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January 27: Medal of Honor Actions

3 Medal of Honors earned on January 27 between 1865 and 1967.

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January 27, 1865

Civil War · Brownsville Station, Arkansas · 1 recipient

JR James H. Robinson Private · Army Civil War · 1865

January 27, 1945

World War II · Ziegenhain, Germany · 1 recipient

RE Roderick W. "Roddie" Edmonds Master Sergeant · Army World War II · 1945 ✦

January 27, 1967

Vietnam War · Tri Tam, Republic of Vietnam · 1 recipient

Donald Ward Evans Jr. Specialist Fourth Class · Army Vietnam War · 1967 ✦