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July 31: Medal of Honor Actions

4 Medal of Honors earned on July 31 between 1864 and 1944.

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July 31, 1864

Civil War · Back Creek Valley, near North Mountain, West Virginia · 1 recipient

Charles H. Marsh Private · Army Civil War · 1864

July 31, 1943

World War II · near Gagliano, Sicily, Sicily · 2 recipients

GK Gerry Herman Kisters Second Lieutenant · Army World War II · 1943

Rodger Wilton Young Private · Army World War II · 1943 ✦

July 31, 1944

World War II · off Taiwan · 1 recipient

Lawson Paterson "Red" Ramage Commander · Navy World War II · 1944