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Heroes among us

Living Medal of Honor Recipients

65 recipients are living, according to the most recent records in our archive. Records can lag behind the news — if you know of a change, please let us know.

Korean War (1)

EW Elmer Royce Williams Lieutenant · Navy Korean War · 1952

Vietnam War (46)

John Philip Baca Specialist Fourth Class · Army Vietnam War · 1970 Donald Everett Ballard Hospital Corpsman Second Class · Navy Vietnam War · 1968 Harvey Curtiss "Barney" Barnum Jr. Captain · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1965 DB Dwight W. Birdwell Specialist Five · Army Vietnam War · 1968 Patrick Henry Brady Major · Army Vietnam War · 1968 JC James Capers Jr. Major · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1967 KD Kenneth J. David Private First Class · Army Vietnam War · 1970 PD Paris D. Davis Captain · Army Vietnam War · 1965 Sammy Lee Davis Private First Class · Army Vietnam War · 1967 Drew Dennis Dix Staff Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1968 JD John J. Duffy Major · Army Vietnam War · 1972 FF Frederick Edgar Ferguson Chief Warrant Officer · Army Vietnam War · 1968 Michael John Fitzmaurice Specialist Fourth Class · Army Vietnam War · 1971 James Phillip Fleming Captain · Air Force Vietnam War · 1968 Robert Franklin Foley Captain · Army Vietnam War · 1966 Harold Arthur Fritz Captain · Army Vietnam War · 1969 DF Dennis M. Fujii Specialist Five · Army Vietnam War · 1971 Robert Ronald Ingram Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class · Navy Vietnam War · 1966 Jack Howard Jacobs First Lieutenant · Army Vietnam War · 1968 Don Jenkins Private First Class · Army Vietnam War · 1969 Thomas Gunning Kelley Lieutenant · Navy Vietnam War · 1969 Allan Jay Kellogg Jr. Staff Sergeant · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1970 Joseph Robert Kerrey Lieutenant · Navy Vietnam War · 1969 Peter Charles Lemon Specialist Fourth Class · Army Vietnam War · 1970 Gary Lee Littrell Sergeant First Class · Army Vietnam War · 1970 James Everette Livingston Captain · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1968 Allen James Lynch Specialist Fourth Class · Army Vietnam War · 1967 Walter Joseph Marm Jr. Second Lieutenant · Army Vietnam War · 1965 James C. McCloughan Private First Class · Army Vietnam War · 1969 Robert Joseph Modrzejewski Captain · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1966 MM Melvin Morris Staff Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1969 Thomas Rolland Norris Lieutenant · Navy Vietnam War · 1972 Robert Emmett O'Malley Corporal · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1965 Robert Martin Patterson Specialist Fourth Class · Army Vietnam War · 1968 Alfred V. Rascon Special Fourth Class · Army Vietnam War · 1966 Ronald Eric Ray First Lieutenant · Army Vietnam War · 1966 TR Terry Patrick Richardson Staff Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1968 GR Gordon Ray Roberts Specialist Fourth Class · Army Vietnam War · 1969 Jose Rodela Sergeant First Class · Army Vietnam War · 1969 Gary Michael Rose Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1970 JS James Michael Sprayberry First Lieutenant · Army Vietnam War · 1968 JT James Allen Taylor First Lieutenant · Army Vietnam War · 1967 Brian Miles Thacker First Lieutenant · Army Vietnam War · 1971 Michael Edwin Thornton Petty Officer · Navy Vietnam War · 1972 JV Jay R. Vargas Captain · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1968 Gary George Wetzel Private First Class · Army Vietnam War · 1968

War on Terrorism (Afghanistan) (15)

Edward C. Byers Jr. Chief · Navy Afghanistan · 2012 William Kyle Carpenter Lance Corporal · Marine Corps Afghanistan · 2010 Ty Michael Carter Specialist · Army Afghanistan · 2009 Nicholas Dockery Second Lieutenant · Army Afghanistan · 2012 Salvatore Augustine Giunta Specialist · Army Afghanistan · 2007 Florent A. Groberg Captain · Army Afghanistan · 2012 Dakota Louis Meyer Corporal · Marine Corps Afghanistan · 2009 Leroy Arthur Petry Staff Sergeant · Army Afghanistan · 2008 Ryan M. Pitts Sergeant · Army Afghanistan · 2008 Earl D. Plumlee Staff Sergeant · Army Afghanistan · 2013 Clinton Lavor Romesha Staff Sergeant · Army Afghanistan · 2009 Britt Kelly Slabinski Senior Chief · Navy Afghanistan · 2002 William D. Swenson Captain · Army Afghanistan · 2009 Kyle J. White Specialist · Army Afghanistan · 2007 Matthew O. Williams Sergeant · Army Afghanistan · 2008

War on Terrorism (Iraq) (2)

David G. Bellavia Staff Sergeant · Army Iraq · 2004 TP Thomas Patrick Payne Sergeant First Class · Army Iraq · 2015

Venezuela (Operation Absolute Resolve) (1)

Eric A. Slover Chief Warrant Officer 5 · Army Venezuela 2026 · 2026