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1917–1918

World War I: Medal of Honor Recipients

132 Medals of Honor were awarded for the World War I (1917–1918), 43 of them posthumously.

132medals
43posthumous
0living
33states

The United States entered World War I in April 1917, and by late 1918 more than a million American soldiers were fighting in France, culminating in the Meuse-Argonne Offensive — one of the largest and deadliest battles in American history.

The war reshaped the medal itself. In 1918 Congress created the Distinguished Service Cross and Distinguished Service Medal as lesser decorations, reserving the Medal of Honor for the most extraordinary valor. Decades later, reviews corrected past injustices: Corporal Freddie Stowers was honored in 1991, and Sergeants Henry Johnson and William Shemin in 2015.

By service branch

U.S. Army88
U.S. Navy17
U.S. Marine Corps13
Unknown6
U.S. Army Air Service4
U.S. Naval Reserve Force3
U.S. Naval Reserve Fleet1

Medals by month of action

Top states (credited to)

New York20
Illinois15
California9
New Jersey8
South Carolina8
Tennessee6
Missouri6
Pennsylvania6

Days with the most recipients

All recipients · page 1 of 2

132 total, A–Z by last name
JA Joseph B. Adkison Sergeant · Army September 29, 1918 Jake Allex Corporal · Army August 9, 1918 Edward C. Allworth Captain · Army November 5, 1918 Johannes Seigfried Anderson First Sergeant · Army October 8, 1918 AB Albert E. Baesel Second Lieutenant · Army September 27, 1918 ✦ John Henry Balch Pharmacist's Mate First Class · Navy October 5, 1918 CB Charles Denver Barger Private First Class · Army October 31, 1918 David B. Barkeley Private · Army November 9, 1918 ✦ JB John Lewis Barkley Private First Class · Army October 7, 1918 FB Frank J. Bart Private · Army October 3, 1918 UB Unknown Soldier of Belgium Unknown Soldiers ✦ RB Robert Lester Blackwell Private · Army October 11, 1918 ✦ Erwin Russell Bleckley Second Lieutenant · Air Force October 6, 1918 ✦ Joel Thompson Boone Lieutenant Commander · Navy July 19, 1918 Willis Winter Bradley Jr. Commander · Navy July 23, 1917 UB Unknown Soldier of Great Britain Unknown Soldiers ✦ Deming Bronson First Lieutenant · Army September 26 - 27, 1918 DC Donald Marshall Call Corporal · Army September 26, 1918 Tedford Harris Cann Seaman · Navy November 5, 1917 MC Marcellus Holmes Chiles Captain · Army November 3, 1918 ✦ Wilbur E. Colyer Sergeant · Army October 9, 1918 ✦ Henry G. Costin Private · Army October 8, 1918 ✦ Jesse Whitfield Covington Ship's Cook Third Class · Navy April 17, 1918 Louis Cukela Sergeant · Marine Corps July 18, 1918 Louis Cukela Sergeant · Marine Corps July 18, 1918 GD George Dilboy Private First Class · Army July 18, 1918 ✦ MD Michael Aloyisius Donaldson Sergeant · Army October 14, 1918 William Joseph "wild bill" Donovan Lieutenant Colonel · Army October 14 - 15, 1918 James C. Dozier First Lieutenant · Army October 8, 1918 PD Parker Francis Dunn Private First Class · Army October 23, 1918 ✦ DE Daniel Richmond Edwards Private First Class · Army July 18, 1918 AE Alan Louis Eggers Sergeant · Army September 29, 1918 Michael B. Ellis Sergeant · Army October 5, 1918 AF Arthur J. Forrest Sergeant · Army November 1, 1919 GF Gary Evans Foster Sergeant · Army October 8, 1918 UF Unknown Soldier of France Unknown Soldiers ✦ Jesse N. Funk Private First Class · Army October 31, 1918 Harold Arthur Furlong First Lieutenant · Army November 1, 1918 FG Frank J. Gaffney Private First Class · Army September 29, 1918 Harold Ernest Goettler First Lieutenant · Air Force October 6, 1918 ✦ OG Ora Graves Seaman · Navy July 23, 1917 EG Earl D. Gregory Sergeant · Army October 8, 1918 Sydney G. Gumpertz First Sergeant · Army September 29, 1918 TH Thomas Lee Hall Sergeant · Army October 8, 1918 ✦ Charles Hazeltine Hammann Ensign · Navy August 21, 1918 MH M. Waldo Hatler Sergeant · Army November 8, 1918 David Ephraim Hayden Hospital Apprentice First Class · Navy September 15, 1918 George Price Hays First Lieutenant · Army July 14 - 15, 1918 JH James Davidson Heriot Corporal · Army October 12, 1918 ✦ RH Ralyn M. Hill Corporal · Army October 7, 1918 RH Richmond Hobson