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November 5: Medal of Honor Actions

8 Medal of Honors earned on November 5 between 1874 and 1966.

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November 5, 1874

Indian Campaigns · Staked Plains, Texas · 1 recipient

John W. Comfort Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1874

November 5, 1899

Philippine Insurrection · near Calulut, Luzon, Philippine Islands · 2 recipients

Clarence Milville Condon Sergeant · Army Philippine Insurrection · 1899 AW Amos Weaver Sergeant · Army Philippine Insurrection · 1899

November 5, 1917

World War I · between Bermuda & the Azores, Atlantic Ocean · 1 recipient

Tedford Harris Cann Seaman · Navy World War I · 1917

November 5, 1918

World War I · Clery-le-Petit, France · 1 recipient

Edward C. Allworth Captain · Army World War I · 1918

November 5, 1950

Korean War · near Chonghyon, Korea · 1 recipient

Mitchell Red Cloud Jr. Corporal · Army Korean War · 1950 ✦

November 5, 1966

Vietnam War · near Dau Tieng, Republic of Vietnam · 2 recipients

JB John Franklin Baker Jr. Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1966

Robert Franklin Foley Captain · Army Vietnam War · 1966