Medal of Honor Recipients, Alphabetical Listing This page features an alphabetical list of recipients of the Medal of Honor f Medal of Honor Recipients, Chronological Listing. For additional images and links related to the Medal of Honor, see: The Navy Medal of Honor, 1942 to Present. For more information on the Medal of Honor, including lists of all Navy and Marine Corps recipients, see: Frequently Asked Questions: The Navys Medal of Honor If the Medal of Honor recipient you want is not listed on this page, contact the Photographic Section concerning other research options. Persons are listed below in alphabetical order. Names are followed by the recipients rank or rate at the time of the action for which the Medal of Honor was awarded, any appropriate occupational specialty involved in the action, and the month and year of the action. Agerholm, Harold C., Private First Class, USMCR, July 1944 (Posthumous award) Anderson, Aaron, Landsman, USN, March 1865 Anderson, Edwin A., Captain, USN, April 1914 Anderson, Richard B., Private First Class, USMC, February 1944 (Posthumous award) Andrews, John, Ordinary Seaman, USN, June 1871 Antrim, Richard N., Commander, USN, April 1942 (He was a Lieutenant at that time) Atkins, Daniel, Ships Cook First Class, USN, February 1898 Badders, William, Chief Machinists Mate, USN, Diver, May - September 1939 Badger, Oscar C., Ensign, USN, April 1914 Bailey, Kenneth D., Major, USMC, September 1942 (Posthumous award) Baker, Benjamin F., Coxwain, USN, May 1898 Baker, Henry (Charles), Quarter Gunner, USN, August 1864 Barter, Gurdon H., Landsman, USN, January 1865 Basilone, John, Sergeant, USMC, October 1942 Bauer, Harold W., Lieutenant Colonel, USMC, Aviator, May-November 1942 (Posthumous award) Bausell, Lewis K., Corporal, USMC, September 1944 (Posthumous award) Bennion, Mervyn Sharp, Captain, USN, December 1941 (Posthumous award) Bennett, Floyd, Machinist, USN, May 1926 Berry, Charles J., Corporal, USMC, March 1945 (Posthumous award) Bigelow, Elmer Charles, Water Tender Second Class, USN, February 1945 (Posthumous award) Binder, Richard, Sergeant, USMC, December 1864 - January 1865 Blagheen, William, Ships Cook, USN, August 1864 Blake, Robert, Contraband, USN, December 1863 Boers, Edward William, Seaman, USN, July 1905 Bonnyman, Alexander, Jr. , First Lieutenant, USMCR, November 1943 (Posthumous award) Boone, Joel T., Lieutenant, Medical Corps, USN, July 1918 Bordelon, William J., Staff Sergeant, USMC, November 1943 (Posthumous award) Boyington, Gregory, Major, USMCR, Aviator, September 1943 - January 1944 Bradley, George, Chief Gunners Mate, USN, April 1914 Bradley, Willis W., Lieutenant, USN, July 1917 Brazell, John, Quartermaster, USN, August 1864 Breault, Henry, Torpedoman Second Class, USN, October 1923 Brown, Robert, Captain of the Top, USN, August 1864 Brown, William H., Landsman, USN, August 1864 Brown, Wilson, Landsman, USN, August 1864 Brutsche, Henry, Landsman, USN, October 1864 Buchanan, Allen, Lieutenant Commander, USN, April 1914 Bulkeley, John D., Lieutenant, USN, December 1941 - April 1942 Burton, Albert, Seaman, USN, January 1865 Bush, Richard E., Corporal, USMCR, April 1945 Bush, Robert E., Hospital Apprentice First Class, USNR, May 1945 Butler, Smedley D., Major, USMC, April 1914 and November 1915 (two awards) Byrd, Richard E., Commander, USN, May 1926 Caddy, William R., Private First Class, USMCR, March 1945 (Posthumous award) Cann, Tedford H., Seaman, USNRF, November 1917 Cappodano, Vincent R., Lieutenant, Chaplain Corps, USNR, September 1967 (Posthumous award) Carey, James, Seaman, USN, about 1870 