Hilton Sergeant · Army October 11, 1918 CH Charles F. Hoffman Gunnery Sergeant · Marine Corps June 6, 1918 CH Charles F. Hoffman Gunnery Sergeant · Marine Corps June 6, 1918 Nelson Miles Holderman Captain · Army October 2 - 8, 1918 OI Osmond Kelly Ingram Gunner's Mate First Class · Navy October 15, 1917 ✦ UI Unknown Soldier of Italy Unknown Soldiers ✦ Edouard Victor michel Izac Lieutenant · Navy May 21, 1918 Henry Johnson Private · Army May 15, 1918 ✦ HJ Harold Irving Johnston Sergeant · Army November 9, 1918 JK James Ernest Karnes Sergeant · Army October 8, 1918 PK Phillip Carl Katz Sergeant · Army September 26, 1918 Benjamin Kaufman First Sergeant · Army October 4, 1918 JK John Joseph Kelly Private · Marine Corps October 3, 1918 JK John Joseph Kelly Private · Marine Corps October 3, 1918 Matej Kocak Sergeant · Marine Corps July 18, 1918 ✦ Matej Kocak Sergeant · Marine Corps July 18, 1918 ✦ John Cridland Latham Sergeant · Army September 29, 1918 ML Milo Lemert First Sergeant · Army September 29, 1918 ✦ BL Berger Holton Loman Private · Army October 9, 1918 Frank Luke Jr. Second Lieutenant · Air Force September 29, 1918 ✦ Alexander Gordon Lyle Lieutenant Commander · Navy April 23, 1918 JM John MacKenzie Chief Boatswain's Mate · Navy December 17, 1917 James Jonas Madison Lieutenant Commander · Navy October 4, 1918 George H. Mallon Captain · Army September 26, 1918 Sidney E. Manning Corporal · Army July 28, 1918 Patrick McGunigal Shipfitter First Class · Navy September 17, 1917 George G. McMurtry Captain · Army October 2 - 8, 1918 JM James I. Mestrovitch Sergeant · Army August 10, 1918 ✦ LM Louis Wardlaw Miles Captain · Army September 14, 1918 OM Oscar F. Miller Major · Army September 28, 1918 ✦ SM Sterling Lewis Morelock Private · Army October 4, 1918 TN Thomas Croft Neibaur Private · Army October 16, 1918 Richard William O'Neill Sergeant · Army July 30, 1918 TO Thomas E. O'Shea Corporal · Army September 29, 1918 ✦ FO Francis Edward Ormsbee Jr. Chief Machinist's Mate · Navy September 25, 1918 Weedon Edward Osborne Lieutenant, j.g. · Navy June 6, 1918 ✦ Samuel Iredell Parker Second Lieutenant · Army July 18 - 19, 1918 AP Archie A. Peck Private · Army October 6, 1918 MP Michael J. Perkins Private First Class · Army October 27, 1918 ✦ Orlando Henderson Petty Lieutenant · Navy June 11, 1918 Emory Jenison Pike Lieutenant Colonel · Army September 15, 1918 ✦ TP Thomas A. Pope Corporal · Army July 4, 1918 John Henry Pruitt Corporal · Marine Corps October 3, 1918 ✦ John Henry Pruitt Corporal · Marine Corps October 3, 1918 ✦ PR Patrick J. Regan Second Lieutenant · Army October 8, 1918 Edward Vernon Rickenbacker First Lieutenant · Air Force September 25, 1918 GR George Seanor Robb First Lieutenant · Army September 29 - 30, 1918 Harold W. Roberts Corporal · Army October 4, 1918 ✦ Robert Guy Robinson Gunnery Sergeant · Marine Corps October 14, 1918 UR Unknown Soldier of Rumania Unknown Soldiers ✦ SS Samuel Major Sampler Corporal · Army October 8, 1918 Willie Sandlin Sergeant · Army September 26, 1918 WS William Sawelson Sergeant · Army October 26, 1918 ✦ DS Dwite H. Schaffner First Lieutenant · Army September 28, 1918 OS Oscar Schmidt Jr. Chief Gunner's Mate · Navy October 9, 1918 LS Lloyd Martin Seibert Sergeant · Army September 26, 1918 William Shemin Sergeant · Army August 7 - 9, 1918 ✦ JS John Otto Siegel Boatswain's Mate Second Class · Navy November 1, 1918 AS Alexander Rives Skinker Captain · Army September 26, 1918 ✦ Clayton Kirk Slack Private · Army October 8, 1918 FS Fred E. Smith Lieutenant Colonel · Army September 29, 1918 ✦ US Unknown Soldier of United States Unknown Soldiers ✦ FS Fred William Stockham Gunnery Sergeant · Marine Corps June 13 - 14, 1918 ✦ FS Freddie Stowers Corporal · Army September 28, 1918 ✦ Daniel Augustus joseph Sullivan Ensign · Navy May 21, 1918 Ralph Talbot Second Lieutenant · Marine Corps October 14, 1918 ✦ ET Edward R. Talley Sergeant · Army October 7, 1918 Joseph Henry Thompson Major · Army October 1, 1918 Harold Leo Turner Corporal · Army October 8, 1918 WT William Bradford Turner First Lieutenant · Army September 27, 1918 ✦

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