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August 21: Medal of Honor Actions

11 Medal of Honors earned on August 21 between 1864 and 1968.

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August 21, 1864

Civil War · Weldon Railroad, Virginia · 5 recipients

FA Frederick Charles Anderson Private · Army Civil War · 1864 HE Horace Ellis Private · Army Civil War · 1864 GR George W. Reed Private · Army Civil War · 1864 JS John Shilling First Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 RS Richard Smith Private · Army Civil War · 1864

August 21, 1876

Interim 1871–1899 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania · 1 recipient

JO John Osborne Seaman · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1876

August 21, 1884

Interim 1871–1899 · Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts · 3 recipients

DH David Harrington First Class Fireman · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1884 JM John W. Magee Second Class Fireman · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1884 AO August Ohmsen Master-at-Arms · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1884

August 21, 1918

World War I · Adriatic Sea · 1 recipient

Charles Hazeltine Hammann Ensign · Navy World War I · 1918

August 21, 1968

Vietnam War · near Ben Cui, Republic of Vietnam · 1 recipient

MY Marvin Rex Young Staff Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1968 ✦