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July 28: Medal of Honor Actions

9 Medal of Honors earned on July 28 between 1863 and 1968.

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July 28, 1863

Civil War · near Warrenton, Virginia · 1 recipient

JC John Wesley Clark First Lieutenant & Regimental Quartermaster · Army Civil War · 1863

July 28, 1864

Civil War · Atlanta, Georgia · 4 recipients

HD Harry Clay Davis Private · Army Civil War · 1864 RM Robinson Barr Murphy Musician · Army Civil War · 1864 TO Timothy O'Connor Private · Army Civil War · 1864 ET Ernest R. Torgler Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864

July 28, 1918

World War I · near Breuvannes, France · 1 recipient

Sidney E. Manning Corporal · Army World War I · 1918

July 28, 1943

World War II · over Kiel, Germany · 1 recipient

John Cary Morgan Second Lieutenant · Air Force World War II · 1943

July 28, 1944

World War II · Tinian Island, Marianas Islands · 1 recipient

Joseph William Ozbourn Private · Marine Corps World War II · 1944 ✦

July 28, 1968

Vietnam War · Quang Nam Province, Republic of Vietnam · 1 recipient

Wayne Maurice Caron Hospital Corpsman Third Class · Navy Vietnam War · 1968 ✦