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April 7: Medal of Honor Actions

6 Medal of Honors earned on April 7 between 1865 and 1945.

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April 7, 1865

Civil War · Farmville, Virginia · 2 recipients

JG John Galloway Commissary Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1865

William Ludgate Captain · Army Civil War · 1865

April 7, 1943

World War II · Solomon Islands · 1 recipient

James Elms Swett First Lieutenant · Marine Corps World War II · 1943

April 7, 1945

World War II · near Untergriesheim, Germany · 3 recipients

Michael "Mike" Colalillo Private First Class · Army World War II · 1945 WJ Willy F. James Jr. Private First Class · Army World War II · 1945 ✦

Yukio Okutsu Technical Sergeant · Army World War II · 1945