On this day in history
August 28: Medal of Honor Actions
5 Medal of Honors earned on August 28 between 1862 and 2013.
August 28, 1862
Civil War · Thoroughfare Gap & Bull Run, Virginia · 1 recipient
August 28, 1864
Civil War · Smithfield, Virginia · 1 recipient
August 28, 1969
Vietnam War · south of Da Nang, Quang Nam Province, Republic of Vietnam · 1 recipient
August 28, 2013
Afghanistan · Forward Operating Base Ghazni, Afghanistan · 2 recipients
