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Honoring American TroopsMedal of Honor Archive

1941–1945

World War II: Medal of Honor Recipients

474 Medals of Honor were awarded for the World War II (1941–1945), 276 of them posthumously.

All recipients · page 2 of 4

474 total, A–Z by last name
Forrest Eugene Everhart Sr. Technical Sergeant · Army November 12, 1944 John Peter Fardy Corporal · Marine Corps May 7, 1945 ✦ Robert Edward Femoyer Second Lieutenant · Air Force November 2, 1944 ✦ James H. Fields First Lieutenant · Army September 27, 1944 John William Finn Lieutenant · Navy December 7, 1941 AF Almond Edward Fisher Second Lieutenant · Army September 12 - 13, 1944 Francis Charles Flaherty Ensign · Navy December 7, 1941 ✦ Richard Eugene Fleming Captain · Marine Corps June 4 - 5, 1942 ✦ Eugene Bennett Fluckey Commander · Navy December 19, 1944 JF Joseph Jacob Foss Captain · Marine Corps January 23, 1943 William Adelbert Foster Private First Class · Marine Corps May 2, 1945 ✦ William Grant Fournier Sergeant · Army January 10, 1943 ✦ TF Thomas Weldon Fowler Second Lieutenant · Army May 23, 1944 ✦ John Robert Fox First Lieutenant · Army December 26, 1944 ✦ EF Elmer E. Fryar Private · Army December 8, 1944 ✦ Leonard Alfred Funk Jr. First Sergeant · Army January 29, 1945 Samuel Glenn Fuqua Captain · Navy December 7, 1941 Robert Edward Galer Major · Marine Corps October 1, 1942 WG William Wylie Galt Captain · Army May 29, 1944 ✦ AG Archer T. Gammon Staff Sergeant · Army January 11, 1945 ✦ Joe Gandara Private · Army June 9, 1944 ✦ Marcario Garcia Staff Sergeant · Army November 27, 1944 Harold Alva Garman Private · Army August 25, 1944 Donald Arthur Gary Lieutenant, j.g. · Navy March 19, 1945 RG Robert E. Gerstung Technical Sergeant · Army December 19, 1944 EG Eric Gunnar Gibson Technician Fifth Grade · Army January 28, 1944 ✦ Howard Walter Gilmore Commander · Navy January 10 - February 7, 1943 ✦ Harold Gonsalves Private First Class · Marine Corps April 15, 1945 ✦ David M. Gonzales Private First Class · Army April 25, 1945 ✦ Nathan Green Gordon Lieutenant · Navy February 15, 1944 Donald Joseph Gott First Lieutenant · Air Force November 9, 1944 ✦ WG William J. Grabiarz Private First Class · Army February 23, 1945 ✦ Ross Franklin Gray Sergeant · Marine Corps February 21, 1945 ✦ SG Stephen Raymond Gregg Second Lieutenant · Army August 27, 1944 KG Kenneth E. Gruennert Sergeant · Army December 24, 1942 ✦ HG Henry Gurke Private First Class · Marine Corps November 9, 1943 ✦ Barney Fushimi Hajiro Private · Army October 29, 1944 GH George John Hall Staff Sergeant · Army May 23, 1944 LH Lewis R. Hall Technician Fifth Grade · Army January 10, 1943 ✦ William Edward Hall Lieutenant, j.g. · Navy May 7 - 8, 1942 SH Sherwood Henry Hallman Staff Sergeant · Army September 13, 1944 ✦ William David Halyburton Jr. Pharmacist's Mate Second Class · Navy May 10, 1945 ✦ PH Pierpont Morgan Hamilton Major · Air Force November 8, 1942 Owen Francis patrick Hammerberg Boatswain's Mate Second Class · Navy February 17, 1945 ✦ Dale Merlin Hansen Private · Marine Corps May 7, 1945 ✦ Robert Murray Hanson First Lieutenant · Marine Corps November 1, 1943 ✦ RH Roy W. Harmon Sergeant · Army July 12, 1944 ✦ HH Harry R. Harr Corporal · Army June 5, 1945 ✦ William George Harrell Sergeant · Marine Corps March 3, 1945 JH James Lindell Harris Second Lieutenant · Army October 7, 1944 ✦ Mikio Hasemoto Private · Army November 29, 1943 ✦ Joe R. Hastings Private First Class · Army April 12, 1945 ✦ Louis James Hauge Jr. Corporal · Marine Corps May 14, 1945 ✦ JH John Druse "bud" Hawk Sergeant · Army August 20, 1944 William Deane Hawkins First Lieutenant · Marine Corps November 20 - 21, 1943 ✦ Lloyd C. Hawks Private First Class · Army January 30, 1944 Joe Hayashi Private · Army April 22, 1945 ✦ Shizuya Hayashi Private · Army November 29, 1943 CH Clinton M. Hedrick Technical Sergeant · Army