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July 8: Medal of Honor Actions

9 Medal of Honors earned on July 8 between 1869 and 1953.

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July 8, 1869

Indian Campaigns · Republican River, Kansas · 2 recipients

CC Co-Rux-Te-Chod-Ish (Mad Bear) Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869 JK John Kyle Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869

July 8, 1873

Indian Campaigns · Fort Selden, New Mexico · 5 recipients

FB Frank Bratling Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1873 ✦ LL Leonidas S. Lytle Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1873 JM James L. Morris First Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1873 JS John Sheerin Blacksmith · Army Indian Campaigns · 1873 HW Henry Wills Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1873

July 8, 1944

World War II · Saipan, Mariana Islands · 1 recipient

Grant Frederick Timmerman Sergeant · Marine Corps World War II · 1944 ✦

July 8, 1953

Korean War · Pork Chop Hill, near Sokkogae · 1 recipient

Dan Dwain Schoonover Corporal · Army Korean War · 1953 ✦