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September 26: Medal of Honor Actions

15 Medal of Honors earned on September 26 between 1864 and 1950.

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September 26, 1864

Civil War · North Fork, Virginia · 1 recipient

William Giles Hills Private · Army Civil War · 1864

September 26, 1874

Indian Campaigns · Red River, Texas · 4 recipients

GM Gregory Mahoney Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1874 WM William McCabe Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1874 AP Adam Paine Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1874 EP Edwin Phoenix Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1874

September 26, 1918

World War I · near Eclisfontaine, France · 9 recipients

Deming Bronson First Lieutenant · Army World War I · 1918 DC Donald Marshall Call Corporal · Army World War I · 1918 PK Phillip Carl Katz Sergeant · Army World War I · 1918

George H. Mallon Captain · Army World War I · 1918

Willie Sandlin Sergeant · Army World War I · 1918 LS Lloyd Martin Seibert Sergeant · Army World War I · 1918 AS Alexander Rives Skinker Captain · Army World War I · 1918 ✦ CW Chester Howard West First Sergeant · Army World War I · 1918 NW Nels T. Wold Private · Army World War I · 1918 ✦

September 26, 1950

Korean War · Seoul, Korea · 1 recipient

Eugene Arnold Obregon Private First Class · Marine Corps Korean War · 1950 ✦