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April 26: Medal of Honor Actions

9 Medal of Honors earned on April 26 between 1865 and 1968.

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April 26, 1865

Interim 1865–1870 · Mobile, Alabama · 1 recipient

JC John Cooper Quartermaster · Navy Interim 1865–1870 · 1865

April 26, 1872

Indian Campaigns · Loupe Fork of the Platte River, Nebraska · 4 recipients

William Frederick "buffalo bill" Cody Guide · Army Indian Campaigns · 1872 JF John H. Foley Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1872 WS William H. Strayer Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1872 LV Leroy H. Vokes First Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1872

April 26, 1900

Philippine Insurrection · La Paz, Leyte, Philippine Islands · 1 recipient

GS George Mathews Shelton Private · Army Philippine Insurrection · 1900

April 26, 1951

Korean War · Mugok, Korea · 1 recipient

RD Ray E. Duke Sergeant First Class · Army Korean War · 1951 ✦

April 26, 1967

Vietnam War · Haiphong, North Vietnam · 1 recipient

Michael John Estocin Captain · Navy Vietnam War · 1967 ✦

April 26, 1968

Vietnam War · near Phu Bai, Thua Thien Province, Republic of Vietnam · 1 recipient

ML Milton Arthur Lee Private First Class · Army Vietnam War · 1968 ✦