Castle, Guy W.S., Lieutenant, USN, April 1914 Catlin, Albertus W., Major, USMC, April 1914 Charette, George, Gunners Mate First Class, USN, June 1898 Clausen, Claus K.R., Coxwain, USN, June 1898 Cole, Darrell S., Sergeant, USMCR, February 1945 (Posthumous award) Connor, Thomas, Ordinary Seaman, USN, January 1865 Corcoran, Thomas E., Landsman, USN, May 1863 Cotton, Peter, Ordinary Seaman, USN, December 1862 Corry, William M., Jr., Lieutenant Commander, USN, Aviator, October 1920 (Posthumous award) Courts, George M., Lieutenant Junior Grade, USN, April 1914 Covington, Jesse W., Ships Cook Third Class, USN, April 1918 Crandall, Orson L., Chief Boatswains Mate, USN,, Diver, May - September 1939 Crilley, Frank W., Chief Gunners Mate, USN, Diver, April 1915 Cromwell, John P., Captain, USN, Submariner, November 1943 Cronin, Cornelius, Chief Quartermaster, USN, August 1864 Cukela, Louis, Sergeant, USMC, July 1918 Davis, George F., Commander, USN, January 1945 (Posthumous award) Davis, John, Quarter Gunner, USN, February 1862 Davis, Samuel W., Ordinary Seaman, USN, August 1864 DeSomer, Abraham, Chief Turret Captain, USN, April 1914 De Wert, Richard, Hospitalman, USN, April 1951 (Posthumous award) Deignan, Osborn W., Coxwain, USN, June 1898 Diggins, Bartholomew, Ordinary Seaman, USN, August 1864 Doolittle, James H., Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Army Air Force -- April 1942 Drexler, Henry C., Ensign, USN, October 1924 (Posthumous award) Duncan, James K.L., Ordinary Seaman, USN, March 1864 Dunlap, Robert H., Captain, USMCR, February 1945 Durney, Austin J., Blacksmith, USN, May 1898 Dyer, Jesse F. Captain, USMC, April 1914 Eadie, Thomas, Chief Gunners Mate, USN, Diver, December 1927 Edson, Merritt A., Colonel, USMC, September 1942 Edwards, Walter A., Lieutenant Commander, USN, December 1922 Elliott, Middleton S. Surgeon, USN, April 1914 Elrod, Henry T., Captain, USN, December 1941 (Posthumous award) English, Thomas, Signal Quartermaster, USN, December 1864 - January 1865 Epperson, Harold G., Private First Class, USMCR, July 1944 (Posthumous award) Evans, Ernest Edwin, Commander, USN, Oct. 1944 Fardy, John P., Corporal, USMC, April 1945 (Posthumous award) Farley, William, Boatswains Mate, USN, December 1863 Finn, John William, Chief Aviation Ordnanceman, USN, December 1941 Flaherty, Francis C., Ensign, USNR, December 1941 (Posthumous award) Fleming, Richard E., Captain, USMCR, June 1942 Fletcher, Frank Friday, Rear Admiral, USN, April 1914 Fletcher, Frank Jack, Lieutenant, USN, April 1914 Fluckey, Eugene B, Commander, USN, December 1944 - February 1945 Foss, Joseph J., Captain, USMCR, October 1942 - January 1943 Foster, Paul F., Ensign, USN, April 1914 Frazer, Hugh C., Ensign, USN, April 1914 Fuqua, Samuel G., Lieutenant Commander, USN, December 1941 Galer, Robert E., Major, USMC, October 1942 Gardner, William, Seaman, USN, August 1864 Gary, Donald A., Lieutenant (Junior Grade), USN, March 1945 Gehegan, Thomas, , Boatswains Mate, USN, April 1862 (Medal forfeited) Gilmore, Howard W., Commander, USN, Submariner, February 1943 (Posthumous award) Gordon, Nathan G., Lieutenant, USNR, February 1944 Grady, John, Lieutenant, USN, April 1914 Graves, Ora, Seaman, USN, July 1917 Gray, Ross F., Sergeant, USMCR, February 1945 (Posthumous award) Griffiths, John, Captain of the Forecastle, USN, January 1865 Griswold, Luke M., Ordinary Seaman, USN, December 1862 Gurke, Henry, Private First Class, USMC, November 1943 (Posthumous award) Haffee, Edmund, Quarter Gunner, USN, December 1864 - January 1865 Halford, William, Coxwain, USN, November-December 1870 Hall, William