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June 23: Medal of Honor Actions

6 Medal of Honors earned on June 23 between 1864 and 1944.

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June 23, 1864

Civil War · Wilmington, North Carolina · 4 recipients

JD James Drury Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 JS John Sullivan Seaman · Navy Civil War · 1864 DW David Warren Coxswain · Navy Civil War · 1864 WW William Wright Yeoman · Navy Civil War · 1864

June 23, 1944

World War II · Normandy, France · 2 recipients

John Edward Butts Second Lieutenant · Army World War II · 1944 ✦

David Richard Kingsley Second Lieutenant · Air Force World War II · 1944 ✦