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Founded November 10, 1775

U.S. Marine Corps: Medal of Honor Recipients

307 Medals of Honor have been awarded to members of the U.S. Marine Corps, 133 posthumously.

307medals
133posthumous

Founded on November 10, 1775, the Marine Corps receives the Navy version of the Medal of Honor. Marines have earned it from the Civil War to Afghanistan, and two Marines — Dan Daly and Smedley Butler — are among the handful of men to receive it twice for separate actions.

By conflict

World War II82
Vietnam War60
Korean War42
China Relief Expedition (Boxer Rebellion)33
U.S. Civil War17
Spanish-American War15
World War I13
Mexican Campaign (Vera Cruz)9
Philippine Insurrection6
Korean Campaign 18716
Haitian Campaign 19156
Samoa Campaign3

Service components

U.S. Marine Corps249
U.S. Marine Corps Reserve58

All recipients · page 1 of 3

A–Z by last name
Charles Gene Abrell Corporal · Marine Corps Korean War · 1951 ✦ John Mapes Adams Sergeant · Marine Corps Boxer Rebellion · 1900 Harry Chapman Adriance Corporal · Marine Corps Boxer Rebellion · 1900 Harold Christ Agerholm Private First Class · Marine Corps World War II · 1944 ✦ James Anderson Jr. Private First Class · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1967 ✦ Richard Allen Anderson Lance Corporal · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1969 ✦ Richard Beatty Anderson Private First Class · Marine Corps World War II · 1944 ✦ Edwin Nelson Appleton Corporal · Marine Corps Boxer Rebellion · 1900 Oscar Palmer Austin Private First Class · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1969 ✦ Kenneth Dillon Bailey Major · Marine Corps World War II · 1942 ✦ William Earl Barber Captain · Marine Corps Korean War · 1950 Jedh Colby Barker Lance Corporal · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1967 ✦ Harvey Curtiss "Barney" Barnum Jr. Captain · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1965 John "Manila John" Basilone Sergeant · Marine Corps World War II · 1942 Harold William "indian joe" Bauer Lieutenant Colonel · Marine Corps World War II · 1942 ✦ William Bernard Baugh Private First Class · Marine Corps Korean War · 1950 ✦ Lewis Kenneth Bausell Corporal · Marine Corps World War II · 1944 ✦ Hiram Iddings Bearss Captain · Marine Corps Philippine Insurrection · 1901 Randolph Carter Berkeley Major · Marine Corps Veracruz 1914 · 1914 Charles Joseph Berry Corporal · Marine Corps World War II · 1945 ✦ RB Richard Binder Sergeant · Marine Corps Civil War · 1865 John Paul Bobo Second Lieutenant · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1967 ✦ Alexander "Sandy" Bonnyman Jr. First Lieutenant · Marine Corps World War II · 1943 ✦ William James Bordelon Staff Sergeant · Marine Corps World War II · 1943 ✦ EB Erwin Jay Boydston Private · Marine Corps Boxer Rebellion · 1900 Gregory "Pappy" Boyington Major · Marine Corps World War II · 1943 CB Charles Brown Corporal · Marine Corps Korea 1871 · 1871 Daniel Dean Bruce Private First Class · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1969 ✦ HB Howard Major Buckley Private · Marine Corps Philippine Insurrection · 1899 Robert Charles Burke Private First Class · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1968 ✦ JB James Burnes Private · Marine Corps Boxer Rebellion · 1900 Richard Earl Bush Corporal · Marine Corps World War II · 1945 Smedley Darlington Butler Major · Marine Corps Haiti 1915 · 1915 Smedley Darlington Butler Major · Marine Corps Veracruz 1914 · 1914 William Robert Button Corporal · Marine Corps Haiti 1919–1920 · 1919 William Robert Caddy Private First Class · Marine Corps World War II · 1945 ✦ Hector Albert Cafferata Jr. Private · Marine Corps Korean War · 1950 AC Albert Ralph Campbell Private · Marine Corps Boxer Rebellion · 1900 DC Daniel J. Campbell Private · Marine Corps Spanish-American War · 1898 Johnny Lee Canley Gunnery Sergeant · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1968 George Ham Cannon First Lieutenant · Marine Corps World War II · 1941 ✦ JC James Capers Jr. Major · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1967 William Kyle Carpenter Lance Corporal · Marine Corps Afghanistan · 2010 WC William Louis Carr Private · Marine Corps Boxer Rebellion · 1900 Bruce Wayne Carter Private First Class · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1969 ✦ AC Anthony Casamento Corporal · Marine Corps World War II · 1942 Albertus Wright Catlin Major · Marine Corps Veracruz 1914 · 1914 JC Justice Marion Chambers Lieutenant Colonel · Marine Corps World War II · 1945 David Bernard Champagne Corporal · Marine Corps Korean War · 1952 ✦ Stanley Reuben Christianson Private First Class · Marine Corps Korean War · 1950 ✦ Raymond Michael "Red" Clausen Jr. Private First Class · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1970 Ronald Leroy Coker Private First Class · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1969 ✦ Darrell Samuel Cole