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August 16: Medal of Honor Actions

7 Medal of Honors earned on August 16 between 1864 and 1881.

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August 16, 1864

Civil War · Deep Run, Virginia · 4 recipients

HH Henry M. Hardenbergh Private · Army Civil War · 1864 ✦ TK Thomas Kelly Private · Army Civil War · 1864 WL William Edman Leonard Private · Army Civil War · 1864 JS John Shellenberger Corporal · Army Civil War · 1864

August 16, 1881

Indian Campaigns · Cuchillo Negro Mountains, New Mexico · 3 recipients

George Ritter Burnett Second Lieutenant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1881 AW Augustus Walley Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1881

Moses Williams First Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1881