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February 5: Medal of Honor Actions

8 Medal of Honors earned on February 5 between 1865 and 1969.

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February 5, 1865

Civil War · Rowanty Creek, Virginia · 4 recipients

DB David Eastburn Buckingham First Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1865 JR Jacob F. Raub Assistant Surgeon · Army Civil War · 1865 SS Samuel Rodmond Smith Captain · Army Civil War · 1865 TS Timothy Spillane Private · Army Civil War · 1865

February 5, 1899

Philippine Insurrection · Paco Bridge, Philippine Islands · 1 recipient

Charles Evans Kilbourne Jr. First Lieutenant · Army Philippine Insurrection · 1899

February 5, 1945

World War II · Munoz, Luzon, Philippine Islands · 2 recipients

Donald Eugene Rudolph Second Lieutenant · Army World War II · 1945 RV Robert M. Viale Second Lieutenant · Army World War II · 1945 ✦

February 5, 1969

Vietnam War · near Vandergrift Combat Base, A Shau Valley, Republic of Vietnam · 1 recipient

Thomas Patrick Noonan Jr. Lance Corporal · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1969 ✦