Skip to content

On this day in history

October 4: Medal of Honor Actions

8 Medal of Honors earned on October 4 between 1862 and 1944.

← October 3 October 5 →Full calendar

October 4, 1862

Civil War · Corinth, Mississippi · 2 recipients

James W. Archer First Lieutenant & Adjutant · Army Civil War · 1862

Wager Swayne Lieutenant Colonel · Army Civil War · 1862

October 4, 1918

World War I · Argonne Forest, France · 4 recipients

Benjamin Kaufman First Sergeant · Army World War I · 1918

James Jonas Madison Lieutenant Commander · Navy World War I · 1918 SM Sterling Lewis Morelock Private · Army World War I · 1918

Harold W. Roberts Corporal · Army World War I · 1918 ✦

October 4, 1944

World War II · Mt. Battaglia, Italy · 2 recipients

Manuel V. Mendoza Staff Sergeant · Army World War II · 1944 ✦ WP Wesley P. Phelps Private · Marine Corps World War II · 1944 ✦