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August 30: Medal of Honor Actions

8 Medal of Honors earned on August 30 between 1862 and 1943.

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August 30, 1862

Civil War · Bull Run, Virginia · 3 recipients

RC Richard Conner Private · Army Civil War · 1862 MR Myron H. Ranney Private · Army Civil War · 1862 JW James W. Webb Private · Army Civil War · 1862

August 30, 1864

Civil War · Flint River, Georgia · 1 recipient

Lewellyn Garrish Estes Captain & Assistant Adjutant General · Army Civil War · 1864

August 30, 1881

Indian Campaigns · Cibicu, Arizona · 3 recipients

AB Alonzo Bowman Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1881

William Harding Carter First Lieutenant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1881 RH Richard Heartery Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1881

August 30, 1943

World War II · Vella Lavella & Kahili, Solomon Islands · 1 recipient

Kenneth Ambrose Walsh First Lieutenant · Marine Corps World War II · 1943