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Honoring American TroopsMedal of Honor Archive

1955–1975

Vietnam War: Medal of Honor Recipients

274 Medals of Honor were awarded for the Vietnam War (1955–1975), 166 of them posthumously.

All recipients · page 2 of 3

274 total, A–Z by last name
Dwight Hal Johnson Specialist Fifth Class · Army January 15, 1968 Ralph Henry Johnson Private First Class · Marine Corps March 5, 1968 ✦ Donald Ray Johnston Specialist Fourth Class · Army March 21, 1969 ✦ William Atkinson Jones III Colonel · Air Force September 1, 1968 ✦ EK Edward N. Kaneshiro Staff Sergeant · Army December 1, 1966 ✦ Stephen Edward Karopczyc First Lieutenant · Army March 12, 1967 ✦ Terry Teruo Kawamura Corporal · Army March 20, 1969 ✦ KK Kenneth Michael Kays Private First Class · Army May 7, 1970 John James Kedenburg Specialist Fifth Class · Army June 13, 1968 ✦ Miguel Keith Lance Corporal · Marine Corps May 8, 1970 ✦ Leonard Bert Keller Sergeant · Army May 2, 1967 Thomas Gunning Kelley Lieutenant · Navy June 15, 1969 Allan Jay Kellogg Jr. Staff Sergeant · Marine Corps March 11, 1970 Joseph Robert Kerrey Lieutenant · Navy March 14, 1969 Charles S. Kettles Major · Army May 15, 1967 Thomas James Kinsman Specialist Fourth Class · Army February 6, 1968 PL Paul Ronald Lambers Staff Sergeant · Army August 20, 1968 GL George Charles Lang Specialist Fourth Class · Army February 22, 1969 GL Garfield Mcconnell Langhorn Private First Class · Army January 15, 1969 ✦ Joseph Guy LaPointe Jr. Specialist Fourth Class · Army June 2, 1969 ✦ Clyde Everett Lassen Lieutenant · Navy June 19, 1968 BL Billy Lane Lauffer Private First Class · Army September 21, 1966 ✦ RL Robert David Law Specialist Fourth Class · Army February 22, 1969 ✦ Howard Vincent Lee Major · Marine Corps August 8 - 9, 1966 ML Milton Arthur Lee Private First Class · Army April 26, 1968 ✦ RL Robert Ronald Leisy Second Lieutenant · Army December 2, 1969 ✦ Peter Charles Lemon Specialist Fourth Class · Army April 1, 1970 Matthew Leonard Sergeant First Class · Army February 28, 1967 ✦ John Lee Levitow Airman First Class · Air Force February 24, 1969 Charles James (Angelo) Liteky Captain · Army December 6, 1967 Gary Lee Littrell Sergeant First Class · Army April 4 - 8, 1970 James Everette Livingston Captain · Marine Corps May 2, 1968 Donald Russell Long Sergeant · Army June 30, 1966 ✦ Carlos James Lozada Private First Class · Army November 20, 1967 ✦ Andre Cavaro Lucas Lieutenant Colonel · Army July 1 - 23, 1970 ✦ Allen James Lynch Specialist Fourth Class · Army December 15, 1967 Walter Joseph Marm Jr. Second Lieutenant · Army November 14, 1965 Gary Wayne Martini Private First Class · Marine Corps April 21, 1967 ✦ Larry Leonard Maxam Corporal · Marine Corps February 2, 1968 ✦ Finnis Dawson McCleery Sergeant First Class · Army May 14, 1968 James C. McCloughan Private First Class · Army May 13 - 15, 1969 PM Phill Gene McDonald Private First Class · Army June 7, 1968 ✦ John James McGinty III Second Lieutenant · Marine Corps July 18, 1966 William Loren McGonagle Captain · Navy June 8 - 9, 1967 RM Ray McKibben Sergeant · Army December 8, 1968 ✦ TM Thomas Joseph McMahon Specialist Fourth Class · Army March 19, 1969 ✦ David Herbert McNerney First Sergeant · Army March 22, 1967 Edgar Lee McWethy Jr. Specialist Fifth Class · Army June 21, 1967 ✦ Don Leslie Michael Specialist Fourth Class · Army April 8, 1967 ✦ FM Franklin Douglas Miller Staff Sergeant · Army January 5, 1970 Gary Lee Miller First Lieutenant · Army February 16, 1969 ✦ Robert Joseph Modrzejewski Captain · Marine Corps July 15 - 18, 1966 Frankie Zoly Molnar Staff Sergeant · Army May 20, 1967 ✦ James Howard Monroe Private First Class · Army February 16, 1967 ✦ William David Morgan Corporal · Marine Corps February 25, 1969 ✦ Charles Bedford Morris Staff Sergeant · Army June 29, 1966 MM Melvin Morris Staff Sergeant · Army September 17, 1969 RM Robert Charles Murray Staff Sergeant · Army June 7, 1970 ✦ DN David Paul Nash Private First Class · Army December 29, 1968 ✦ HN Hugh Reavis Nelson Jr. Captain · Army June 5, 1966 ✦ Melvin Earl Newlin Private First Class · Marine Corps July 3 - 4, 1967 ✦ Thomas Patrick Noonan Jr. Lance Corporal · Marine Corps February 5, 1969 ✦ Thomas Rolland Norris Lieutenant · Navy April 10 - 13, 1972 Michael Joseph Novosel Chief Warrant Officer · Army October 2, 1969 Robert Emmett O'Malley Corporal · Marine Corps August 18, 1965 Milton Lee Olive III Private First Class · Army October 22, 1965 ✦ Kenneth Lee Olson Specialist Fourth Class · Army May 13, 1968 ✦ DO David George Ouellet Seaman · Navy March 6, 1967 ✦ Robert Martin Patterson Specialist Fourth Class · Army May 6, 1968 Joe Calvin Paul Lance Corporal · Marine Corps August 18, 1965 ✦ Richard Allen "Butch" Penry Sergeant · Army January 31, 1970 William Thomas Perkins Jr. Corporal · Marine Corps October 12, 1967 ✦ Lawrence David Peters Sergeant · Marine Corps September 4, 1967 ✦ DP Danny John Petersen Specialist Fourth Class · Army January 9, 1970 ✦ Jimmy Wayne Phipps Private First Class · Marine Corps May 27, 1969 ✦ Larry Stanley Pierce Sergeant · Army September 20, 1965 ✦ William Hart Pitsenbarger Airmen First Class · Air Force April 11, 1966 ✦ Richard Allan Pittman Sergeant · Marine Corps July 24, 1966 Riley Leroy Pitts Captain · Army October 31, 1967 ✦ Stephen Wesley Pless Major · Marine Corps August 19, 1967 WP William David Port Sergeant · Army January 12, 1968 ✦ RP Robert Leslie Poxon First Lieutenant · Army June 2, 1969 ✦ William Raymond Prom Lance Corporal · Marine Corps February 9, 1969 ✦ RP Robert Joseph Pruden Staff Sergeant · Army November 29, 1969 ✦ Laszlo Rabel Staff Sergeant · Army November 13, 1968 ✦ Alfred V. Rascon Special Fourth Class · Army March 16, 1966 David Robert Ray Hospital Corpsman Second Class · Navy March 19, 1969 ✦ Ronald Eric Ray First Lieutenant · Army June 19, 1966 Frank Stanley Reasoner First Lieutenant · Marine Corps July 12, 1965 ✦ TR Terry Patrick Richardson Staff Sergeant · Army September 14, 1968 John W. Ripley Captain · Marine Corps April 2, 1972 ✦ AR Anund Charles Roark Sergeant · Army May 16, 1968 ✦ GR Gordon Ray Roberts Specialist Fourth Class · Army July 11, 1969 James William Robinson Jr. Sergeant · Army April 11, 1966 ✦ Louis Richard Rocco Warrant Officer · Army May 24, 1970 Jose Rodela Sergeant First Class · Army September 1, 1969 Charles Calvin Rogers Lieutenant Colonel · Army November 1, 1968 Gary Michael Rose Sergeant · Army September 11 - 14, 1970 Euripides Rubio Captain · Army November 8, 1966 ✦ Leslie H. Sabo Jr. Specialist Fourth Class · Army May 10, 1970 ✦ Hector Santiago-Colon Specialist Fourth Class · Army June 28, 1968 ✦ RS Ruppert Leon Sargent First Lieutenant · Army March 15, 1967 ✦ Clarence Eugene Sasser Private First Class · Army January 10, 1968 William Wayne Seay Sergeant · Army August 25, 1968 ✦ Daniel John Shea Private First Class · Army May 14, 1969 ✦ Marvin Glen Shields Construction Mechanic Third Class · Navy June 10, 1965 ✦ Lance Peter Sijan Captain · Air Force November 9, 1967 ✦ CS Clifford Chester Sims Staff Sergeant · Army February 21, 1968 ✦ Walter Keith Singleton Sergeant · Marine Corps March 24, 1967 ✦ George Kenton Sisler First Lieutenant · Army February 7, 1967 ✦ DS Donald Sidney Skidgel Sergeant · Army September 14, 1969 ✦ Donald P. Sloat Specialist Fourth Class · Army January 17, 1970 ✦ LS Larry Eugene Smedley Corporal · Marine Corps December 20 - 21, 1967 ✦ Elmelindo Rodriques Smith Sergeant First Class · Army February 16, 1967 ✦ JS James Michael Sprayberry First Lieutenant · Army April 25, 1968 US Unknown Soldier of United States Unknown Soldiers ✦ RS Russell Albert Steindam First Lieutenant · Army February 1, 1970 ✦ JS Jimmy Goethel Stewart Staff Sergeant · Army May 18, 1966 ✦ James Bond Stockdale Rear Admiral · Navy September 4, 1969 LS Lester Raymond Stone Jr. Sergeant · Army March 3, 1969 ✦