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July 9: Medal of Honor Actions

10 Medal of Honors earned on July 9 between 1862 and 1944.

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July 9, 1862

Civil War · near Hamilton, Roanoke River, North Carolina · 2 recipients

AH Allexander Hand Quartermaster · Navy Civil War · 1862 JK John Kelley Second Class Fireman · Navy Civil War · 1862

July 9, 1864

Civil War · Monocacy, Maryland · 2 recipients

George Evans Davis First Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1864

Alexander Scott Corporal · Army Civil War · 1864

July 9, 1876

Indian Campaigns, Interim 1871–1899 · Big Horn, Montana · 4 recipients

JB James Bell Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876

William Evans Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 JL John Lucy Second Class Boy · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1876 BS Benjamin F. Stewart Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876

July 9, 1943

World War II · Sicily, Sicily · 1 recipient

JP John Joseph Parle Ensign · Navy World War II · 1943 ✦

July 9, 1944

World War II · Ploesti, Rumania · 1 recipient

Donald Dale Pucket First Lieutenant · Air Force World War II · 1944 ✦