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October 6: Medal of Honor Actions

4 Medal of Honors earned on October 6 between 1863 and 1918.

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October 6, 1863

Civil War · Baxter Springs, Kansas · 1 recipient

James Burton Pond First Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1863

October 6, 1918

World War I · near Binarville, France · 3 recipients

Erwin Russell Bleckley Second Lieutenant · Air Force World War I · 1918 ✦

Harold Ernest Goettler First Lieutenant · Air Force World War I · 1918 ✦ AP Archie A. Peck Private · Army World War I · 1918