March 27 - 28, 1945 ✦ James Richard Hendrix Private · Army December 26, 1944 Robert T. Henry Private · Army December 3, 1944 ✦ Silvestre Santana Herrera Private First Class · Army March 15, 1945 Rufus Geddie Herring Lieutenant, j.g. · Navy February 17, 1945 Edwin Joseph Hill Chief Boatswain · Navy December 7, 1941 ✦ FH Freeman Victor Horner Staff Sergeant · Army November 16, 1944 James Howell Howard Lieutenant Colonel · Air Force January 11, 1944 PH Paul Bert Huff Corporal · Army February 8, 1944 Lloyd Herbert "Pete" Hughes Second Lieutenant · Air Force August 1, 1943 ✦ Johnnie David Hutchins Seaman First Class · Navy September 4, 1943 ✦ Daniel K. Inouye First Lieutenant · Army April 21, 1945 Isadore Seigfreid Jachman Staff Sergeant · Army January 4, 1945 ✦ Arthur Junior Jackson Private First Class · Marine Corps September 18, 1944 Douglas Thomas Jacobson Private First Class · Marine Corps February 26, 1945 WJ Willy F. James Jr. Private First Class · Army April 7, 1945 ✦ John Louis Jerstad Major · Air Force August 1, 1943 ✦ Elden Harvey Johnson Private · Army June 3, 1944 ✦ Leon William Johnson Colonel · Air Force August 1, 1943 LJ Leroy Johnson Sergeant · Army December 15, 1944 ✦ Oscar Godfrey Johnson Jr. Sergeant · Army September 16 - 18, 1944 William James Johnston Sr. Private First Class · Army February 17 - 19, 1944 Herbert Charpoit Jones Ensign · Navy December 7, 1941 ✦ Joseph Rodolph Julian Platoon Sergeant · Marine Corps March 9, 1945 ✦ VK Victor Leonard Kandle First Lieutenant · Army October 9, 1944 ✦ John Riley Kane Colonel · Air Force August 1, 1943 Neel Earnest Kearby Colonel · Air Force October 11, 1943 George D. Keathley Staff Sergeant · Army September 14, 1944 ✦ GK Gus Kefurt Staff Sergeant · Army December 24, 1944 ✦ JK Jonah Edward high Kelley Staff Sergeant · Army January 30 - 31, 1945 ✦ OK Ova Art Kelley Private · Army December 8, 1944 ✦ CK Charles "Commando" E. Kelly Corporal · Army September 13, 1943 JK John D. Kelly Corporal · Army June 25, 1944 ✦ TK Thomas Joseph Kelly Corporal · Army April 5, 1945 Reinhardt John Keppler Boatswain's Mate First Class · Navy November 12 - 13, 1942 ✦ DK Dexter James Kerstetter Private First Class · Army April 13, 1945 PK Patrick L. Kessler Private First Class · Army May 23, 1944 ✦ Isaac Campbell Kidd Rear Admiral · Navy December 7, 1941 ✦ TK Truman Kimbro Technician Fourth Grade · Army December 19, 1944 ✦ HK Harold G. Kiner Private · Army October 2, 1944 ✦ David Richard Kingsley Second Lieutenant · Air Force June 23, 1944 ✦ Elbert Luther Kinser Sergeant · Marine Corps May 4, 1945 ✦ GK Gerry Herman Kisters Second Lieutenant · Army July 31, 1943 AK Alton W. Knappenberger Private First Class · Army February 1, 1944 JK Jack Llewellyn Knight First Lieutenant · Army February 2, 1945 ✦ Raymond Larry Knight First Lieutenant · Air Force April 24 - 25, 1945 ✦ Yeiki Kobashigawa Technical Sergeant · Army June 2, 1944 Richard Edward Kraus Private First Class · Marine Corps October 5, 1944 ✦ AK Anton L. Krotiak Private First Class · Army May 8, 1945 ✦ Robert Toshi Kuroda Staff Sergeant · Army October 20, 1944 ✦ James Dennis la Belle Private First Class · Marine Corps March 8, 1945 ✦ SL Salvador J. Lara Private First Class · Army May 27 - 28, 1944 ✦ William Robert Lawley Jr. First Lieutenant · Air Force February 20, 1944 Robert Earl Laws Staff Sergeant · Army January 12, 1945 DL Daniel Warnel Lee Sr. First Lieutenant · Army September 2, 1944 John Harold Leims Second Lieutenant · Marine Corps March 7, 1945 TL Turney White Leonard First Lieutenant · Army November 4 - 6, 1944 ✦ William F. Leonard Private First Class · Army November 7, 1944 ✦ FL Fred Faulkner Lester Hospital Apprentice First Class · Navy June 8, 1945 ✦ Darrell Robins Lindsey Captain · Air Force August 9, 1944 ✦ Jake William Lindsey Sr. Technical Sergeant · Army November 16, 1944 Floyd K. Lindstrom Private First Class · Army November 11, 1943 ✦