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December 27: Medal of Honor Actions

5 Medal of Honors earned on December 27 between 1862 and 1966.

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December 27, 1862

Civil War · Haines Bluff, Yazoo River, Mississippi · 3 recipients

WM William Martin Boatswain's Mate · Navy Civil War · 1862 WM William Moore Boatswain's Mate · Navy Civil War · 1862 RW Robert Williams Signal Quartermaster · Navy Civil War · 1862

December 27, 1944

World War II · Sigolsheim, France · 1 recipient

EW Eli Lamar Whiteley First Lieutenant · Army World War II · 1944

December 27, 1966

Vietnam War · Kim Song Valley, Republic of Vietnam · 1 recipient

DJ Delbert Owen Jennings Staff Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1966