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July 12: Medal of Honor Actions

19 Medal of Honors earned on July 12 between 1864 and 2018.

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July 12, 1864

Civil War · Peach Tree Creek, Georgia · 2 recipients

Frank Dwight Baldwin Captain · Army Civil War · 1864

William J. Wray Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864

July 12, 1870

Indian Campaigns · Wichita River, Texas · 13 recipients

JC John Connor Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1870 GE George H. Eldridge Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1870 JG John J. Given Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1870 ✦ TK Thomas Kerrigan Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1870 JK John Kirk First Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1870 JM John May Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1870 SN Solon D. Neal Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1870 SP Samuel Porter Farrier · Army Indian Campaigns · 1870 CS Charles E. Smith Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1870 AS Alonzo Stokes First Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1870 JW James C. Watson Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1870 CW Claron Windus Bugler · Army Indian Campaigns · 1870 WW William Winterbottom Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1870

July 12, 1900

Boxer Rebellion · Peking, China · 1 recipient

JM Joseph Andrew Mitchell Gunner's Mate First Class · Navy Boxer Rebellion · 1900

July 12, 1944

World War II · near Casaglia, Italy · 1 recipient

RH Roy W. Harmon Sergeant · Army World War II · 1944 ✦

July 12, 1965

Vietnam War · near Da Nang, Republic of Vietnam · 1 recipient

Frank Stanley Reasoner First Lieutenant · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1965 ✦

July 12, 2018

Afghanistan · Paktia Province, Afghanistan · 1 recipient

Christopher Andrew Celiz Sergeant First Class · Army Afghanistan · 2018 ✦