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Founded October 13, 1775

U.S. Navy: Medal of Honor Recipients

750 Medals of Honor have been awarded to members of the U.S. Navy, 53 posthumously.

All recipients · page 7 of 7

A–Z by last name

AW Augustus Williams Seaman · Navy Civil War · 1865 EW Elmer Royce Williams Lieutenant · Navy Korean War · 1952 FW Frank Williams Seaman · Navy Spanish-American War · 1898 HW Henry Williams Carpenter's Mate · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1879 JW Jack Williams Pharmacist's Mate Third Class · Navy World War II · 1945 ✦

James Elliott Williams Boatswain's Mate First Class · Navy Vietnam War · 1966 JW Jay P. Williams Coxswain · Navy Boxer Rebellion · 1900 JW John Williams Captain of the Maintop · Navy Civil War · 1861 JW John Williams Seaman · Navy Civil War · 1862 JW John Williams II Boatswain's Mate · Navy Civil War · 1861

Louis Williams Seaman · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1883

Louis Williams Captain of the Hold · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1884 PW Peter Williams Seaman · Navy Civil War · 1862 RW Robert Williams Signal Quartermaster · Navy Civil War · 1862 WW William Williams Landsman · Navy Civil War · 1863

George Willis Coxswain · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1873

John Harlan Willis Pharmacist's Mate First Class · Navy World War II · 1945 ✦ RW Richard Willis Coxswain · Navy Civil War · 1865 AW August Wilson Boilermaker · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1897 RW Robert B. Wood Coxswain · Navy Civil War · 1863 SW Samuel Woods Seaman · Navy Civil War · 1863 JW John Woon Boatswain's Mate · Navy Civil War · 1863

Charles B. Woram Seaman · Navy Civil War · 1864 EW Edward Wright Quartermaster · Navy Civil War · 1862 WW William Wright Yeoman · Navy Civil War · 1864

Cassin Young Commander · Navy World War II · 1941 EY Edward B. Young Coxswain · Navy Civil War · 1864 HY Horatio Nelson Young Seaman · Navy Civil War · 1863 WY William Young Boatswain's Mate · Navy Civil War · 1862

William Zuiderveld Hospital Apprentice First Class · Navy Veracruz 1914 · 1914