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December 17: Medal of Honor Actions

5 Medal of Honors earned on December 17 between 1864 and 1944.

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December 17, 1864

Civil War · near Harpeth River, Tennessee · 1 recipient

JH Joseph S. Hedges First Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1864

December 17, 1917

World War I · off the French Coast · 1 recipient

JM John MacKenzie Chief Boatswain's Mate · Navy World War I · 1917

December 17, 1944

World War II · near Krinkelter Wald, Belgium · 3 recipients

RC Richard Eller Cowan Private First Class · Army World War II · 1944 ✦ JL Jose Mendoza Lopez Private First Class · Army World War II · 1944

William Adolph Soderman Private First Class · Army World War II · 1944