"Frequently
Asked Questions: The Navy's Medal of Honor"
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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.
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- 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
- 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)
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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)
- 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
- Eadie, Thomas,
Chief Gunner's Mate, USN -- Diver -- December 1927
- Edwards,
Walter A., Lieutenant Commander, USN -- December 1922
- English,
Thomas, Signal Quartermaster, USN -- December 1864 -
January 1865
- Evans, Ernest
Edwin, Commander, USN -- Oct. 1944
- 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)
- Fletcher,
Frank Friday, Rear Admiral, USN -- April 1914
- Fletcher,
Frank Jack, Lieutenant, USN -- April 1914
- Fluckey,
Eugene B, Commander, USN -- December 1944 - February
1945
- Foster, Paul
F., Ensign, USN -- April 1914
- Fuqua, Samuel
G., Lieutenant Commander, USN -- December 1941
- 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)
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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,
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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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
- 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
- McDonald,
James H., Chief Metalsmith, USN -- Diver -- May - September
1939
- McGonagle,
William L., Commander, USN -- June 1967
- McGunigal,
Patrick, Ship's Fitter 1st Class, USN -- September 1917
- MacKenzie,
John, Chief Boatswain's Mate, USNRF -- December 1917
- Mackie, John
F., Corporal, USMC -- May 1862
- McKnight,
William, Coxwain, USN -- April 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
- 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
- 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)
- 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)
- 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
- Pruitt,
John H., Corporal, USMC -- October 1918 (Posthumous award)
- Ray, David
R., Hospital Corpsman Second Class, USN -- March 1969
(Posthumous award)
- Reeves,
Thomas James, Chief Radioman, USN -- December 1941 (Posthumous
award)
- 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)
- 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
- Stein, Tony,
Corporal, USMCR -- February 1945 (Posthumous award)
- Stevens,
Daniel Dickinson, Quartermaster, USN -- January 1865
- 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
- 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
- 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
For a chronological list (otherwise duplicating the
content of this page's list) of Medal of Honor recipients,
see:
The 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 the
Present.
For more information on the Medal of Honor, including lists
of all Navy and Marine Corps recipients, see:
"Frequently
Asked Questions: The Navy's Medal of Honor"
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