On this day in history
May 22: Medal of Honor Actions
102 Medal of Honors earned on May 22 between 1863 and 1951.
May 22, 1863
Civil War · Vicksburg, Mississippi · 100 recipients
CA
Christian Albert
WA
William J. Archinal
CA
Clinton Lycurgus Armstrong
DA
David Ayers
JA
John G. k Ayers
WB
William H. Barringer
MB
Matthew Bickford
TB
Thomas A. Blasdel
EB
Emmer Bowen
UB
Uriah H. Brown
WB
William P. Brownell
JB
John C. Buckley
HB
Henry G. Buhrman
William Bumgarner
WC
William Campbell
Isaac Harrison Carmin
WC
William W. Chisman
CC
Carlos W. Colby
JC
John Wesley Conaway
Robert Mitchell Cox
James Smith Cunningham
MD
Martin K. Davis
David Frakes Day
Richard Willis Dewitt
DD
David Dickie
John Henry Dorman
JD
James Dunne
JE
John N. Eckes
JE
James M. Elson
JF
John H. Fisher
James Edward Flynn
Joseph Frantz
William W. Fraser
Franz Frey
Henry F. Frizzell
NG
Nicholas Geschwind
LG
Leonidas Mahlon Godley
Andrew E. Goldsbery
Newton Thomas Gould
TG
Thomas Guinn
JH
Joseph Hanks
Sampson Harris
DH
David H. Helms
JH
James Henry
Thomas J. Higgins
LH
Louis T. Hunt
TH
Theodore Hyatt
James Jardine
WJ
William F. John
Elisha Johns
Andrew Johnson
DJ
David H. Johnston
DJ
David Jones
Dennis Thomas Kirby
CK
Charles H. Kloth
George Kretsinger
Joseph S. Labill
JL
James W. Larrabee
WL
William Henry Longshore
Robert A. Lower
JM
James M. McClelland
AM
Andrew McCornack
EM
Edward McGinn
WM
Wilson McGonagle
PM
Patrick McGuire
JM
Jacob C. Miller
JM
Jerome Morford
TM
Thomas C. Murphy
JN
Jasper N. North
John O'Dea
JO
Jacob H. Overturf
JP
Joel Parsons
PP
Platt Pearsall
WP
Winthrop D. Putnam
WR
William Reed
LR
Louis Renninger
FR
Frederick Rock
Charles Wesley Rundle
Jacob Sanford
BS
Benjamin W. Schenck
AS
Andrew Schmauch
CS
Christian Schnell
RS
Reuben Smalley
Benona Sprague
WS
William Steinmetz
WS
William G. Stephens
George Henry Stockman
Frank Stolz
JS
James Calvin Summers
Jacob Swegheimer
WT
William Toomer
Howell G. Trogden
JW
John W. Wagner
Thomas J. Ward
JW
John Warden
EW
Edward Welsh
PW
Patrick H. White
Andrew J. Widick
RW
Richard H. Wood
JW
Joseph Wortick
William Bumgarner
WC
William Campbell
Isaac Harrison Carmin
WC
William W. Chisman
CC
Carlos W. Colby
JC
John Wesley Conaway
Robert Mitchell Cox
James Smith Cunningham
MD
Martin K. Davis
David Frakes Day
Richard Willis Dewitt
DD
David Dickie
John Henry Dorman
JD
James Dunne
JE
John N. Eckes
JE
James M. Elson
JF
John H. Fisher
James Edward Flynn
Joseph Frantz
William W. Fraser
Franz Frey
Henry F. Frizzell
NG
Nicholas Geschwind
LG
Leonidas Mahlon Godley
Andrew E. Goldsbery
Newton Thomas Gould
TG
Thomas Guinn
JH
Joseph Hanks
Sampson Harris
DH
David H. Helms
JH
James Henry
Thomas J. Higgins
LH
Louis T. Hunt
TH
Theodore Hyatt
James Jardine
WJ
William F. John
Elisha Johns
Andrew Johnson
DJ
David H. Johnston
DJ
David Jones
Dennis Thomas Kirby
CK
Charles H. Kloth
George Kretsinger
Joseph S. Labill
JL
James W. Larrabee
WL
William Henry Longshore
Robert A. Lower
JM
James M. McClelland
AM
Andrew McCornack
EM
Edward McGinn
WM
Wilson McGonagle
PM
Patrick McGuire
JM
Jacob C. Miller
JM
Jerome Morford
TM
Thomas C. Murphy
JN
Jasper N. North
John O'Dea
JO
Jacob H. Overturf
JP
Joel Parsons
PP
Platt Pearsall
WP
Winthrop D. Putnam
WR
William Reed
LR
Louis Renninger
FR
Frederick Rock
Charles Wesley Rundle
Jacob Sanford
BS
Benjamin W. Schenck
AS
Andrew Schmauch
CS
Christian Schnell
RS
Reuben Smalley
Benona Sprague
WS
William Steinmetz
WS
William G. Stephens
George Henry Stockman
Frank Stolz
JS
James Calvin Summers
Jacob Swegheimer
WT
William Toomer
Howell G. Trogden
JW
John W. Wagner
Thomas J. Ward
JW
John Warden
EW
Edward Welsh
PW
Patrick H. White
Andrew J. Widick
RW
Richard H. Wood
JW
Joseph Wortick
May 22, 1864
Civil War · Greenbrier River, West Virginia · 1 recipient
May 22, 1951
Korean War · Changyongni, Korea · 1 recipient