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June 15: Medal of Honor Actions

9 Medal of Honors earned on June 15 between 1863 and 1969.

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June 15, 1863

Civil War · Bristoe Station, Virginia · 2 recipients

NH Nathan Mullock Hallock Private · Army Civil War · 1863 CN Christopher Nugent Orderly Sergeant · Marine Corps Civil War · 1863

June 15, 1864

Civil War · near Kenesaw Mountain, Georgia · 4 recipients

WA William H. Appleton First Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1864 PH Pitt B. Herington Private · Army Civil War · 1864 WM William B. Mayes Private · Army Civil War · 1864 JS James K. Sturgeon Private · Army Civil War · 1864

June 15, 1880

Interim 1871–1899 · opposite the Navy Yard, Norfolk, Virginia · 2 recipients

JO James Francis O'Conner Landsman Engineer's Force · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1880 WS William Sweeney Landsman Engineer's Force · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1880

June 15, 1969

Vietnam War · Ong Muong Canal, Kien Hoa Province, Republic of Vietnam · 1 recipient

Thomas Gunning Kelley Lieutenant · Navy Vietnam War · 1969