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May 31: Medal of Honor Actions

8 Medal of Honors earned on May 31 between 1862 and 1951.

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May 31, 1862

Civil War · Fair Oaks, Virginia · 4 recipients

AF Alexander A. Forman Corporal · Army Civil War · 1862

Samuel S. French Private · Army Civil War · 1862 HP Hiram W. Purcell Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1862

William Rufus Shafter First Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1862

May 31, 1864

Civil War · near Bethesda Church, Virginia · 1 recipient

George Lewis Gillespie Jr. First Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1864

May 31, 1944

World War II · near Lanuvio, Italy · 1 recipient

FS Furman L. Smith Private · Army World War II · 1944 ✦

May 31, 1945

World War II · Hen Hill, Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands · 1 recipient

CC Clarence Byrle Craft Private First Class · Army World War II · 1945

May 31, 1951

Korean War · near Wontong-ni, Korea · 1 recipient

Rodolfo Perez Hernandez Corporal · Army Korean War · 1951