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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 3 of 4

474 total, A–Z by last name
EL Edgar Harold Lloyd First Lieutenant · Army September 14, 1944 ✦ Donald Ronald Lobaugh Private · Army July 22, 1944 ✦ JL James Marion Logan Sergeant · Army September 9, 1943 JL Jose Mendoza Lopez Private First Class · Army December 17, 1944 Jacklyn Harold Lucas Private First Class · Marine Corps February 20, 1945 Jack Lummus First Lieutenant · Marine Corps March 8, 1945 ✦ George Lafayette Mabry Jr. Lieutenant Colonel · Army November 20, 1944 Douglas MacArthur General of the Army · Army July 7 - 12, 1941 Charles Andrew MacGillivary Sergeant · Army January 1, 1945 JM John D. Magrath Private First Class · Army April 14, 1945 ✦ JM Joe Eugene Mann Private First Class · Army September 18, 1944 ✦ Harry Linn Martin First Lieutenant · Marine Corps March 26, 1945 ✦ Joe P. Martinez Private · Army May 26, 1943 ✦ Leonard Foster Mason Private First Class · Marine Corps July 22, 1944 ✦ Archibald Mathies Staff Sergeant · Air Force February 20, 1944 ✦ Jack Warren Mathis First Lieutenant · Air Force March 18, 1943 ✦ RM Robert Dale Maxwell Technician Fifth Grade · Army September 7, 1944 MM Martin O. May Private First Class · Army April 19 - 20, 1945 ✦ MM Melvin Mayfield Corporal · Army July 29, 1945 Thomas Edward McCall Staff Sergeant · Army January 22, 1944 David McCampbell Commander · Navy June 19 - October 25, 1944 Bruce McCandless Commander · Navy November 12 - 13, 1942 RM Robert Howard McCard Gunnery Sergeant · Marine Corps June 16, 1944 ✦ Lloyd G. McCarter Private · Army February 16 - 19, 1945 JM Joseph Jeremiah McCarthy Captain · Marine Corps February 21, 1945 RM Richard Miles McCool Jr. Lieutenant · Navy June 10 - 11, 1945 CM Charles L. McGaha Master Sergeant · Army February 7, 1945 VM Vernon McGarity Technical Sergeant · Army December 16, 1944 WM William D. McGee Private · Army March 18, 1945 ✦ TM Troy A. McGill Sergeant · Army March 4, 1944 ✦ FM Francis Xavier McGraw Private First Class · Army November 19, 1944 ✦ Thomas Buchanan McGuire Jr. Major · Air Force December 25 - 26, 1944 ✦ JM John Randolph McKinney Sergeant · Army May 11, 1945 Robert Miller McTureous Jr. Private · Marine Corps June 7, 1945 ✦ John J. McVeigh Sergeant · Army August 29, 1944 ✦ WM William A. McWhorter Private First Class · Army December 5, 1944 ✦ JM John William Meagher Technical Sergeant · Army June 19, 1945 Manuel V. Mendoza Staff Sergeant · Army October 4, 1944 ✦ Gino Joseph Merli Private First Class · Army September 4 - 5, 1944 JM Joseph Frederick Merrell Private · Army April 18, 1945 ✦ HM Harold O. Messerschmidt Sergeant · Army September 17, 1944 ✦ William Edward Metzger Jr. Second Lieutenant · Air Force November 9, 1944 ✦ Edward Stanley Michael First Lieutenant · Air Force April 11, 1944 HM Harry J. Michael Second Lieutenant · Army March 14, 1945 ✦ AM Andrew Miller Staff Sergeant · Army November 16 - 29, 1944 ✦ JM James Henry Mills Private · Army May 24, 1944 JM John W. Minick Staff Sergeant · Army November 21, 1944 ✦ NM Nicholas Minue Private · Army April 28, 1943 ✦ Jimmie W. Monteith Jr. First Lieutenant · Army June 6, 1944 ✦ Jack Cleveland Montgomery First Lieutenant · Army February 22, 1944 HM Harold Herman Moon Jr. Private · Army October 21, 1944 ✦ John Cary Morgan Second Lieutenant · Air Force July 28, 1943 EM Edward J. Moskala Private First Class · Army April 9, 1945 ✦ Kaoru Moto Private First Class · Army July 7, 1944 ✦ CM Charles E. Mower Sergeant · Army November 3, 1944 ✦ JM Joseph E. Muller Sergeant · Army May 15 - 16, 1945 ✦ Sadao S. Munemori Private First Class · Army April 5, 1945 ✦ Douglas Albert Munro Signalman First Class · Coast Guard September 27, 1942 ✦ Kiyoshi Muranaga Private First Class · Army June 