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On this day in history

January 1: Medal of Honor Actions

10 Medal of Honors earned on January 1 between 1863 and 1969.

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January 1, 1863

Civil War · Stone River, Tennessee · 1 recipient

JT John Tweedale Private · Army Civil War · 1863

January 1, 1865

Civil War · Dutch Gap Canal, Virginia · 1 recipient

Walter Thorn Second Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1865

January 1, 1891

Indian Campaigns · White River, South Dakota · 6 recipients

Benjamin Harrison Cheever Jr. First Lieutenant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1891

Robert Lee Howze Second Lieutenant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1891

John Brown Kerr Captain · Army Indian Campaigns · 1891 JK Joseph F. Knight Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1891 FM Fred Myers Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1891

Cornelius Cole Smith First Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1891

January 1, 1945

World War II · near Woelfling, France · 1 recipient

Charles Andrew MacGillivary Sergeant · Army World War II · 1945

January 1, 1969

Vietnam War · near Bien Hao, Republic of Vietnam · 1 recipient

Rodney James tadashi Yano First Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1969 ✦