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Honoring American TroopsMedal of Honor Archive

1950–1953

Korean War: Medal of Honor Recipients

153 Medals of Honor were awarded for the Korean War (1950–1953), 113 of them posthumously.

All recipients · page 2 of 2

153 total, A–Z by last name
Dan Dwain Schoonover Corporal · Army July 8 - 10, 1953 ✦ Edward Rightor Schowalter Jr. First Lieutenant · Army October 14, 1952 Louis Joseph Sebille Major · Air Force August 5, 1950 ✦ Richard Thomas Shea Jr. First Lieutenant · Army July 6 - 8, 1953 ✦ William Edward Shuck Jr. Staff Sergeant · Marine Corps July 3, 1952 ✦ Robert Ernest Simanek Private First Class · Marine Corps August 17, 1952 William S. Sitman Sergeant First Class · Army February 14, 1951 ✦ Carl Leonard Sitter Captain · Marine Corps November 29, 1950 Sherrod Emerson Skinner Jr. Second Lieutenant · Marine Corps October 26, 1952 ✦ David Monroe Smith Private First Class · Army September 1, 1950 ✦ CS Clifton T. Speicher Corporal · Army June 14, 1952 ✦ US Unknown Soldier of United States Unknown Soldiers ✦ JS James Lamar Stone First Lieutenant · Army November 21, 1951 Luther H. Story Private First Class · Army September 1, 1950 ✦ JS Jerome A. Sudut Second Lieutenant · Army September 12, 1951 ✦ HS Henry Svehla Private First Class · Army June 12, 1952 ✦ WT William Henry Thompson Private First Class · Army August 6, 1950 ✦ CT Charles William Turner Sergeant First Class · Army September 2, 1950 ✦ AV Archie van Winkle Staff Sergeant · Marine Corps November 2, 1950 MV Miguel A. Vera Private · Army September 21, 1952 ✦ Joseph Vittori Corporal · Marine Corps September 15, 1951 ✦ John Springer Walmsley Jr. Captain · Air Force September 14, 1951 ✦ Lewis George Watkins Staff Sergeant · Marine Corps October 7, 1952 ✦ TW Travis E. Watkins Master Sergeant · Army August 31, 1950 ✦ Jack Weinstein Sergeant · Army October 19, 1951 ✦ Ernest Edison West Private First Class · Army October 12, 1952 EW Elmer Royce Williams Lieutenant · Navy November 18, 1952 BW Benjamin F. Wilson First Lieutenant · Army June 5, 1951 Harold Edward "speedy" Wilson Technical Sergeant · Marine Corps April 23, 1951 Richard G. Wilson Private First Class · Army October 21, 1950 ✦ William Gordon Windrich Staff Sergeant · Marine Corps December 1, 1950 ✦ Bryant Homer Womack Private · Army March 12, 1952 ✦ Robert Harley Young Private First Class · Army October 9, 1950 ✦