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September 9: Medal of Honor Actions

19 Medal of Honors earned on September 9 between 1865 and 1943.

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September 9, 1865

Interim 1865–1870 · New York Navy Yard, New York · 1 recipient

JT John Taylor Seaman · Navy Interim 1865–1870 · 1865

September 9, 1874

Indian Campaigns · Upper Wichita River, Texas · 12 recipients

WD William de Armond Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1874 ✦ FH Fred Stewart Hay Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1874 JJ John James Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1874 JK John J. h Kelly Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1874 TK Thomas Kelly Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1874 GK George Krause Kitchen Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1874 JK John W. Knox Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1874 WK William Koelpin Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1874 JM John Mitchell First Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1874 WM William W. Morris Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1874 FN Frederick S. Neilon Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1874 ES Edward Clay Sharpless Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1874

September 9, 1876

Indian Campaigns · Slim Buttes, Dakota Territory · 2 recipients

JK John A. Kirkwood Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 RS Robert Smith Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876

September 9, 1899

Philippine Insurrection · near Porac, Luzon, Philippine Islands · 2 recipients

James Franklin Bell Colonel · Army Philippine Insurrection · 1899

William Remsburg Grove Lieutenant Colonel · Army Philippine Insurrection · 1899

September 9, 1915

Interim 1915–1916 · U.S.S. Decatur at Sea · 1 recipient

ES Eugene P. Smith Chief Watertender · Navy Interim 1915–1916 · 1915

September 9, 1943

World War II · near Salerno, Italy · 1 recipient

JL James Marion Logan Sergeant · Army World War II · 1943