By conflict & era
Medals of Honor by Conflict
26 wars, campaigns and peacetime eras, from 1861 to 2026.
Most Medals of Honor
Share awarded posthumously (%)
Percentage of each conflict’s medals awarded after the recipient’s death.
1861–1865
Civil War
1,525medals
1865–1870
Interim 1865–1870
13medals
1861–1898
Indian Campaigns
426medals
1871
Korea 1871
15medals
1871–1899
Interim 1871–1899
103medals
1898
Spanish-American War
110medals
1899
Samoa 1899
4medals
1899–1913
Philippine Insurrection
82medals
1900
Boxer Rebellion
59medals
1899–1910
Interim 1899–1910
51medals
1911
Philippines 1911
6medals
1914
Veracruz 1914
56medals
1915
Haiti 1915
6medals
1915–1916
Interim 1915–1916
8medals
1916
Dominican Republic 1916
3medals
1917–1918
World War I
132medals
1919–1920
Haiti 1919–1920
2medals
1920–1940
Interim 1920–1940
18medals
1927–1933
Nicaragua 1927–1933
2medals
1941–1945
World War II
474medals
1950–1953
Korean War
153medals
1955–1975
Vietnam War
274medals
1993
Somalia 1993
2medals
2001–2021
Afghanistan
22medals
2003–2011
Iraq
8medals
2026
Venezuela 2026
1medals