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June 16: Medal of Honor Actions

8 Medal of Honors earned on June 16 between 1862 and 1966.

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June 16, 1862

Civil War · James Island, South Carolina · 2 recipients

Frederick Randolph Jackson First Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1862

Dewitt Clinton Lewis Captain · Army Civil War · 1862

June 16, 1864

Civil War · near the Richmond & Petersburg Railway, Virginia · 1 recipient

JG Joseph Olds Gregg Private · Army Civil War · 1864

June 16, 1943

World War II · over Buka area, Solomon Islands · 2 recipients

Joseph Raymond Sarnoski Second Lieutenant · Air Force World War II · 1943 ✦

Jay Zeamer Jr. Major · Air Force World War II · 1943

June 16, 1944

World War II · Saipan, Marianas Islands · 1 recipient

RM Robert Howard McCard Gunnery Sergeant · Marine Corps World War II · 1944 ✦

June 16, 1952

Korean War · Hill 528, Tang-Wan-Ni, Korea · 1 recipient

FM Fred B. McGee Corporal · Army Korean War · 1952 ✦

June 16, 1966

Vietnam War · near Chu Lai, Republic of Vietnam · 1 recipient

Jimmie Earl Howard Staff Sergeant · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1966