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October 5: Medal of Honor Actions

11 Medal of Honors earned on October 5 between 1864 and 1944.

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October 5, 1864

Civil War · Allatoona, Georgia · 1 recipient

JC James E. Croft Private · Army Civil War · 1864

October 5, 1870

Indian Campaigns · Wichita River, Texas · 6 recipients

JA James Anderson Jr. Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1870 SB Samuel Bowden Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1870 JD James B. Dozier Guide · Army Indian Campaigns · 1870 DK Daniel Keating Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1870 MW Michael Welch Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1870 BW Benjamin Wilson Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1870

October 5, 1898

Indian Campaigns · Leech Lake, Minnesota · 1 recipient

Oscar R. Burkard Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1898

October 5, 1918

World War I · Vierzy & Somme-Py, France · 2 recipients

John Henry Balch Pharmacist's Mate First Class · Navy World War I · 1918

Michael B. Ellis Sergeant · Army World War I · 1918

October 5, 1944

World War II · Peleliu Island, Palau Islands · 1 recipient

Richard Edward Kraus Private First Class · Marine Corps World War II · 1944 ✦