E., Lieutenant (Junior Grade), USNR, Aviator, May 1942 Halyburton, William D., Pharmacists Mate Second Class, USNR, May 1945 (Posthumous award) Hammerberg, Owen F.P., Boatswains Mate Second Class, USN, Diver , Feb. 1945 (Posthumous award) Hammann, Charles Hazeltine, Ensign, USNRF, Aviator, August 1918 Hansen, Dale M., Private, USMC, May 1945 (Posthumous award) Hanson, Robert M., First Lieutenant, USMCR, Aviator, November 1943 & January 1944 (Posthumous award) Harcourt, Thomas, Ordinary Seaman, USN, January 1865 Harrell, William G., Sergeant, USMC, March 1945 Harrison, William K., Commander, USN, April 1914 Hartigan, Charles C., Lieutenant, USN, April 1914. Hauge, Louis J., Corporal, USN, 14 May 1945 (Posthumous award) Hawkins, William D., First Lieutenant, USMCR, 20-21 November 1943 (Posthumous award) Hayden, David E., Hospital Apprentice First Class, USN, September 1918 Herring, Rufus G., Lieutenant (Junior Grade), USNR, February 1945 Hill, Edwin J., Chief Boatswain, USN, December 1941 (Posthumous award) Hobson, Richmond P., Lieutenant (Naval Constructor), USN, June 1898 Hoffman, Charles F., , Gunnery Sergeant, USMC, July 1918. (Also known as Ernest A. Janson) Horgan, Michael C., Landsman, USN, October 1864 Hudner, Thomas Jerome, Jr., Lieutenant (Junior Grade), USN -- Aviator, Dec. 1950 Hughes, John A. Captain, USN, 21-22 April 1914 Huse, Harry McL. P., Captain, USN, April 1914 Hutchins, Carlton B., Lieutenant, USN, Aviator, February 1938 (Posthumous award) Hutchins, Johnnie D., Seaman First Class, USNR, September 1943 (Posthumous award) Ingram, Jonas H., Lieutenant, USN, April 1914 Ingram, Osmond K., Gunners Mate First Class, USN, October 1917 Isaacs (Izac), Edouard V.M., Lieutenant , USN, May-October 1918 Jackson, Arthur J., Private First Class, USMC, September 1944 Jacobson, Douglas T., Private First Class, USMCR, February 1945 Janson, Ernest A., Gunnery Sergeant, USMC, July 1918. (Also known as Charles F. Hoffman) Jones, Claud A., Lieutenant, USN, August 1916 Jones, Herbert C., Ensign, USNR, December 1941 (Posthumous award) Jones, John, Landsman, USN, December 1862 Julian, Joseph R., Platoon Sergeant, USMCR, March 1945 (Posthumous award) Kelly, Francis, Watertender, USN, June 1898 Kelly, John J., Private, USMC, October 1918 Keppler, Reinhardt J., Boatswains Mate First Class, USN, November 1942 (Posthumous award) Kidd, Isaac C., Rear Admiral, USN, December 1941 (Posthumous award) Kilmer, John E., Hospitalman, USN, August 1952 (Posthumous award) King, John, Watertender, USN, May 1901 and September 1909 (two awards) Kinser, Elbert L., Sergeant, USMCR, May 1945 (Posthumous award) Kocak, Matej, Sergeant, USMC, July 1918 (Posthumous award) Koelsch, John Kelvin, Lieutenant (Junior Grade), USN, Aviator , July 1951 (Posthumous award) Kraus, Richard E., Private First Class, USMCR, October 1944 (Posthumous award) Kyle, Patrick J., Landsman USN, March 1879 La Belle, James D., Private First Class, USMCR, March 1945 (Posthumous award) Lannon, James P., Lieutenant, USN, 22 April 1914 Lawson, John, Landsman, USN, August 1864 Leims, John H., Second Lieutenant, USMCR, March 1945 Lester, Fred F., Hospital Apprentice First Class, USNR, June 1945 (Posthumous award) Lowry, George M. Ensign, USN, 21-22 April 1914 Lucas, Jacklyn H., Private First Class, USMCR, February 1945 Lukes, William F., Landsman, USN, June 1871 Lummus, Jack, First Lieutenant, USMCR, March 1945 (Posthumous award) MacArthur, Douglas, General, U.S. Army, 1941 - April 1942 MacKenzie, John, Chief Boatswains Mate, USNRF, December 1917 McCampbell, David, Commander, USN, Aviator, June & October 1944 