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October 2: Medal of Honor Actions

9 Medal of Honors earned on October 2 between 1879 and 2012.

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October 2, 1879

Indian Campaigns · Milk River, Colorado · 1 recipient

HJ Henry Johnson Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1879

October 2, 1918

World War I · northeast of Binarville, in the Argonne Forest, France · 3 recipients

Nelson Miles Holderman Captain · Army World War I · 1918

George G. McMurtry Captain · Army World War I · 1918 CW Charles White Whittlesey Major · Army World War I · 1918

October 2, 1920

Interim 1920–1940 · near Hartford, Connecticut · 1 recipient

William Merrill Corry Jr. Lieutenant Commander · Navy Interim 1920–1940 · 1920 ✦

October 2, 1944

World War II · near Palenberg, Germany · 1 recipient

HK Harold G. Kiner Private · Army World War II · 1944 ✦

October 2, 1952

Korean War · Korea · 1 recipient

Jack William Kelso Private First Class · Marine Corps Korean War · 1952 ✦

October 2, 1969

Vietnam War · Kien Tuong Province, Republic of Vietnam · 1 recipient

Michael Joseph Novosel Chief Warrant Officer · Army Vietnam War · 1969

October 2, 2012

Afghanistan · Kapisa Province, Afghanistan · 1 recipient

Nicholas Dockery Second Lieutenant · Army Afghanistan · 2012