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August 25: Medal of Honor Actions

14 Medal of Honors earned on August 25 between 1862 and 1968.

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August 25, 1862

Civil War · Waterloo Bridge, Virginia · 1 recipient

JT John Tribe Private · Army Civil War · 1862

August 25, 1864

Civil War · Reams' Station, Virginia · 3 recipients

PG Patrick J. Ginley Private · Army Civil War · 1864

James Milton Pipes Captain · Army Civil War · 1864 FR Ferdinand Frederick Rohm Chief Bugler · Army Civil War · 1864

August 25, 1869

Indian Campaigns · Seneca Mountain, Arizona · 7 recipients

MC Michael Corcoran Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869 CD Cornelius Donavan Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869 FH Frank Hamilton Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869 HM Herbert Mahers Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869 JM John Moran Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869 PM Philip Murphy Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869 TM Thomas Murphy Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869

August 25, 1944

World War II · near Montereau, France · 1 recipient

Harold Alva Garman Private · Army World War II · 1944

August 25, 1950

Korean War · Sobuk San Mountain, Korea · 1 recipient

Melvin O. Handrich Master Sergeant · Army Korean War · 1950 ✦

August 25, 1968

Vietnam War · near Ap Nhi, Republic of Vietnam · 1 recipient

William Wayne Seay Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1968 ✦