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August 12: Medal of Honor Actions

4 Medal of Honors earned on August 12 between 1881 and 1969.

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August 12, 1881

Indian Campaigns · Fort Tularosa & Carrizo Canyon, New Mexico · 2 recipients

GJ George Jordan Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1881 TS Thomas Shaw Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1881

August 12, 1968

Vietnam War · Bo Ban, Quang Nam Province, Republic of Vietnam · 1 recipient

Kenneth Lee Worley Lance Corporal · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1968 ✦

August 12, 1969

Vietnam War · Phuoc Long Province, Vietnam · 1 recipient

Leonard L. Alvarado Specialist Fourth Class · Army Vietnam War · 1969 ✦