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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 4 of 4

474 total, A–Z by last name
Charles Howard Roan Private First Class · Marine Corps September 18, 1944 ✦ James E. Robinson Jr. First Lieutenant · Army April 6, 1945 ✦ Cleto L. Rodriguez Technical Sergeant · Army February 9, 1945 RR Robert E. Roeder Captain · Army September 27 - 28, 1944 ✦ Albert Harold Rooks Captain · Navy February 4 - 27, 1942 ✦ Theodore Roosevelt Jr. Brigadier General · Army June 6, 1944 ✦ Donald Kirby Ross Warrant Machinist · Navy December 7, 1941 Wilburn Kirby Ross Private · Army October 30, 1944 Carlton Robert Rouh First Lieutenant · Marine Corps September 15, 1944 Donald Eugene Rudolph Second Lieutenant · Army February 5, 1945 Donald Jack Ruhl Private First Class · Marine Corps February 19 - 21, 1945 ✦ Alejandro Renteria Ruiz Private First Class · Army April 28, 1945 JS Joseph John Sadowski Sergeant · Army September 14, 1944 ✦ George Taro "Joe" Sakato Private · Army October 29, 1944 Benjamin Louis Salomon Captain · Army July 7, 1944 ✦ Joseph Raymond Sarnoski Second Lieutenant · Air Force June 16, 1943 ✦ FS Foster Joseph Sayers Private First Class · Army November 12, 1944 ✦ JS Joseph Edward Schaefer Staff Sergeant · Army September 24, 1944 HS Henry Schauer Private First Class · Army May 23 - 24, 1944 Herbert Emery Schonland Lieutenant Commander · Navy November 12 - 13, 1943 Albert Ernest Schwab Private First Class · Marine Corps May 7, 1945 ✦ Donald K. Schwab First Lieutenant · Army September 17, 1944 ✦ Norman Scott Rear Admiral · Navy November 12 - 13, 1942 ✦ Robert Raymond Scott Machinist's Mate First Class · Navy December 7, 1941 ✦ RS Robert Sheldon Scott Captain · Army July 29, 1943 Charles William Shea Second Lieutenant · Army May 12, 1944 CS Carl Vernon Sheridan Private First Class · Army November 26, 1944 ✦ William Ralph Shockley Private First Class · Army March 31, 1945 ✦ William Arthur Shomo Major · Air Force January 11, 1945 CS Curtis F. Shoup Staff Sergeant · Army January 7, 1945 ✦ David Monroe Shoup Colonel · Marine Corps November 20 - 22, 1943 Franklin Earl Sigler Private · Marine Corps March 14, 1945 ES Edward A. Silk First Lieutenant · Army November 23, 1944 JS John Carleton Sjogren Staff Sergeant · Army May 23, 1945 Luther Skaggs Jr. Private First Class · Marine Corps July 21 - 22, 1944 JS James Daniel Slaton Corporal · Army September 23, 1943 FS Furman L. Smith Private · Army May 31, 1944 ✦ John Lucian Smith Major · Marine Corps August 1942 Maynard Harrison Smith Sr. Sergeant · Air Force May 1, 1943 William Adolph Soderman Private First Class · Army December 17, 1944 Richard Keith Sorenson Private · Marine Corps February 1 - 2, 1944 JS Joe C. Specker Sergeant · Army January 7, 1944 ✦ JS Junior James Spurrier Staff Sergeant · Army November 13, 1944 John C. Squires Sergeant · Army April 23 - 24, 1944 ✦ US Unknown Soldier of United States Unknown Soldiers ✦ Tony Stein Corporal · Marine Corps February 19, 1945 ✦ George Levick Street III Lieutenant Commander · Navy April 14, 1945 Stuart S. Stryker Private First Class · Army March 24, 1945 ✦ James Elms Swett First Lieutenant · Marine Corps April 7, 1943 Ted Takayuki Tanouye Technical Sergeant · Army July 7, 1944 ✦ ST Seymour W. Terry Captain · Army May 11, 1945 ✦ Charles Leroy Thomas Lieutenant · Army December 14, 1944 ✦ Herbert Joseph Thomas Sergeant · Marine Corps November 7, 1943 ✦ WT William H. Thomas Private First Class · Army April 22, 1945 ✦ Clyde Aristide Thomason Sergeant · Marine Corps August 17 - 18, 1942 ✦ Max Thompson Sergeant · Army October 18, 1944 HT Horace Marvin