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World War II
(1941 - 1945)

Recipients of the

Medal of Honor

 

464 Medals of Honor Awarded

287 Army

57 Navy

  37 Army Air Corps

82 Marines

1 Coast Guard

** Indicates Posthumous Award
266 Medals of Honor (57%) were presented Posthumously

 

Recipient's Name

MOH Accredited TO:

 

Recipient's Name

MOH Accredited TO:

U.S. Army

Army Air Corps

Lucian ADAMS

Port Arthur, TX

**Addison Earl BAKER

Akron, OH

Beauford Theodore ANDERSON

Soldiers Grove, WI

Richard Ira BONG

Poplar, WI

**Sylvester ANTOLAK

Clairsville, OH

**Horace S. CARSWELL, JR.

San Angelo, TX

Thomas E. ATKINS

Campobello, SC

**Frederick Walker CASTLE

Mtn. Lakes, NJ

Vernon J. BAKER

Cheyenne, WY

**Ralph CHELI

Brooklyn, NY

**Thomas Alexander BAKER, JR.

Troy, NY

**Demas Thurlow CRAW

Michigan

Van Thomas BARFOOT

Carthage, MS

Henry Eugene "Red" ERWIN

Bessemer, AL

Carlton William BARRETT

Albany, NY

**Robert Edward FEMOYER

Jacksonville, FL

**Raymond Ovila BEAUDOIN

Holyoke, MA

**Donald Joseph GOTT

Arnett, OK

Bernard Pious BELL

New York, NY

Pierpont Morgan HAMILTON

New York, NY

Stanley BENDER

Chicago, IL

James Howell HOWARD

St. Louis, MO

**George BENJAMIN, JR.

Carney's point, NJ

**Lloyd Herbert HUGHES

San Antonio, TX

Edward Andrew BENNETT

Middleport, OH

**John Louis JERSTAD

Racine, WI

Vito R. BERTOLDO

Decatur, IL

Leon William JOHNSON

Moline, KS

Arthur O. BEYER

St. Ansgar, IA

John Riley KANE

Shreveport, LA

**Willibald Charles BIANCHI

New Ulm, MN

Neel Ernest KEARBY

Dallas, TX

Melvin Earl BIDDLE

Anderson, IN

**David Richard KINGSLEY

Portland, OR

Arnold L. BJORKLUND

Seattle, WA

**Raymond Larry KNIGHT

Houston, TX

Orville Emil BLOCH

Streeter, ND

William Robert LAWLEY, JR.

Birmingham, AL

Paul Luther BOLDEN

Madison, AL

**Darrell Robins LINDSEY

Storm Lake, IA

Cecil Hamilton BOLTON

Huntsville, AL

**Archibald MATHIES

Pittsburgh, PA

**Robert D. BOOKER

Callaway, NE

**Jack Warren MATHIS

San Angelo, TX

**George W. G. BOYCE, JR.

Cornwall, NY

**Thomas B. MCGUIRE, JR.

Sebring, FL

Herschel Floyd "Pete" BRILES

Fort Des Moines, IA

**William E.  METZGER, JR.

Lima, OH

Maurice Lee "Footsie" BRITT

Lonoke, AR

Edward Stanley MICHAEL

Chicago, IL

**Leonard C. BROSTROM

Preston, ID

John Cary "Red" MORGAN

London, England

Bobbie Evan BROWN, JR.

Atlanta, GA

**Harl PEASE, JR.

Boston, MA

Francis Xavier BURKE

Jersey City, NJ

**Donald Dale PUCKET

Boulder, CO

**Elmer J. BURR

Menasha, WI

**Joseph Raymond SARNOSKI

Simpson, PA

Herbert Hoover BURR

Kansas City, MO

William Arthur SHOMO

Westmoreland County, PA

James Montross BURT

Lee, MA

Maynard Harrison SMITH, SR.

Caro, MI

**John Edward BUTTS

Buffalo, NY

**Walter Edward TRUEMPER

Aurora, IL

Jose CALUGAS

Fort Stotsenburg, Philippine Islands

**Leon Robert VANCE, JR.

Garden City, NY

**Alvin P. CAREY

Laughlintown, PA

Forrest Lee "Woody" VOSLER

Rochester, NY

**Charles F. CAREY, JR.

Cheyenne, WY

**Kenneth Newton WALKER

Denver, CO

Chris CARR
   aka: Christos H. KARABERIS

Manchester, NH

**Raymond Harrell WILKINS

Portsmouth, VA

*Edward A. CARTER, JR.

