December 16: Medal of Honor Actions

Civil War · Nashville, Tennessee · 16 recipients

Marion T. Anderson Captain · Army Civil War · 1864 Franklin Carr Corporal · Army Civil War · 1864 OC Oliver Colwell First Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1864 WG William Garrett Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 Thomas Parke Gere First Lieutenant & Adjutant · Army Civil War · 1864 DH Daniel Irving Holcomb Private · Army Civil War · 1864 LK Luther Kaltenbach Corporal · Army Civil War · 1864 WM William C. May Private · Army Civil War · 1864 Charles H. McCleary First Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1864 WM Wilbur F. Moore Private · Army Civil War · 1864 JP James W. Parks Corporal · Army Civil War · 1864 WS William Thomas Simmons First Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1864 AS Andrew Jackson Sloan Private · Army Civil War · 1864 OS Otis W. Smith Private · Army Civil War · 1864 GS George Stokes Private · Army Civil War · 1864 GW George W. Welch Private · Army Civil War · 1864

Interim 1920–1940 · Sea of Marmora, Turkey · 1 recipient

Walter Atlee Edwards Lieutenant Commander · Navy Interim 1920–1940 · 1922

World War II · near Krinkelt, Belgium · 2 recipients

VM Vernon McGarity Technical Sergeant · Army World War II · 1944 Charles Patrick "Chuck" Murray Jr. First Lieutenant · Army World War II · 1944