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December 31: Medal of Honor Actions

9 Medal of Honors earned on December 31 between 1862 and 1964.

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December 31, 1862

Civil War · Stone River, Tennessee · 8 recipients

John Mcgreath Farquhar Sergeant Major · Army Civil War · 1862

Joseph Leonard Follett Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1862

Henry Blanchard Freeman First Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1862

Frederick Phisterer First Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1862 JP Joseph Rollin Prentice Private · Army Civil War · 1862 WV Wilson J. Vance Private · Army Civil War · 1862

Maurice Wagg Coxswain · Navy Civil War · 1862 JW John Milton Whitehead Chaplain · Army Civil War · 1862

December 31, 1964

Vietnam War · in the vicinity of Binh Gia, Phouc Tuy Province, Republic of Vietnam · 1 recipient

Donald Gilbert Cook Colonel · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1964 ✦