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May 16: Medal of Honor Actions

14 Medal of Honors earned on May 16 between 1863 and 1968.

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Armed Forces Day: The third Saturday in May honors everyone currently serving in the U.S. armed forces.

May 16, 1863

Civil War · Champion Hill, Mississippi · 2 recipients

JH James Hill First Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1863 GW George Wilhelm Captain · Army Civil War · 1863

May 16, 1864

Civil War · Drewry's Bluff, Virginia · 2 recipients

Robert A. Gray Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864

William Lord Musician · Army Civil War · 1864

May 16, 1869

Indian Campaigns · Spring Creek, Nebraska · 1 recipient

John Breckinridge Babcock First Lieutenant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869

May 16, 1899

Philippine Insurrection · near San Isidro, Luzon, Philippine Islands · 7 recipients

OB Otto A. Boehler Private · Army Philippine Insurrection · 1899 CD Charles P. Davis Private · Army Philippine Insurrection · 1899 FH Frank Charles High Private · Army Philippine Insurrection · 1899 JK John Baxter Kinne Private · Army Philippine Insurrection · 1899

Richard Moses Longfellow Private · Army Philippine Insurrection · 1899

Marcus William Robertson Private · Army Philippine Insurrection · 1899 FR Frank Fulton Ross Private · Army Philippine Insurrection · 1899

May 16, 1968

Vietnam War · Quang Tri Province, Republic of Vietnam · 2 recipients

Donald Everett Ballard Hospital Corpsman Second Class · Navy Vietnam War · 1968 AR Anund Charles Roark Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1968 ✦