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April 8: Medal of Honor Actions

7 Medal of Honors earned on April 8 between 1865 and 1967.

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April 8, 1865

Civil War · Appomattox Station, Virginia · 5 recipients

TA Thomas Anderson Corporal · Army Civil War · 1865 EB Edgar A. Bras Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1865 MR Morton A. Read First Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1865 CS Charles Schorn Chief Bugler · Army Civil War · 1865 BS Bernard Shields Private · Army Civil War · 1865

April 8, 1945

World War II · Lobenbacherhof, Germany · 1 recipient

JC John R. Crews Staff Sergeant · Army World War II · 1945

April 8, 1967

Vietnam War · Republic of Vietnam · 1 recipient

Don Leslie Michael Specialist Fourth Class · Army Vietnam War · 1967 ✦