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February 1: Medal of Honor Actions

12 Medal of Honors earned on February 1 between 1864 and 1970.

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February 1, 1864

Civil War · Bachelor's Creek, North Carolina · 1 recipient

AH Abram Pye Haring First Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1864

February 1, 1872

Interim 1871–1899 · Villefranche Harbor, France · 1 recipient

JS James A. Stewart Corporal · Marine Corps Interim 1871–1899 · 1872

February 1, 1881

Interim 1871–1899 · Toulon, France · 1 recipient

JD John Davis Ordinary Seaman · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1881

February 1, 1944

World War II · Namur Island, Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands · 5 recipients

Richard Beatty Anderson Private First Class · Marine Corps World War II · 1944 ✦ AD Aquilla James "big red" Dyess Lieutenant Colonel · Marine Corps World War II · 1944 ✦ AK Alton W. Knappenberger Private First Class · Army World War II · 1944

John Vincent Power First Lieutenant · Marine Corps World War II · 1944 ✦

Richard Keith Sorenson Private · Marine Corps World War II · 1944

February 1, 1945

World War II · Heckhuscheid, Germany · 2 recipients

EB Edward Andrew Bennett Corporal · Army World War II · 1945 ED Emile Deleau Jr. Sergeant · Army World War II · 1945 ✦

February 1, 1951

Korean War · near Ip-o-ri, Korea · 1 recipient

Hubert Louis Lee Master Sergeant · Army Korean War · 1951

February 1, 1970

Vietnam War · Tay Ninh Province, Republic of Vietnam · 1 recipient

RS Russell Albert Steindam First Lieutenant · Army Vietnam War · 1970 ✦