Medal of Honor Recipients, Alphabetical Listing

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Persons are listed below in alphabetical order. Names are followed by the recipient's 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, Ship's Cook First Class, USN, February 1898
  
  
• Badders, William, Chief Machinist's 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, Ship's 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 Gunner's 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, Gunner's 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., Ship's Cook Third Class, USN, April 1918
  
  
• Crandall, Orson L., Chief Boatswain's Mate, USN,, Diver, May - September 1939
• Crilley, Frank W., Chief Gunner's 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 Gunner's 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, Boatswain's 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, , Boatswain's 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., Pharmacist's Mate Second Class, USNR, May 1945 (Posthumous award)
  
  
• Hammerberg, Owen F.P., Boatswain's 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., Gunner's 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., Boatswain's 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 Boatswain's 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 Boatswain's 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, Ship's 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, Carpenter's Mate 3rd Class, USN, May 1898
  
  
• Mifflin, James, Engineer's 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 Gunner's 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
  
  
• O'Callahan, Joseph T., Lieutenant Commander, Chaplain Corps, USNR , March 1945
• O'Hare, Edward H., Lieutenant, USN, Aviator, February 1942
• O'Kane, 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., Pharmacist's 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., Machinist's 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 Gunner's 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., Machinist's 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., Pharmacist's 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, Pharmacist's Mate Third Class, USNR, March 1945 (Posthumous award)
• Willis, George, Coxwain, USN, September 1873
• Willis, John H., Pharmacist's 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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