McCandless, Bruce, Lieutenant Commander, USN, November 1942 McCard, Robert H., Gunnery Sergeant, USMC, June 1944 (Posthumous award) McCarthy, Joseph J., Captain, USMCR, February 1945 McCloy, John, Chief Boatswains Mate, USN, June 1900 and April 1914 (two awards) McCool, Richard M., Lieutenant, USN, June 1945 McDonald, James H., Chief Metalsmith, USN, Diver, May - September 1939 McDonnell, Edward O., Ensign, USN, April 1914 McGonagle, William L., Commander, USN, June 1967 McGuire, Fred H., Hosptial Apprentice, USN, September 1911 McGunigal, Patrick, Ships Fitter 1st Class, USN, September 1917 McKnight, William, Coxwain, USN, April 1862 McNair, Jr., Frederick V., Lieutenant, USN, 22 April 1914 McTureous, Jr., Robert M., Private, USMC, June 1945 (Posthumous award) Mackie, John F., Corporal, USMC, May 1862 Madison, James J., Lieutenant Commander, USNRF, September 1918 Martin, Harry L., First Lieutenant, USMCR, March 1945 (Posthumous award) Mason, Leonard F., Private First Class, USMC, July 1944 (Posthumous award) Meyer, William, Carpenters Mate 3rd Class, USN, May 1898 Mifflin, James, Engineers Cook, USN, August 1864 Mihalowski, John, Chief Torpedoman, USN, Diver, May - September 1939 Miller, Harry H., Seaman, USN, May 1898 Miller, James, Quartermaster, USN, December 1863 Miller, Willard D., Seaman, USN, May 1898 Moffett, William A., Commander, USN, April 1914 Molloy, Hugh, Ordinary Seaman, USN, March 1864 Monssen, Mons, Chief Gunners Mate, USN, April 1904 Montague, Daniel, Chief Master-At-Arms, USN, June 1898 Munro, Douglas A., Signalman First Class, USCG, September 1942 (Posthumous award) Murphy, John E., Coxswain, USN, June 1898 Neville, Wendell C., Lieutenant Colonel, USMC, April 1914 Newland, William D., Ordinary Seaman, USN, August 1864 Noil, Joseph, Seaman, USN, December 1872 OCallahan, Joseph T., Lieutenant Commander, Chaplain Corps, USNR , March 1945 OHare, Edward H., Lieutenant, USN, Aviator, February 1942 OKane, Richard H., Commander, USN, October 1944 Osborne, Weedon E., Lieutenant (Junior Grade), Dental Corps, USN , June 1918 (Posthumous award) Owens, Robert A., Sergeant, USMC, November 1943 (Posthumous award) Ozbourn, Joseph W., Private, USMC, July 1944 (Posthumous award) Paige, Mitchell, Platoon Sergeant, USMC, October 1942 Parle, John J., Ensign, USNR, July 1943 (Posthumous award) Pease, Joachim, Seaman, USN, June 1864 Pelham, William R., Landsman, USN, August 1864 Penn, Robert, Fireman First Class, USN, July 1898 Peterson, Oscar V., Chief Water Tender, USN, May 1942 (Posthumous award) Pharris, Jackson C., Lieutenant, USN, December 1941 Phelps, Wesley, Private First Class, USMCR, October 1944 (Posthumous award) Phillips, George F., Machinist First Class, USN, June 1898 Phillips, George, Private, USMCR, March 1945 (Posthumous award) Pierce, Francis J., Pharmacists Mate First Class, USN, March 1945 Pope, Everett, P., Captain, USMCR, September 1944 Porter, David D., Colonel, USMC, November 1901 Power, John V., First Lieutenant, USMCR, February 1944 (Posthumous award) Powers, John J., Lieutenant, USN, May 1942 (Posthumous award) Preston, Arthur M., Lieutenant, USNR, September 1944 Pruitt, John H., Corporal, USMC, October 1918 (Posthumous award) Ramage, Lawson P., Commander, USN, July 1944 Ray, David R., Hospital Corpsman Second Class, USN, March 1969 (Posthumous award) Reeves, Thomas James, Chief Radioman, USN, December 1941 (Posthumous award) Reid, George C., Major, USMC, April 1914 Ricketts, Milton Ernest, Lieutenant, USN, May 1942 (Posthumous award) Roan, Charles H., Private First Class, USMCR, September 1944 (Posthumous award) Roberts, Charles