On this day in history
October 20: Medal of Honor Actions
39 Medal of Honors earned on October 20 between 1869 and 1951.
October 20, 1869
Indian Campaigns · Chiricahua Mountains, Arizona Territory · 33 recipients
JC
John Carr
CD
Charles H. Dickens
JD
John L. Donahue
EE
Edwin L. Elwood
JG
John Georgian
MH
Mosher A. Harding
FJ
Frederick Jarvis
BK
Bartholomew T. Keenan
CK
Charles Kelley
NM
Nicholas Meaher
EM
Edward Murphy
FO
Francis Oliver
EP
Edward Pengally
TP
Thomas Powers
JR
James Russell
CS
Charles Schroeter
RS
Robert B. Scott
GS
Griffin Seward
AS
Andrew J. Smith
TS
Theodore F. Smith
TS
Thomas J. Smith
TS
Thomas Smith
WS
William H. Smith
WS
William Smith
Orizoba Spence
GS
George Springer
CS
Christian Steiner
TS
Thomas Sullivan
JS
James Sumner
JT
John Thompson
JT
John Tracy
CW
Charles H. Ward
EW
Enoch R. Weiss
Orizoba Spence
GS
George Springer
CS
Christian Steiner
TS
Thomas Sullivan
JS
James Sumner
JT
John Thompson
JT
John Tracy
CW
Charles H. Ward
EW
Enoch R. Weiss
October 20, 1879
Indian Campaigns · near Camp, White River, Colorado · 1 recipient
October 20, 1924
Interim 1920–1940 · Virginia Cape, Norfolk, on board the U.S.S. Trenton, Virginia · 2 recipients
October 20, 1944
World War II · near Bruyeres, France · 2 recipients
October 20, 1951
Korean War · Hill 765, near Sangsan-ni, Korea · 1 recipient





