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November 7: Medal of Honor Actions

10 Medal of Honors earned on November 7 between 1861 and 1967.

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November 7, 1861

Civil War · Hilton Head, South Carolina · 3 recipients

GB George H. Bell Captain of the Afterguard · Navy Civil War · 1861 WT William Thompson Signal Quartermaster · Navy Civil War · 1861 JW John Williams II Boatswain's Mate · Navy Civil War · 1861

November 7, 1863

Civil War · Rappahannock Station, Virginia · 3 recipients

Henry Seymour Hall Second Lieutenant & Captain · Army Civil War · 1863

Walter Goodale Morrill Captain · Army Civil War · 1863 OR Otis O. Roberts Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1863

November 7, 1943

World War II · Koromokina River, Bougainville Island, Solomon Islands · 1 recipient

Herbert Joseph Thomas Sergeant · Marine Corps World War II · 1943 ✦

November 7, 1944

World War II · St. Die, France · 2 recipients

William F. Leonard Private First Class · Army World War II · 1944 ✦

Joe M. Nishimoto Private First Class · Army World War II · 1944 ✦

November 7, 1967

Vietnam War · near Loc Ninh, Republic of Vietnam · 1 recipient

RS Robert Francis Stryker Specialist Fourth Class · Army Vietnam War · 1967 ✦