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May 8: Medal of Honor Actions

11 Medal of Honors earned on May 8 between 1862 and 1970.

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May 8, 1862

Civil War · McDowell, Virginia · 1 recipient

DM Delano Morey Private · Army Civil War · 1862

May 8, 1864

Civil War · Dug Gap, Georgia · 7 recipients

GG George Norton Galloway Private · Army Civil War · 1864 CM Charles W. McKay Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 LN Lee Nutting Captain · Army Civil War · 1864

Charles Edward Phelps Colonel · Army Civil War · 1864

Robert Stoddart Robertson First Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1864

John Cleveland Robinson Brigadier General · Army Civil War · 1864 SW Stephen Welch Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864

May 8, 1942

World War II · Coral Sea · 1 recipient

Milton Ernest Ricketts Lieutenant · Navy World War II · 1942 ✦

May 8, 1945

World War II · Balete Pass, Luzon, Philippine Islands · 1 recipient

AK Anton L. Krotiak Private First Class · Army World War II · 1945 ✦

May 8, 1970

Vietnam War · Quang Ngai Province, Republic of Vietnam · 1 recipient

Miguel Keith Lance Corporal · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1970 ✦