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August 31: Medal of Honor Actions

6 Medal of Honors earned on August 31 between 1864 and 1951.

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August 31, 1864

Civil War · Jonesboro, Georgia · 1 recipient

M. R. William Grebe Captain · Army Civil War · 1864

August 31, 1950

Korean War · near Yongsan, Korea · 3 recipients

EK Ernest Richard Kouma Master Sergeant · Army Korean War · 1950

Joseph R. Ouellette Private First Class · Army Korean War · 1950 ✦ TW Travis E. Watkins Master Sergeant · Army Korean War · 1950 ✦

August 31, 1951

Korean War · near Tondul, Korea · 2 recipients

EK Edward Charles Krzyzowski Captain · Army Korean War · 1951 ✦ WL William Franklin Lyell Corporal · Army Korean War · 1951 ✦