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March 31: Medal of Honor Actions

13 Medal of Honors earned on March 31 between 1865 and 1971.

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March 31, 1865

Civil War · Chamberlains Creek, Virginia · 6 recipients

PB Peter Martin Boehm Second Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1865 WH William B. Hooper Corporal · Army Civil War · 1865

Horatio Collins King Major & Quartermaster · Army Civil War · 1865 FL Franklin W. Lutes Corporal · Army Civil War · 1865

William H. Sickles Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1865 JW John Wilson Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1865

March 31, 1899

Interim 1899–1910 · off the coast of Jamaica, Jamaica · 1 recipient

John S. Stokes Chief Master-of-Arms · Navy Interim 1899–1910 · 1899

March 31, 1901

Interim 1899–1910 · Cavite, Manila Bay, on board the U.S.S. Petrel, Luzon · 3 recipients

TC Thomas Cahey Seaman · Navy Interim 1899–1910 · 1901 AG Alphonse Girandy Seaman · Navy Interim 1899–1910 · 1901 LP Louis Fred Pfeifer Private · Marine Corps Interim 1899–1910 · 1901

March 31, 1945

World War II · Villa Verde Trail, Luzon, Philippine Islands · 1 recipient

William Ralph Shockley Private First Class · Army World War II · 1945 ✦

March 31, 1967

Vietnam War · vicinity of Phu Loc, Vietnam · 1 recipient

JC James Capers Jr. Major · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1967

March 31, 1971

Vietnam War · Fire Base 6, Kontum Province, Republic of Vietnam · 1 recipient

Brian Miles Thacker First Lieutenant · Army Vietnam War · 1971