C., Machinists Mate First Class, USN, September 1910 Robinson, Robert G., Gunnery Sergeant, USMC, Aviator, October 1918 Rooks, Albert Harold, Captain, USN, February 1942 (Posthumous award) Rose, George H., Seaman, USN, June 1900 Ross, Donald Kirby, Machinist, USN, December 1941 Rouh, Carlton R., First Lieutenant, USMCR, September 1944 Ruhl, Donald J., Private First Class, USMCR, February 1945 (Posthumous award) Ryan, Thomas J., Jr., Lieutenant (Junior Grade), USN, September 1923 Schilt, Christian F., First Lieutenant, USMC, Aviator, January 1928 Schmidt, Oscar Jr., Chief Gunners Mate, USN, October 1918 Schonland, Herbert E., Commander, USN, November 1942 Schwab, Albert E., Private First Class, USMCR, May 1945 (Posthumous award) Scott, Norman, Rear Admiral, USN, October & November 1942 (Posthumous award) Scott, Robert R., Machinists Mate First Class, USN, December 1941 (Posthumous award) Semple, Robert , Lieutenant, USN, April 1914 Shepard, Louis C., Ordinary Seaman, USN, January 1865 Shoup, David M., Colonel, USMC, November 1943 Sigler, Franklin E., Private, USMCR, March 1945 Skaggs, Luther, Jr., Private First Class, USMC, July 1944 Smith, John L., Major, USMC, Aviator, August - September 1942 Sorenson, Richard K., Private, USMC, February 1944 Staton, Adolphus, Lieutenant, USN, April 1914 Stein, Tony, Corporal, USMCR, February 1945 (Posthumous award) Stevens, Daniel Dickinson, Quartermaster, USN, January 1865 Stickney, Herman O., Commander, USN, April 1914 Stout, Richard, Landsman, USN, January 1863 Street, George L., III, Commander, USN, Submariner, April 1945 Sullivan, Daniel A.J., Ensign, USNRF, May 1918 Swearer, Benjamin, Seaman, USN, August 1861 Swett, James E., First Lieutenant, USMCR, Aviator, April 1943 Talbot, Ralph , Second Lieutenant, USMCR, Aviator, October 1918 (Posthumous award) Thomas, Herbert J., Sergeant, USMCR, November 1943 (Posthumous award) Thomason, Clyde A., Sergeant, USMCR, August 1942 (Posthumous award) Timmerman, Grant F., Sergeant, USMC, July 1944 (Posthumous award) Tomich, Peter , Chief Watertender, USN, December 1941 (Posthumous award) Triplett, Samuel S., Ordinary Seaman, USN, July 1898 Upton, Frank M., Quartermaster, USN, April 1918 Van Valkenburgh, Franklin, Captain, USN, December 1941 (Posthumous award) Van Voorhis, Bruce A., Lieutenant Commander, USN, Aviator, July 1943 (Posthumous award) Vandegrift, Alexander A., Major General, USMC, August-December 1942 Vantine, Joseph E., First-Class Fireman, USN, March 1863 Wahlen, George E., Pharmacists Mate Second Class, USN, March 1945 Wainwright, Jr., Richard, Lieutenant, USN, April 1914 Walsh, Kenneth A., First Lieutenant, USMC, Aviator, August 1943 Walsh, William G., Gunnery Sergeant, USMCR, February 1945 (Posthumous award) Ward, James R., Seaman First Class, USN, December 1941 (Posthumous award) Watson, Wilson D., Private, USMCR, February 1945 Wheeler, George H., Ship Fitter First Class, January 1909 Wilkinson, Theodore S., Ensign, USN, April 1914 Williams, Hershel W., Corporal, USMCR, February 1945 Williams, Jack, Pharmacists Mate Third Class, USNR, March 1945 (Posthumous award) Willis, George, Coxwain, USN, September 1873 Willis, John H., Pharmacists Mate First Class, USN, February 1945 (Posthumous award) Wilson, Louis H., Jr., Captain, USMC, July 1944 Wilson, Robert L., Private First Class, USMC, August 1944 (Posthumous award) Witek, Frank P., Private First Class, USMCR, August 1944 (Posthumous award) Young, Cassin., Commander, USN, December 1941 Zuiderveld, William., Hospital Apprentice First Class, USN, April 1914
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