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The first African American recipient for this award was Robert Blake, who manned his post during a naval engagement against infantry while under heavy fire (William Harvey Carney is commonly and erroneously cited as the first African-American to receive a medal because his actions in combat did precede those of the other African-American ...
This is a list of Medal of Honor recipients for World War II. The Medal of Honor was created during the American Civil War and is the highest military decoration presented by the United States government to a member of its armed forces .
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.
List of Medal of Honor recipients in non-combat incidents; List of Medal of Honor recipients for the Attack on Pearl Harbor; List of Philippine–American War Medal of Honor recipients; List of Polish-American Medal of Honor recipients; List of Puerto Rican recipients of the Medal of Honor
The Medal of Honor was created during the American Civil War and is the highest military decoration presented by the United States to a member of its armed forces. Currently, the recipient must have distinguished themselves at the risk of their own life above and beyond the call of duty in action against "an enemy of the United States" or "an opposing foreign force."
Of the 3,525 Medals of Honor awarded as of January 2025, 97 have been awarded to 96 different African-American recipients. [2] Robert Augustus Sweeney is one of 19 men, and the only African American, to have been awarded two Medals of Honor.
Ralph Talbot of the Marine Corps also became a flying ace and was the first Marine aviator to receive the Medal of Honor. [7] [8] Since the Medal of Honor was established, 19 recipients have received it twice, of whom 5 received both awards during World War I. [9] These 5 men were all Marines who received both the Army and Navy versions of the ...
Of the 3,464 Medals of Honor awarded to date, 1,522 were awarded during the American Civil War. The first Medals of Honor were given to many of the participants of the Andrews' Raid, some posthumously. Andrews himself was a civilian and thus ineligible at the time.