine Islands | March 20, 1945 | |
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Dirk J. Vlug | Army | Private First Class | near Limon, Leyte, Philippine Islands | December 15, 1944 | Alone, faced six enemy tanks on a road, destroying five and halting the enemy attack. |
Forrest L. Vosler | Army Air Forces | Technical Sergeant | over Bremen, Germany | December 20, 1943 | ||
George E. Wahlen | Navy | Pharmacist's Mate Second Class | Iwo Jima, Volcano Islands group | March 3, 1945 | ||
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Francis B. Wai † | Army | Captain | Leyte, Philippine Islands | October 20, 1944 | Deliberately exposed himself to fire from Japanese pillboxes and led men on the beachhead. Was killed in assault on last pillbox. |
Jonathan M. Wainwright, IV | Army | Lieutenant General | Philippine Islands | March 12, 1942 – May 7, 1942 | ||
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Kenneth N. Walker † | Army Air Forces | Brigadier General | Rabaul, New Britain | January 5, 1943 | For Conspicuous Leadership above and beyond the call of Duty |
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Herman C. Wallace † | Army | Private First Class | near Prümzurlay, Germany | February 27, 1945 | |
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Kenneth A. Walsh | Marine Corps | First Lieutenant | Solomon Islands area | August 15, 1943 and August 30, 1943 | |
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William G. Walsh † | Marine Corps | Gunnery Sergeant | Iwo Jima, Volcano Islands | February 27, 1945 | |
James R. Ward † | Navy | Seaman First Class | Pearl Harbor, Hawaii | December 7, 1941 | ||
Keith L. Ware | Army | Lieutenant Colonel | near Sigolsheim, France | December 26, 1944 | ||
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Henry F. Warner † | Army | Corporal | near Dom Butgenbach, Belgium | December 20, 1944 – December 21, 1944 | |
George Watson † | Army | Private | at sea near New Guinea | March 8, 1943 | ||
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Wilson D. Watson | Marine Corps | Private | Iwo Jima, Volcano Islands | February 26, 1945 – February 27, 1945 | |
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Robert T. Waugh † | Army | First Lieutenant | near Tremensucli, Italy | May 11, 1944 – May 14, 1944 | |
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David C. Waybur | Army | First Lieutenant | near Agrigento, Sicily | July 17, 1943 | |
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Ellis R. Weicht † | Army | Sergeant | St. Hippolyte, France | December 3, 1944 | |
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Walter C. Wetzel † | Army | Private First Class | Birken, Germany | April 3, 1945 | |
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Eli L. Whiteley | Army | First Lieutenant | Sigolsheim, France | December 27, 1944 | |
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Hulon B. Whittington | Army | Sergeant | near Grimesnil, France | July 29, 1944 | |
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Paul J. Wiedorfer | Army | Private | near, Chaumont, Belgium | December 25, 1944 | |
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Thomas W. Wigle † | Army | Second Lieutenant | Monte Frassino, Italy | September 14, 1944 | |
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William H. Wilbur | Army | Colonel | Fedala, North Africa | November 8, 1942 | |
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Edward G. Wilkin † | Army | Corporal | Siegfried Line in Germany | March 18, 1945 | |
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Raymond H. Wilkins † | Army Air Forces | Major | near Rabaul, New Britain | November 2, 1943 | |
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Walter J. Will † | Army | First Lieutenant | near Eisern, Germany | March 30, 1945 | |
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Hershel W. Williams | Marine Corps | Corporal | Iwo Jima, Volcano Islands | February 23, 1945 | |
Jack Williams † | Navy | Pharmacist's Mate Third Class | Iwo Jima, Volcano Islands | March 3, 1945 | ||
John H. Willis † | Navy | Pharmacist's Mate First Class | Iwo Jima, Volcano Islands | February 28, 1945 | ||
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Alfred L. Wilson † | Army | Technician Fifth Grade | near Bezange la Petite, France | November 8, 1944 | |
Louis H. Wilson, Jr. | Marine Corps | Captain | Fonte Hill, Guam | July 25, 1944 – July 26, 1944 | Later Became Commandant of the Marine Corps | |
Robert L. Wilson † | Marine Corps | Private First Class | Tinian Island, Marianas Group | August 3, 1944 | ||
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Homer L. Wise | Army | Staff Sergeant | Magliano, Italy | June 14, 1944 | |
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Frank P. Witek † | Marine Corps | Private First Class | Battle of Finegayen, Guam, Marianas | August 3, 1944 | |
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Howard E. Woodford † | Army | Staff Sergeant | near Tabio, Luzon, Philippine Islands | June 6, 1945 | |
Cassin Young | Navy | Commander | USS Vestal, Pearl Harbor, Territory of Hawaii | December 7, 1941 | Moved his ship, the USS Vestal, away from the battleship USS Arizona, and subsequently beached it upon determining that such action was required to save his ship. | |
Rodger W. Young † | Army | Private | New Georgia, Solomon Islands | July 31, 1943 | After being pinned by enemy fire for a long time, he single-handedly attacked and destroyed an enemy machine-gun pillbox, although he died of his injuries right afterwards. His actions helped the rest of the unit return to base without taking anymore casualties. | |
Jay Zeamer, Jr. | Army Air Forces | Captain | over Buka area, Solomon Islands | June 16, 1943 | Volunteered as pilot of a bomber on an important photographic mapping mission covering the formidably defended area in the vicinity of Buka, Solomon Islands | |
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Raymond Zussman † | Army | Second Lieutenant | Noroy le Bourg, France | September 12, 1944 | In lead of a tank killed 18 enemy soldiers and captured 92 |
† N.B. A † in the citation indicates that the award was given posthumously.
Notes
- This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Army Center of Military History.
- ↑ Official military histories in Commonwealth nations refer to the conflict as the Second World War. United States' official histories refer to the conflict as World War II. English translations of the official histories of other nations tend to resolve into English as Second World War also.
- ↑ Dunnigan, James; Albert Nofi. Dirty Little Secrets of World War II: Military Information No One Told You About the Greatest, Most Terrible War in History, William Morrow & Company, 1994. ISBN 0-688-12235-3
- ↑ Mayer, E. (2000) "World War II" Archived 2012-11-27 at the Wayback Machine course lecture notes on Emayzine.com (Victorville, California: Victor Valley College)
- ↑ Coleman, P. (1999) "Cost of the War," World War II Resource Guide (Gardena, California: The American War Library)
- ↑ "A Brief History — The Medal of Honor". Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ). Department of Defense. August 8, 2006. Retrieved December 22, 2012.
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