Los Angeles, CA

Jay ZEAMER

Machias, ME

Ernest "Chief" CHILDERS

Tulsa, OK

U.S. Navy

Clyde Lee CHOATE

Anna, IL

**Dale Eldon CHRISTENSEN

Gray, IA

Richard Nott ANTRIM

Indiana

**Herbert F. CHRISTIAN

Steubenville, OH

**Marvyn Sharp BENNION

Utah

**Joseph J. CICCHETTI

Waynesburg, OH

**Elmer Charles BIGELOW

Illinois

Francis J. CLARK

Salem, NY

John Duncan BULKELEY

Texas

Michael "Mike" COLALILLO

Duluth, MN

Robert Eugene BUSH

Washington

**Robert George COLE

San Antonio, TX

**Daniel Judson CALLAGHAN

Oakland, CA

James Phillip CONNOR

Wilmington, DE

**John Philip CROMWELL

Illinois

Raymond Henry COOLEY

Richard City, TN

**Albert Leroy DAVID

Missouri

Charles Henry COOLIDGE

Signal Mountain, TN

**George Fleming DAVIS

Philippine Islands

**Richard Eller COWAN

Wichita, KS

**Samuel David DEALEY

Texas

Clarence Byrle CRAFT

Santa Ana, CA

**Ernest Edwin "Chief" EVANS

Oklahoma

**Robert CRAIG

Toledo, OH

John William FINN

Belle Vernon Acres, CA

**Morris E. CRAIN

Paducah, KY

**Francis Charles FLAHERTY

Michigan

William John CRAWFORD

Pueblo, CO

Eugene Bennett FLUCKEY

Neoga, IL

John R. CREWS

Bowlegs, OK

Samuel Glenn FUQUA

Laddonia, MO

Francis S. "Frank" CURREY

Hurleyville, NY

Donald Arthur GARY

Ohio

Edward Carl DAHLGREN

Caribou, ME

**Howard Walter GILMORE

Louisiana

Peter Joseph DALESSONDRO

Watervliet, NY

Nathan Green GORDON

Morrilton, AR

Michael Joseph DALY

Southport, CT

William Edward HALL

Mohrland, UT

Charles Willis DAVIS

Montgomery, AL

**William D HALYBURTON, JR.

North Carolina

**Arthur Frederick DEFRANZO

Saugus, MA

**Owen F. P. HAMMERBERG

Michigan

**Charles N. DEGLOPPER

Grand Island, NY

Rufus Geddie HERRING

Roseboro, NC

**Emile DELEAU, JR.

Blaine, OH

**Edwin Joseph HILL

Pennsylvania

Ernest Herbert DERVISHIAN

Richmond, VA

**Johnnie David HUTCHINS

Texas

**James H. DIAMOND

Gulfport, MS

**Herbert Charpoit JONES

California

**Robert H. DIETZ

Kingston, NY

**Reinhardt John KEPPLER

Washington

James Harold DOOLITTLE

Berkeley, CA

**Isaac Campbell KIDD

Ohio

Desmond Thomas DOSS

Lynchburg, VA

**Fred Faulkner LESTER

Illinois

Jesse Ray DROWLEY

Spokane, WA

David McCAMPBELL

W Palm Beach, FL

Russell DUNHAM

Brighton, IL

Bruce McCANDLESS

Colorado

**John W. DUTKO

Riverside, NJ

Richard Miles McCOOL, JR.

Oklahoma

Walter David EHLERS

Manhattan, KS

Joseph Timothy O'CALLAHAN

Massachusetts

**Gerald Leon ENDL

Janesville, WI

Edward Henry "Butch" O'HARE

St. Louis, MO

**Ray E. EUBANKS

LaGrange, NC

Richard Hetherington O'KANE

Durham, NH

Forrest Eugene EVERHART, SR.

Texas City, TX

**John Joseph PARLE

Nebraska

James H. FIELDS

Houston, TX

**Oscar Verner PETERSON

Wisconsin

Almond Edward FISHER

Brooklyn, NY

Jackson Charles PHARRIS

California

**William Grant FOURNIER

Winterport, ME

Francis Junior PIERCE

Iowa

**Thomas Weldon FOWLER

Wichita Falls, TX

**John James POWERS

New York, NY

**John R. FOX

Boston, MA

Arthur Murray PRESTON

Maryland

**Elmer E. FRYAR

Denver, CO

Lawson P. "Red" RAMAGE

Vermont

Leonard Alfred FUNK, JR.

