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This list represents all of the 151 United States military personnel who received the Medal of Honor for valor in combat during the Korean War. 106 Medals of Honor were awarded posthumously. [ 1 ] North Korea invaded South Korea on June 25, 1950, to attempt to reunite the Korean peninsula, which had been formally divided since 1948.
Rodolfo "Rudy" Pérez Hernández (April 14, 1931 – December 21, 2013) was a United States Army soldier who received the Medal of Honor — America's highest military decoration — for his actions on May 31, 1951, during the UN May–June 1951 counteroffensive in the Korean War. Despite his severe wounds, Hernández took actions during an ...
The first honor, the Grand Order of Mugunghwa, was established in 1949. [1] [2] ... 40th Anniversary of Republic of Korea Army Medal (No longer awarded)
Hiroshi "Hershey" Miyamura (Japanese: 宮村 浩, October 6, 1925 – November 29, 2022) was a United States Army soldier and a recipient of the Medal of Honor, the United States military's highest award for valor, for his actions during the Korean War.
American Medal of Honor recipients for World War II (T–Z). United States Army Center of Military History. June 8, 2009. Archived from the original on December 31, 2009 "Medal of Honor recipients". American Medal of Honor recipients for the Korean War. United States Army Center of Military History. June 8, 2009
David Bruce Bleak (27 February 1932 – 23 March 2006) was a soldier of the United States Army during the Korean War.Bleak rose to the rank of staff sergeant and was awarded the Medal of Honor, the highest military decoration of the United States, for his actions near Minari-gol, South Korea, on 14 June 1952.
The delayed recognition, in the cases of some of the soldiers of color from the Korean War, could be due to racial discrimination at the time, said Dwight Mears, an Army combat veteran, former ...
Woodrow Wilson Keeble (May 16, 1917 – January 28, 1982) (Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate) was a U.S. Army National Guard combat veteran of both World War II and the Korean War.In 2008, he was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for heroic actions during the Korean War.