Skip to content

On this day in history

May 10: Medal of Honor Actions

9 Medal of Honors earned on May 10 between 1863 and 1970.

← May 9 May 11 →Full calendar

May 10, 1863

Civil War · Horseshoe Bend, Kentucky · 1 recipient

Byron M. Cutcheon Major · Army Civil War · 1863

May 10, 1864

Civil War · Laurel Hill, Virginia · 2 recipients

Moses Augustine Luce Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864

Thomas Orville Seaver Colonel · Army Civil War · 1864

May 10, 1866

Interim 1865–1870 · off Eastport, Maine · 3 recipients

RB Richard Bates Seaman · Navy Interim 1865–1870 · 1866 JB John Brown Captain of the Afterguard · Navy Interim 1865–1870 · 1866 TB Thomas Burke Seaman · Navy Interim 1865–1870 · 1866

May 10, 1942

World War II · Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands · 1 recipient

Harold William "indian joe" Bauer Lieutenant Colonel · Marine Corps World War II · 1942 ✦

May 10, 1945

World War II · Okinawa Shima, Ryukyu Islands · 1 recipient

William David Halyburton Jr. Pharmacist's Mate Second Class · Navy World War II · 1945 ✦

May 10, 1970

Vietnam War · Se San, Cambodia · 1 recipient

Leslie H. Sabo Jr. Specialist Fourth Class · Army Vietnam War · 1970 ✦