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Seven service members have received the Medal of Honor for actions in Iraq; five from the Army, one from the Marine Corps and one from the Navy. Paul Ray Smith was the first to receive it for his actions on April 4, 2003, when he held enemy forces back, allowing other wounded soldiers to be evacuated to safety.
[1] [15] The Medal of Honor was introduced for the Naval Service in 1861, [16] soon followed by the Army's version in 1862. [17] The Air Force used the Army's version until they received their own distinctive version in 1965. [18] The Medal of Honor is the oldest continuously issued combat decoration of the United States Armed Forces. [19]
John Davis (Medal of Honor, 1881) John Davis (Medal of Honor, 1898) Joseph H. Davis (Medal of Honor) Raymond E. Davis; Samuel W. Davis; Richard De Wert; Charles Deakin; Samuel David Dealey; Percy A. Decker; Osborn Deignan; John Dempsey (Medal of Honor) John Dempster (Medal of Honor) Michael Deneef; Austin Denham; Lorenzo Denning; Richard Dennis ...
For his conduct during that effort, Chief Torpedoman Mihalowski was awarded the Medal of Honor. Three other divers also received Medals of Honor for assisting in the Squalus rescue and salvage. The four men were presented with their medals during a ceremony at the Navy Department offices on January 19, 1940.
Robert Eugene Bush (October 4, 1926 – November 8, 2005), at age 18, was the youngest member of the United States Navy in World War II to receive the nation's highest military decoration for valor, the Medal of Honor.
Marvin Glenn Shields (December 30, 1939 – June 10, 1965) was the first and only United States Navy Seabee to be awarded the Medal of Honor.He was also the first sailor to receive the Medal of Honor for heroism above and beyond the call of duty in the Vietnam War.
Sweeney was born on February 20, 1853, on the Caribbean island of Montserrat. [1] [2] In 1950, the Bureau of Naval Personnel, published the leather bound Medal of Honor: the Navy, 1861-1949, stating Sweeney had been born in Montreal, Canada but this was corrected by the 1995 Facts on File two volume work, Medal of Honor Recipients 1863-1994.
For this action, he was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor. [1] He was one of two people from Haywood County, North Carolina, to receive the medal in World War II, the other being Max Thompson. [2] Halyburton is buried at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific at Honolulu, Hawaii. [1]