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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.
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 ...
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.
The last non-combat Navy Medal of Honor was awarded in 1945, although the Department of the Navy attempted to award a non-combat Medal of Honor as late as the Korean War. [100] Official accounts vary, but generally, the Medal of Honor for combat was known as the "Tiffany Cross", after the company that designed the medal .
John William Finn (24 July 1909 – 27 May 2010) was a sailor in the United States Navy who, as a chief petty officer and aviation ordnanceman, received the United States military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions during the attack on Pearl Harbor in World War II.
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.
Doris "Dorie" Miller (October 12, 1919 – November 24, 1943) was a U.S. Navy sailor who was the first black recipient of the Navy Cross and a nominee for the Medal of Honor. As a mess attendant second class [ 1 ] [ 2 ] aboard the battleship USS West Virginia , Miller helped carry wounded sailors to safety during the attack on Pearl Harbor .
Michael Patrick Murphy (May 7, 1976 – June 28, 2005) was a United States Navy SEAL officer who was awarded the U.S. military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions during the War in Afghanistan.