26, 1944 ✦ Audie Leon Murphy Second Lieutenant · Army January 26, 1945 FM Frederick Coleman Murphy Private First Class · Army March 18, 1945 ✦ Charles Patrick "Chuck" Murray Jr. First Lieutenant · Army December 16, 1944 Masato Nakae Private · Army August 19, 1944 ✦ Shinyei Nakamine Private · Army June 2, 1944 ✦ William Kenzo Nakamura Private First Class · Army July 4, 1944 ✦ WN William Lloyd Nelson Sergeant · Army April 24, 1943 ✦ RN Ralph George Neppel Sergeant · Army December 14, 1944 Robert Burton Nett Captain · Army December 14, 1944 John Dury New Private First Class · Marine Corps September 25, 1944 ✦ BN Beryl Richard Newman First Lieutenant · Army May 26, 1944 Alfred B. Nietzel Sergeant · Army November 18, 1944 ✦ AN Alexander Ramsey Nininger Jr. Second Lieutenant · Army January 12, 1942 ✦ Joe M. Nishimoto Private First Class · Army November 7, 1944 ✦ William Joseph O'Brien Lieutenant Colonel · Army June 20 - July 7, 1944 ✦ Joseph Timothy O'Callahan Lieutenant Commander · Navy March 19, 1945 Edward Henry "butch" O'Hare Lieutenant · Navy February 20, 1942 Richard Hetherington O'Kane Commander · Navy October 23 - 24, 1944 CO Carlos Carnes Ogden Sr. First Lieutenant · Army June 25, 1944 AO Allan Masaharu Ohata Staff Sergeant · Army November 30, 1943 ✦ James K. Okubo Technician Fifth Grade · Army November 4, 1944 ✦ Yukio Okutsu Technical Sergeant · Army April 7, 1945 Arlo Laverne Olson Captain · Army October 13, 1943 ✦ TO Truman O. Olson Sergeant · Army January 30 - 31, 1944 ✦ Frank Harry Ono Private First Class · Army July 4, 1944 ✦ NO Nicholas Oresko Master Sergeant · Army January 23, 1945 Kazuo Otani Staff Sergeant · Army July 15, 1944 ✦ Robert Allen Owens Sergeant · Marine Corps November 1, 1943 ✦ Joseph William Ozbourn Private · Marine Corps July 28, 1944 ✦ Mitchell Paige Platoon Sergeant · Marine Corps October 26, 1942 JP John Joseph Parle Ensign · Navy July 9 - 10, 1943 ✦ LP Laverne Parrish Technician Fourth Grade · Army January 18 - 24, 1945 ✦ Harl Pease Jr. Captain · Air Force August 6 - 7, 1942 ✦ FP Forrest E. Peden Technician Fifth Grade · Army February 3, 1945 ✦ JP Jack James Pendleton Staff Sergeant · Army October 12, 1944 ✦ FP Frank D. Peregory Technical Sergeant · Army June 8, 1944 ✦ Manuel Perez Jr. Private First Class · Army February 13, 1945 ✦ GP George J. Peters Private · Army March 24, 1945 ✦ GP George Peterson Staff Sergeant · Army March 30, 1945 ✦ Oscar Verner Peterson Chief Watertender · Navy May 7, 1942 ✦ Frank Joseph Petrarca Private First Class · Army July 27, 1943 ✦ Jackson Charles Pharris Gunner · Navy December 7, 1941 WP Wesley P. Phelps Private · Marine Corps October 4, 1944 ✦ George Phillips Private · Marine Corps March 14, 1945 ✦ Francis Junior Pierce Pharmacist's Mate First Class · Navy March 15 - 16, 1945 John J. Pinder Jr. Technician Fifth Grade · Army June 6, 1944 ✦ Everett Parker Pope Captain · Marine Corps September 19, 1944 John Vincent Power First Lieutenant · Marine Corps February 1, 1944 ✦ John James Powers Lieutenant · Navy April 4 - 8, 1942 ✦ LP Leo J. Powers Private First Class · Army February 3, 1944 Arthur Murray Preston Lieutenant Commander · Navy September 16, 1944 EP Ernest William Prussman Private First Class · Army September 8, 1944 ✦ Donald Dale Pucket First Lieutenant · Air Force July 9, 1944 ✦ Lawson Paterson "Red" Ramage Commander · Navy July 31, 1944 Bernard James Ray First Lieutenant · Army November 17, 1944 ✦ JR James William Reese Private · Army August 5, 1943 ✦ JR John N. Reese Jr. Private First Class · Army February 9, 1945 ✦ TR Thomas James Reeves Radio Electrician · Navy December 7, 1941 ✦ Milton Ernest Ricketts Lieutenant · Navy May 8, 1942 ✦ PR Paul F. Riordan Second Lieutenant · Army February 3 - 8, 1944 ✦ RR Ruben Rivers Staff Sergeant · Army November 16 - 19, 1944 ✦