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April 13: Medal of Honor Actions

9 Medal of Honors earned on April 13 between 1865 and 1945.

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April 13, 1865

Civil War · Wetumpka, Alabama · 1 recipient

John Francis Weston Major · Army Civil War · 1865

April 13, 1904

Interim 1899–1910 · U.S.S. Missouri at Sea, Caribbean Sea · 3 recipients

Robert Edward Cox Chief Gunner · Navy Interim 1899–1910 · 1904

Mons Monssen Chief Gunner's Mate · Navy Interim 1899–1910 · 1904

Charles Stephen Schepke Gunner's Mate First Class · Navy Interim 1899–1910 · 1904

April 13, 1906

Interim 1899–1910 · Cape Cruz on board U.S.S. Kearsarge, Cuba · 2 recipients

GB George Breeman Seaman · Navy Interim 1899–1910 · 1906 IN Isador A. Nordstrom Chief Boatswain · Navy Interim 1899–1910 · 1906

April 13, 1911

Veracruz 1914 · Agua Prieta, Mexico · 1 recipient

Julien Edmund Gaujot Captain · Army Veracruz 1914 · 1911

April 13, 1945

World War II · Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands · 2 recipients

Beauford Theodore Anderson Technical Sergeant · Army World War II · 1945 DK Dexter James Kerstetter Private First Class · Army World War II · 1945