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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.
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
United States Air Force personnel of the Korean War (1 C, 277 P) American military personnel killed in the Korean War (123 P) United States Army personnel of the Korean War (1,008 P)
The same thread has run through efforts in recent years to change the name of military bases that previously honored Confederate War heroes, and to review medals awarded to soldiers who may have ...
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 .
[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.
Charles George (August 23, 1932 – November 30, 1952) was a U.S. Army soldier who received the Medal of Honor for his actions in combat on November 30, 1952, during the Korean War. He was fatally wounded when he threw himself on a grenade to protect other soldiers in his company and was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor.
A Korean War veteran from Minnesota who still carries shrapnel in his leg from when he was wounded in combat will finally get his Purple Heart medal, 73 years late. The U.S. Army notified Earl ...