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June 27: Medal of Honor Actions

12 Medal of Honors earned on June 27 between 1862 and 2005.

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June 27, 1862

Civil War · Gaines' Mill, Virginia · 7 recipients

Daniel Adams Butterfield Brigadier General · Army Civil War · 1862 CH Charles F. Hopkins Corporal · Army Civil War · 1862 JK John Kaiser First Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1862

John Henry Moffitt Corporal · Army Civil War · 1862

George Dallas Sidman Private · Army Civil War · 1862

Ernest von Vegesack Major & Aide-de-Camp · Army Civil War · 1862 GW George C. Williams Quartermaster Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1862

June 27, 1863

Civil War · Shelbyville, Tennessee · 1 recipient

CD Charles C. Davis Major · Army Civil War · 1863

June 27, 1864

Civil War · Kenesaw Mountain, Georgia · 1 recipient

AW Alason P. Webber Musician · Army Civil War · 1864

June 27, 1878

Interim 1871–1899 · Mare Island, California · 1 recipient

HT Henry Thompson Seaman · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1878

June 27, 1969

Vietnam War · Binh Duong Province, Republic of Vietnam · 1 recipient

HB Hammett Lee Bowen Jr. Staff Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1969 ✦

June 27, 2005

Afghanistan · Near Asadabad, Afghanistan · 1 recipient

Michael P. Murphy Lieutenant · Navy Afghanistan · 2005 ✦