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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.
Corporal Joseph Vittori (August 1, 1929 – September 16, 1951) was a 22-year-old United States Marine who was killed in action during the Korean War.. After serving three years in the Marine Corps he returned home, joined the Marine Corps Reserve and worked various jobs around his home town.
Pages in category "Military awards and decorations of the Korean War" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Pages in category "Korean War recipients of the Medal of Honor" The following 147 pages are in this category, out of 147 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
In 2014, the United States Post Office issued a two-stamp set honoring Korean War Medal of Honor recipients. [5] The two stamps show different versions of the Medal of Honor. The cover of the folio displays photographs of the 13 of the last surviving recipients around the stamps, Cafferata in the upper left. [10]
Pages in category "American military personnel killed in the Korean War" The following 120 pages are in this category, out of 120 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Tibor "Ted" Rubin (June 18, 1929 – December 5, 2015) was a Hungarian-American Army Corporal. A Holocaust survivor who immigrated to the U.S. in 1948, he fought in the Korean War and was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions during the war, as a combatant and a prisoner of war (POW).
The Korean Service Medal is the primary US military award for service or participation in operations in the Korean area during the Korean War between June 27, 1950, and July 27, 1954. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Medal devices