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March 25: Medal of Honor Actions

16 Medal of Honors earned on March 25 between 1865 and 1969.

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National Medal of Honor Day: Marks the first presentation of the Medal of Honor, to Private Jacob Parrott and five other Andrews’ Raiders, on March 25, 1863.

March 25, 1865

Civil War · Fort Stedman, Virginia · 12 recipients

JC Joseph Franklin Carter Captain · Army Civil War · 1865

Joseph B. Chambers Private · Army Civil War · 1865 JD John Milton Deane Major · Army Civil War · 1865 LG Levi B. Gaylord Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1865 CH Charles H. Houghton Captain · Army Civil War · 1865 WH William H. Howe Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1865 GL George H. Littlefield Corporal · Army Civil War · 1865 GM George E. McDonald Private · Army Civil War · 1865 JM James T. Murphy Private · Army Civil War · 1865 CO Charles Oliver Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1865

Charles H. Pinkham Sergeant Major · Army Civil War · 1865 GT George W. Thompkins Corporal · Army Civil War · 1865

March 25, 1873

Indian Campaigns · Turret Mountain, Arizona Territory · 2 recipients

DB Daniel Bishop Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1873 JH James Madison Hill First Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1873

March 25, 1899

Philippine Insurrection · at Tuliahan River, Philippine Islands · 1 recipient

George Franklin Shiels Major Surgeon · Army Philippine Insurrection · 1899

March 25, 1969

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

SD Stephen Holden Doane First Lieutenant · Army Vietnam War · 1969 ✦