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December 8: Medal of Honor Actions

10 Medal of Honors earned on December 8 between 1874 and 2012.

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December 8, 1874

Indian Campaigns · Staked Plains, Texas · 3 recipients

FB Frederick Bergendahl Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1874 JO John Francis O'Sullivan Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1874 LW Lewis Warrington First Lieutenant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1874

December 8, 1941

World War II · Wake Island · 1 recipient

Henry Talmage Elrod Captain · Marine Corps World War II · 1941 ✦

December 8, 1944

World War II · Leyte, Philippine Islands · 2 recipients

EF Elmer E. Fryar Private · Army World War II · 1944 ✦ OK Ova Art Kelley Private · Army World War II · 1944 ✦

December 8, 1968

Vietnam War · Lai Khe, Republic of Vietnam · 3 recipients

Candelario Garcia Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1968 ✦ RM Ray McKibben Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1968 ✦

Karl Gorman Taylor Sr. Staff Sergeant · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1968 ✦

December 8, 2012

Afghanistan · Qarghahyi District of Laghman, Afghanistan · 1 recipient

Edward C. Byers Jr. Chief · Navy Afghanistan · 2012