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March 15: Medal of Honor Actions

4 Medal of Honors earned on March 15 between 1865 and 1967.

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March 15, 1865

Civil War · Black River, North Carolina · 1 recipient

HS Henry I. Smith First Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1865

March 15, 1945

World War II · near Merzwiller, France · 2 recipients

Silvestre Santana Herrera Private First Class · Army World War II · 1945

Francis Junior Pierce Pharmacist's Mate First Class · Navy World War II · 1945

March 15, 1967

Vietnam War · Hau Nghia Province, Republic of Vietnam · 1 recipient

RS Ruppert Leon Sargent First Lieutenant · Army Vietnam War · 1967 ✦