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The unknown soldier from the Vietnam War who was buried in the Tomb of the Unknowns was authorized a Medal of Honor and in 1998 was identified as 1st Lieutenant Michael Blassie, USAF. After DNA testing confirmed his identity, the remains were removed from the tomb and returned to Blassie's family, but the Medal of Honor did not transfer with him.
American Medal of Honor recipients for Interim period (1866–1870). United States Army Center of Military History. June 8, 2009 "Medal of Honor recipients". American Medal of Honor recipients for the Interim period (1871–1898). United States Army Center of Military History. June 8, 2009
Pages in category "Vietnam War recipients of the Medal of Honor" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 268 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
[5] [37] Edward N. Kaneshiro died less than a year after his Medal of Honor action in 1967 and did not receive the Medal until 2022, posthumously. Dennis Fujii is the only living Asian-American Vietnam War veteran to be awarded the Medal of Honor in person. [6] Fujii is also the only living Asian-American Medal of Honor recipient.
Medal of Honor Purple Heart Dale Eugene Wayrynen (January 18, 1947 – May 18, 1967) was a United States Army enlisted soldier and a recipient of America's highest military decoration—the Medal of Honor —for his actions in the Vietnam War .
The Medal of Honor has been awarded to 30 U.S. servicemen for actions since Vietnam, seventeen to living recipients. The first post-Vietnam Medal of Honor recipients were two Delta Force snipers, MSG Gary Gordon and SFC Randy Shughart, who volunteered to defend a downed helicopter pilot in the 1993 Battle of Mogadishu in Somalia; the medals ...
Vietnam War (A–L) Medal of Honor recipients. United States Army Center of Military History. June 8, 2009. Archived from the original on June 27, 2009
Gary Burnell Beikirch (August 29, 1947 – December 26, 2021) was a United States Army soldier who received the United States military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions during the Vietnam War.