Wilkinsburg, PA

**Thomas James REEVES

Connecticut

**William Wylie GALT

Stanford, MT

**Milton Ernest RICKETTS

Maryland

**Archer T. GAMMON

Roanoke, VA

**Albert Harold ROOKS

Washington

Macario GARCIA

Sugar Land, TX

Donald Kirby ROSS

Denver, CO

Harold Alva GARMON

Albion, IL

Herbert Emery SCHONLAND

Portland, ME

Robert E. GERSTUNG

Chicago, IL

**Norman SCOTT

Indiana

**Eric Gunnar GIBSON

Chicago, IL

**Robert Raymond SCOTT

Ohio

**David M. GONZALES

Pacoima, CA

George Levick STREET, III

Richmond, VA

**William J. GRABIARZ

Buffalo, NY

**Peter TOMICH

New Jersey

Stephen Raymond GREGG

Bayonne, NJ

**Franklin VAN VALKENBURGH

Wisconsin

**Kenneth E. GRUENNERT

Helenville, WI

**Bruce Avery VAN VOORHIS

Nevada

George John HALL

Boston, MA

George Edward WAHLEN

Ogden, UT

**Lewis R. HALL

Columbus, OH

**James Richard WARD

Springfield, OH

**Sherwood H. HALLMAN

Spring City, PA

**Jack WILLIAMS

Arkansas

**Roy W. HARMON

Pixley, CA

**John Harlan WILLIS

Tennessee

**Harry R. HARR

East Freedom, PA

Cassin YOUNG

Wisconsin

**James Lindell HARRIS

Hillsboro, TX

U.S. Coast Guard

**Joe R. HASTINGS

Magnolia, OH

John Druse "Bud" HAWK

Bremerton, WA

**Douglas Albert MUNRO

Washington

Lloyd C. HAWKS

Park Rapids, MN

U.S. Marine Corps

**Clinton M. HEDRICK

Riverton, WV

James Richard HENDRIX

Lepanto, AR

**Harold Christ AGERHOLM

Wisconsin

**Robert T. HENRY

Greenville, MS

**Richard Beatty ANDERSON

Washington

Silvestre Santana HERRERA

Phoenix, AZ

**Kenneth Dillon BAILEY

Illinois

Freeman Victor HORNER

Shamokin, PA

John "Manila Jonn" BASILONE

New Jersey

Paul Bert HUFF

Cleveland, TN

**Harold William "Indian Joe" BAUER

Nebraska

**Isadore Seigfreid JACHMAN

Baltimore, MD

**Lewis Kenneth BAUSELL

Washington, DC

**Willy F. JAMES, JR.

Kansas City, KS

**Charles Joseph BERRY

Ohio

**Elden Harvey JOHNSON

East Weymouth, MA

**Alexander "Sandy" BONNYMAN, JR.

New Mexico

**Leroy JOHNSON

Oakdale, LA

**William James BORDELON

Texas

Oscar Godfrey JOHNSON, JR.

Foster City, MI

Gregory "Pappy" BOYINGTON

Washington

William James JOHNSTON, SR.

Colchester, CT

Richard Earl BUSH

Kentucky

**Victor Leonard KANDLE

Redwood City, CA

**William Robert CADDY

Massachusetts

Alton W. KANPPENBERGER

Almount, PA

**George Hamm CANNON

Michigan

**George D. KEATHLEY

Lamesa, TX

Anthony CASAMENTO

New York, NY

**Gus KEFURT

Youngstown, OH

Justice Marion CHAMBERS

Washington, DC

**Jonah Edward High KELLEY

Keyser, WV

**Darrell Samuel COLE

Esther, MO

**Ova Art KELLEY

Norwood, MO

**Henry A. COURTNEY, JR.

Minnesota

Charles E. KELLY

Pittsburgh, PA

**Anthony Peter DAMATO

Pennsylvania

**John D. KELLY

Cambridge Springs, PA

James L. DAY

Illinois

Thomas Joseph KELLY

Brooklyn, NY

Jefferson Joseph DEBLANC

Lockport, LA

Dexter James KERSTETTER

Centralia, WA

Robert Hugo DUNLAP

Monmouth, IL

**Patrick L. KESSLER

Middletown, OH

**Aquilla James DYESS

Georgia

**Truman KIMBRO

Houston, TX

Merritt Austin EDSON

Vermont

**Harold G. KINER

Enid, OK

**Henry Talmage ELROD

Ashburn, GA

Gerry Herman KISTERS

Bloomington, IN

**Harold Glenn EPPERSON

Ohio

**Jack Llewellyn KNIGHT

Weatherford, TX

**John Peter FARDY

Illinois

**Anton L. KROTIAK

Chicago, IL

**Richard Eugene FLEMING

Minnesota

Robert Earl LAWS

Altoona, PA

Joseph Jacob FOSS

Sioux Falls, SD

Daniel Warnel LEE, SR.

Alma, GA

**William Adelbert FOSTER

Ohio

**Turney White LEONARD

Dallas, TX

Robert Edward GALER

Seattle, WA

Jake William LINDSEY, SR.