Sergeant · Marine Corps World War II · 1945 ✦ JC John Coleman Private · Marine Corps Korea 1871 · 1871 Henry Alfred Commiskey Sr. First Lieutenant · Marine Corps Korean War · 1950 Peter Spencer Connor Staff Sergeant · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1966 ✦ Donald Gilbert Cook Colonel · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1964 ✦ JC James Cooney Private · Marine Corps Boxer Rebellion · 1900 Henry Alexius Courtney Jr. Major · Marine Corps World War II · 1945 ✦ Thomas Elbert Creek Lance Corporal · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1969 ✦ Louis Cukela Sergeant · Marine Corps World War I · 1918 Louis Cukela Sergeant · Marine Corps World War I · 1918 JD John Olof Dahlgren Corporal · Marine Corps Boxer Rebellion · 1900 Daniel Joseph Daly Private · Marine Corps Boxer Rebellion · 1900 Daniel Joseph Daly Gunnery Sergeant · Marine Corps Haiti 1915 · 1915 AD Anthony Peter Damato Corporal · Marine Corps World War II · 1944 ✦ Jack Arden Davenport Corporal · Marine Corps Korean War · 1951 ✦ Raymond Gilbert Davis Lieutenant Colonel · Marine Corps Korean War · 1950 Rodney Maxwell Davis Sergeant · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1967 ✦ James Lewis Day Major General · Marine Corps World War II · 1945 Jefferson Joseph Deblanc Captain · Marine Corps World War II · 1943 Emilio Albert de la Garza Jr. Lance Corporal · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1970 ✦ JD John Henry Denig Sergeant · Marine Corps Civil War · 1864 Duane Edgar Dewey Corporal · Marine Corps Korean War · 1952 Ralph Ellis Dias Private First Class · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1969 ✦ Douglas Eugene Dickey Private First Class · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1967 ✦ JD James Dougherty Private · Marine Corps Korea 1871 · 1871 Jason L. Dunham Corporal · Marine Corps Iraq · 2004 ✦ Robert Hugo Dunlap Captain · Marine Corps World War II · 1945 JD Jesse Farley Dyer Captain · Marine Corps Veracruz 1914 · 1914 AD Aquilla James "big red" Dyess Lieutenant Colonel · Marine Corps World War II · 1944 ✦ Merritt Austin "red mike" Edson Colonel · Marine Corps World War II · 1942 Henry Talmage Elrod Captain · Marine Corps World War II · 1941 ✦ Harold Glenn Epperson Private First Class · Marine Corps World War II · 1944 ✦ John Peter Fardy Corporal · Marine Corps World War II · 1945 ✦ OF Oscar Wadsworth Field Private · Marine Corps Spanish-American War · 1898 HF Harry Fisher Private · Marine Corps Boxer Rebellion · 1900 ✦ John Fitzgerald Private · Marine Corps Spanish-American War · 1898 Richard Eugene Fleming Captain · Marine Corps World War II · 1942 ✦ Alexander Joseph Foley Sergeant · Marine Corps Boxer Rebellion · 1900 BF Bruno Albert Forsterer Sergeant · Marine Corps Samoa 1899 · 1899 JF Joseph Jacob Foss Captain · Marine Corps World War II · 1943 Paul Hellstrom Foster Sergeant · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1967 ✦ William Adelbert Foster Private First Class · Marine Corps World War II · 1945 ✦ Wesley Lee Fox Captain · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1969 Charles Robert Francis Private · Marine Corps Boxer Rebellion · 1900 Joseph John Franklin Private · Marine Corps Spanish-American War · 1898 Isaac N. Fry Orderly Sergeant · Marine Corps Civil War · 1865 Eli Thompson Fryer Captain · Marine Corps Veracruz 1914 · 1914 LG Louis Rene Gaiennie Private · Marine Corps Boxer Rebellion · 1900 Robert Edward Galer Major · Marine Corps World War II · 1942 Fernando Luis Garcia Private First Class · Marine Corps Korean War · 1952 ✦ Philip Gaughan Sergeant · Marine Corps Spanish-American War · 1898 Joseph Anthony Glowin Corporal · Marine Corps Dominican Republic 1916 · 1916 Edward Gomez Private First Class · Marine Corps Korean War · 1951 ✦ Harold Gonsalves Private First Class · Marine Corps World War II · 1945 ✦ Alfredo "Freddy" Gonzalez Sergeant · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1968 ✦ James Albert Graham Captain · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1967 ✦ TG Terrence Collinson Graves Second Lieutenant · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1968 ✦ Ross Franklin Gray Sergeant · Marine Corps World War II · 1945 ✦ SG Samuel Gross Private · Marine Corps Haiti 1915 · 1915 Ambrosio Guillen Staff Sergeant · Marine Corps Korean War · 1953 ✦ HG Henry Gurke Private First Class · Marine Corps World War II · 1943 ✦ Herman Henry Hanneken Sergeant · Marine Corps Haiti 1919–1920 · 1919 Dale Merlin Hansen Private · Marine Corps World War II · 1945 ✦ Robert Murray Hanson First Lieutenant · Marine Corps World War II · 1943 ✦ William George Harrell Sergeant · Marine Corps World War II · 1945 HH Harry Harvey Sergeant · Marine Corps Philippine Insurrection · 1900 Louis James Hauge Jr. Corporal · Marine Corps World War II · 1945 ✦ William Deane Hawkins First Lieutenant · Marine Corps World War II · 1943 ✦

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