Thorne Corporal · Army December 21, 1944 ✦ JT John F. Thorson Private First Class · Army October 28, 1944 ✦ Grant Frederick Timmerman Sergeant · Marine Corps July 8, 1944 ✦ Peter Tomich Chief Watertender · Navy December 7, 1941 ✦ JT John Joseph Tominac First Lieutenant · Army September 12, 1944 John Roderick Towle Private · Army September 21, 1944 ✦ Jack Lemaster Treadwell Captain · Army March 18, 1945 Walter Edward Truemper Second Lieutenant · Air Force February 20, 1944 ✦ DT Day G. Turner Sergeant · Army January 8, 1945 ✦ George Benton Turner Private First Class · Army January 3, 1945 Matt Louis Urban Lieutenant Colonel · Army June 14 - September 3, 1944 Jose F. Valdez Private First Class · Army January 25, 1945 ✦ Leon Robert Vance Jr. Lieutenant Colonel · Air Force June 5, 1944 ✦ Alexander Archer Vandegrift Major General · Marine Corps August 7 - December 9, 1942 Junior van Noy Private · Army October 17, 1943 ✦ Franklin van Valkenburgh Captain · Navy December 7, 1941 ✦ Bruce Avery van Voorhis Lieutenant Commander · Navy July 6, 1943 ✦ RV Robert M. Viale Second Lieutenant · Army February 5, 1945 ✦ Ysmael Reyes Villegas Staff Sergeant · Army March 20, 1945 ✦ Dirk John cornelius Vlug Private First Class · Army December 15, 1944 Forrest Lee "woody" Vosler Technical Sergeant · Air Force December 20, 1943 George Edward Wahlen Pharmacist's Mate Second Class · Navy March 3, 1945 Francis B. Wai Captain · Army October 20, 1944 ✦ Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright IV General · Army May 7, 1942 Kenneth Newton Walker Brigadier General · Air Force January 5, 1943 ✦ HW Herman C. Wallace Private First Class · Army February 27, 1945 ✦ Kenneth Ambrose Walsh First Lieutenant · Marine Corps August 30, 1943 William Gary Walsh Gunnery Sergeant · Marine Corps February 27, 1945 ✦ James Richard Ward Seaman First Class · Navy December 7, 1941 ✦ Keith Lincoln Ware Lieutenant Colonel · Army December 26, 1944 HW Henry F. Warner Corporal · Army December 20 - 21, 1944 ✦ George Watson Private · Army March 8, 1943 ✦ Wilson Douglas Watson Private · Marine Corps February 26 - 27, 1945 RW Robert Turner Waugh First Lieutenant · Army May 11 - 14, 1944 ✦ David Crowder Waybur First Lieutenant · Army July 17, 1943 EW Ellis R. Weicht Sergeant · Army December 3, 1944 ✦ WW Walter C. Wetzel Private First Class · Army April 3, 1945 ✦ EW Eli Lamar Whiteley First Lieutenant · Army December 27, 1944 HW Hulon Brocke Whittington Sergeant · Army July 29, 1944 PW Paul Joseph Wiedorfer Staff Sergeant · Army December 25, 1944 TW Thomas W. Wigle Second Lieutenant · Army September 14, 1944 ✦ William Hale Wilbur Colonel · Army November 8, 1942 EW Edward G. Wilkin Corporal · Army March 18, 1945 ✦ Raymond Harrell Wilkins Major · Air Force November 2, 1943 ✦ WW Walter J. Will First Lieutenant · Army March 30, 1945 ✦ Hershel Woodrow "Woody" Williams Corporal · Marine Corps February 23, 1945 JW Jack Williams Pharmacist's Mate Third Class · Navy March 3, 1945 ✦ John Harlan Willis Pharmacist's Mate First Class · Navy February 28, 1945 ✦ Alfred Leonard Wilson Technician Grade Five · Army November 8, 1944 ✦ Louis Hugh Wilson Jr. Captain · Marine Corps July 25 - 26, 1944 Robert Lee Wilson Private First Class · Marine Corps August 4, 1944 ✦ Homer L. Wise Staff Sergeant · Army June 14, 1944 Frank Peter Witek Private First Class · Marine Corps August 3, 1944 ✦ HW Howard E. Woodford Staff Sergeant · Army June 6, 1945 ✦ Cassin Young Commander · Navy December 7, 1941 Rodger Wilton Young Private · Army July 31, 1943 ✦ Jay Zeamer Jr. Major · Air Force June 16, 1943 Raymond Zussman Second Lieutenant · Army September 12, 1944 ✦