Lucedale, MS

**Harold GONSALVES

California

**Floyd K. LINDSTROM

Colo Springs, CO

**Ross Franklin GRAY

Alabama

**Edgar Harold LLOYD

Blytheville, AR

**Henry GURKE

North Dakota

**Donald Ronald LOBAUGH

Freeport, PA

**Dale Merlin HANSEN

Nebraska

James Marion LOGAN

Luling, TX

**Robert Murray HANSON

Massachusetts

Jose Mendoze LOPEZ

Brownsville, TX

William George HARRELL

Mercedes, TX

George Lafayette MABRY, JR.

Sumter, SC

**Louis James HAUGE, JR.

Minnesota

Douglas MACARTHUR

Ashland, WI

**William Deane HAWKINS

El Paso, TX

Charles A. MACGILLIVARY

Boston, MA

Arthur Junior JACKSON

Portland, OR

**John D. MAGRATH

East Norwalk, CT

Douglas Thomas JACOBSON

New York

**Joe Eugene MANN

Seattle, WA

**Joseph Rodolph JULIAN

Massachusetts

**Joseph P. MARTINEZ

Ault, CO

**Elbert Luther KINSER

Tennessee

Robert Dale MAXWELL

Larimer County, CO

**Richard Edward KRAUS

Minnesota

**Martin O. MAY

Phillipsburg, NJ

**James Dennis LA BELLE

Minnesota

Melvin MAYFIELD

Nashport, OH

John Harold LEIMS

Chicago, IL

Thomas Edward McCALL

Veedersburg, IN

Jacklyn Harold LUCAS

Norfolk, VA

Lloyd G. MCcARTER

Tacoma, WA

**Jack LUMMUS

Texas

Charles L. McGAHA

Cosby, TN

**Harry Linn MARTIN

Ohio

Vernon McGARITY

Model, TN

**Leonard Foster MASON

Ohio

**William D. McGEE

Indianapolis, IN

**Robert Howard McCARD

New York, NY

**Troy A. McGILL

Ada, OK

Joseph Jeremiah McCARTHY

Chicago, IL

**Francis Xavier McGRAW

Camden, NJ

**Robert M. McTUREOUS, JR.

Florida

John R. McKINNEY

Woodcliff, GA

**John Dury NEW

Alabama

**John J. McVEIGH

Philadelphia, PA

**Robert Allen OWENS

South Carolina

**William A. McWHORTER

Liberty, SC

**Joseph William OZBOURN

Illinois

John William MEAGHER

Jersey City, NJ

Mitchell PAIGE

Pennsylvania

Gino Joseph MERLI

Peckville, PA

**Wesley PHELPS

Kentucky

**Joseph Frederick MERRELL

Staten Island, NY

**George PHILLIPS

Labadie, MO

**Harold O. MESSERSCHMIDT

Chester, PA

Everett Parker POPE

Quincy, MA

**Harry J. MICHAEL

Milford, IN

**John Vincent POWER

Massachusetts

**Andrew MILLER

Two Rivers, WI

**Charles Howard ROAN

Texas

James Henry MILLS

Fort Meade, FL

Carlton Robert ROUH

New Jersey

**John W. MINICK

Carlisle, PA

**Donald Jack RUHL

Montana

**Nicholas MINUE

Carteret, NJ

**Albert Ernest SCHWAB

Tulsa, OK

**Jimmie W. MONTEITH

Richmond, VA

David Monroe SHOUP

Indiana

Jack Cleveland MONTGOMERY

Sallisaw, OK

Franklin Earl SIGLER

Little Falls, NJ

**Harold Herman MOON, JR.

Gardena, CA

Luther SKAGGS, JR.

Kentucky

**Edward J. MOSKALA

Chicago, IL

John Lucian SMITH

Oklahoma

**Charles E. MOWER

Chippewa Falls, WI

Richard Keith SORENSON

Anoka, MN

**Joseph E. MULLER

New York, NY

**Tony STEIN

Ohio

**Sadao S. MUNEMORI

Los Angeles, CA

James Elms SWETT

San Mateo, CA

Audie Leon MURPHY

Dallas, TX

**Herbert Joseph THOMAS

West Virginia

**Frederick C. MURPHY

Weymouth, MA

**Clyde A. THOMASON

Georgia

Charles P. "Chuck" MURRAY

Wilmington, NC

**Frant Frederick TIMMERMAN

Kansas

**William Lloyd NELSON

Middletown, DE

Alexander Archer VANDEGRIFT

Virginia

Ralph George NEPPEL

Glidden, IA

Kenneth Ambrose WALSH

Massachusetts