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May 18: Medal of Honor Actions

8 Medal of Honors earned on May 18 between 1864 and 1968.

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May 18, 1864

Civil War · Spotsylvania, Virginia · 3 recipients

RB Richard Beddows Private · Army Civil War · 1864 JE James Edgar Engle Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 JK John Kinsey Corporal · Army Civil War · 1864

May 18, 1951

Korean War · Vicinity of P'ungch'on-ni, Korea · 1 recipient

WN Wataru Nakamura Private · Army Korean War · 1951 ✦

May 18, 1966

Vietnam War · Republic of Vietnam · 1 recipient

JS Jimmy Goethel Stewart Staff Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1966 ✦

May 18, 1967

Vietnam War · Pleiku Province, Republic of Vietnam · 2 recipients

BG Bruce Alan Grandstaff Platoon Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1967 ✦ DW Dale Eugene Wayrynen Specialist Fourth Class · Army Vietnam War · 1967 ✦

May 18, 1968

Vietnam War · Quan Tan Uyen Province, Republic of Vietnam · 1 recipient

PG Peter Mathew Guenette Specialist Fourth Class · Army Vietnam War · 1968 ✦