May 1 Manila Bay, PI	1  Franz Itrich (Navy) of the USS Petrel earns the first Medal of Honor
May 11 Cienfuegos, Cuba	52 Medals of Honor awarded in Cable Cutting Mission  USS Marblehead (26) NAVY Bennett, James   Carter, Joseph   Chadwick, Leonard   Davis, John   Doran, John   Erickson, Nicholas   Foss, Herbert   Gill, Freeman   Hart, William   Hendrickson, Henry   Johanson, John   Kramer, Franz   Levery, William   Mager, George  Maxwell, John   Oakley, William   Olsen, Anton  Russell, Henry   Vadas, Albert   Wilke, Julius   Williams, Frank   Marines Campbell, Daniel Kuchneister, Hermann  Meredith, James Sullivan, Edward West, Walter  USS Nashville (26) NAVY Baker, Benjamin  Barrow, David  Beyer, Albert  Blume, Robert  Bright, George  Durney, Austin  Eglit, John  Gibbons, Michael  Hoban, Thomas  Johansson, Johan  Krause, Ernest  Meyer, William  Miller, Harry  Miller, Willard  Nelson, Lauritz  Riley, John  Sundquist, Gustav  Van Etten, Hudson  Volz , Robert  Marines Field, Oscar Franklin, Joseph Gaughan, Philip Hill, Frank Kearney, Michael Parker, Pomeroy Scott, Joseph
May 11 Cardenas Harbor, Cuba	3 Navy Medals of Honor awarded for heroism in action against shore batteries to members of the USS Winslow: George Brady Thomas Cooney Hans Johnsen
May 21 Cavite, Manila Bay, PI	3 Navy Medals of Honor awarded for heroism after the explosion in the boiler room of the USS Concord: William Crouse John Ehle James Hull
May 28 At Sea	2 Navy Medals of Honor awarded for heroism after the explosion in the boiler room of the USS Vixen: Peter Johnson George Mahoney
June 3 Santiago Harbor, Cuba	8 Navy Medals of Honor awarded for the efforts to block the entrance to the harbor by sinking the old collier USS Merimac.  (All 8 volunteers were captured and were the only Medal of Honor heroes to become prisoners of war. Richmond Hobson Randolph Clausen George Charette Osborn Deignan Francis Kelly Daniel Montague John E. Murphy George Phillips
June 14 Cuzco Well, Cuba	2 Marines become the first Marines to earn Medals of Honor in the Spanish- American War during the battle at Cuzco Well, near Guantanamo, Cuba: John Fitzgerald John Quick
June 24 Las Guasimas, Cuba	1  Assistant Surgeon James Robb Church becomes the first member of the US Army to earn the Medal of Honor in the Spanish-American War.
June 30 Manzanillo, Cuba	1  During a brief Naval battle, Frederick Muller earns a Medal of Honor
June 30 Tayacoba, Cuba	4 Buffalo Soldiers of the 10th Cavalry earn Medals of Honor for their heroic rescue of trapped soldiers, becoming the first BLACK recipients of the war. Dennis Bell William Thompkins Fitz Lee George Wanton
July 1 El Caney, Cuba	9  Members of the 17th U.S. Infantry earn Medals of Honor during the battle for El Caney, in support of attacks on nearby San Juan and Kettle Hills: Officers Company C Company D Company C Benjamin Hardaway Charles Roberts Ulysses Buzzard George Berg Oscar Brookin Thomas Graves Bruno Wende Norman Ressler Warren Shepherd
July 1 San Juan & Kettle Hill Cuba	15  soldiers earn Army awards of the Medal of Honor during the attacks on San Juan and Kettle Hills overlooking Santiago de Cuba: Co C, 10th Cavalry Co F, 10th Infantry Co H, 21st Infantry Edward Baker Charles Cantrell Andrew Cummings William Keller James Nash Alfred Pollond John DeSwan Thomas Doherty Frank Fournia Thomas Kelly George Nee Hermann Pfisterer Co A, 13th Infantry Alexander Quinn US Volunteers Albert Mills Theodore Roosevelt Presented belatedly by special act of Congress in 2001, Roosevelt's Medal of Honor was the ONLY posthumous award of the war.
July 2 Santiago de Cuba	1  Ira Welborn receives the Medal of Honor for rescuing a wounded comrade.
July 3 Santiago Harbor, Cuba	1  Aboard the USS Brooklyn, Harry MacNeal  is the only man to receive the Medal of Honor during the famous Naval battle of Santiago, becoming the LAST Marine of the war to earn our Nation's highest award.
July 20 At Sea near Santiago Cuba	2  After an explosion in the boiler room of the USS Iowa, Philip Keefer and Robert Penn earn Medals of Honor for their courage in rescuing their comrades and neutralizing the danger created by hot steam and fires.
July 23 Bahi Hondo, Cuba	1  While attempting to off-load supplies from the USS Wanderer, John Heard becomes the last member of the US Army to earn the Medal of Honor during the Spanish-American war.
July 26 Guantanamo Bay, Cuba	4 Four sailors from the USS Marblehead perform the last Medal of Honor actions of the war in a 2-day mission to clear dangerous mines from Guantanamo Bay: William Morin William Spicer Axel Sundquist Samuel Triplett
Total Awards - 110 31 Army  15 Marines 64 Navy NO Medal of Honor recipients were killed in action during the war. EIGHT Medal of Honor recipients were captured and became Prisoners of War. AT LAST FOUR Medal of Honor recipients received wounds during their actions. Five BLACK soldiers and one BLACK seaman received Medals of Honor. Navy hero of Cienfuegos, JOHN DAVIS was the last living Spanish-American War Medal of Honor recipient.  He died June 9, 1970 in St. Petersburg, FL at age 92. The last Medal of Honor to be awarded for Spanish-American War heroism was presented posthumously to the family of Theodore Roosevelt on January 16, 2001 by President William Clinton.