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[63] [64] An additional eleven living recipients have been awarded the Medal of Honor since Meyer. There have been twelve awards to the U.S. Army, three to the U.S. Navy, two to the U.S. Marine Corps and one to the U.S. Air Force.
Medal of Honor recipients for the USS Liberty incident: Battle of Mogadishu: 1993 2 Medal of Honor recipients for the Battle of Mogadishu: Iraq War: 2003–2011 7 Medal of Honor recipients for the Iraq War: War in Afghanistan: 2001–2021 20 Medal of Honor recipients for the War in Afghanistan: Operation Inherent Resolve: 2014–present 1
The first conscientious objector to receive a Medal of Honor, for saving many lives while acting as a medic. During the Battle of Okinawa, Pfc. Doss single-handedly entered enemy line of fire to retrieve approximately 75 casualties, carrying them one-by-one down a 400-foot escarpment.
Sergeant Major Payne would be the first living Delta Force Medal of Honor recipient, the third Delta Force Medal of Honor recipient after MSG Gary Gordon and SFC Randy Shughart who died in the 1993 Battle of Mogadishu, and the first Medal of Honor recipient of Operation Inherent Resolve. [13] [14] Bennet S. Sacolick: Retired Lieutenant General ...
Of those seven, only Baker, who retired from the army in 1968, was still alive to see his award upgraded in 1994. He died in 2010. ... How many Medal of Honor recipients from World War II are from ...
Pages in category "Lists of Medal of Honor recipients" The following 38 pages are in this category, out of 38 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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 ...
The Medal of Honor, in an earlier iteration, was first established in 1861, and there have been 3,519 recipients, including more than 1,500 during the Civil War. There were 472 honored for acts of ...