Skip to content

On this day in history

November 16: Medal of Honor Actions

13 Medal of Honors earned on November 16 between 1863 and 1944.

← November 15 November 17 →Full calendar

November 16, 1863

Civil War · Charleston Harbor, South Carolina · 8 recipients

JB Joseph E. Brandle Private · Army Civil War · 1863 FG Frank S. Gile Landsman · Navy Civil War · 1863 TI Thomas Irving Coxswain · Navy Civil War · 1863 GL George W. Leland Gunner's Mate · Navy Civil War · 1863 JS John H. Starkins Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1863 FS Frederic William Swift Lieutenant Colonel · Army Civil War · 1863 WW William Williams Landsman · Navy Civil War · 1863 HY Horatio Nelson Young Seaman · Navy Civil War · 1863

November 16, 1879

Interim 1871–1899 · Norfolk Navy Yard, Virginia · 1 recipient

JT James Thayer Ship's Corporal · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1879

November 16, 1944

World War II · Wurselen, Germany · 4 recipients

FH Freeman Victor Horner Staff Sergeant · Army World War II · 1944

Jake William Lindsey Sr. Technical Sergeant · Army World War II · 1944 AM Andrew Miller Staff Sergeant · Army World War II · 1944 ✦ RR Ruben Rivers Staff Sergeant · Army World War II · 1944 ✦