Recipients A–Z

Last names starting with “B”

342 Medal of Honor recipients.

342 recipients

Name	Rank	Branch	Conflict	Action
John Breckinridge Babcock	First Lieutenant	Army	Indian Campaigns	May 16, 1869
William J. Babcock	Sergeant	Army	Civil War	April 2, 1865
John Philip Baca	Specialist Fourth Class	Army	Vietnam War	February 10, 1970
Elijah William Bacon✦	Private	Army	Civil War	July 3, 1863
Nicky Daniel Bacon	Staff Sergeant	Army	Vietnam War	August 26, 1968
William Badders	Chief Machinist's Mate	Navy	Interim 1920–1940	May 23, 1939
Oscar Charles Badger	Ensign	Navy	Veracruz 1914	April 21, 1914
Albert E. Baesel✦	Second Lieutenant	Army	World War I	September 27, 1918
James E. Bailey	Sergeant	Army	Indian Campaigns	1872
Kenneth Dillon Bailey✦	Major	Marine Corps	World War II	September 12 - 13, 1942
Absalom Baird	Brigadier General	Army	Civil War	September 1, 1864
George William Baird	First Lieutenant, Adjutant	Army	Indian Campaigns	September 30, 1877
Addison Earl Baker✦	Lieutenant Colonel	Air Force	World War II	August 1, 1943
Benjamin F. Baker	Coxswain	Navy	Spanish-American War	May 11, 1898
Charles Baker	Quarter Gunner	Navy	Civil War	August 5, 1864
Edward Lee Baker Jr.	Sergeant Major	Army	Spanish-American War	July 1, 1898
John Baker	Musician	Army	Indian Campaigns	October 21, 1876
John Franklin Baker Jr.	Sergeant	Army	Vietnam War	November 5, 1966
Thomas Alexander Baker Jr.✦	Sergeant	Army	World War II	June 19 - July 7, 1944
Vernon Joseph Baker	First Lieutenant	Army	World War II	April 5 - 6, 1945
John Henry Balch	Pharmacist's Mate First Class	Navy	World War I	October 5, 1918
Joe R. Baldonado✦	Corporal	Army	Korean War	November 25, 1950
Charles H. Baldwin	Coal Heaver	Navy	Civil War	May 25, 1864
Frank Dwight Baldwin	Captain	Army	Civil War	July 12, 1864
Frank Dwight Baldwin	First Lieutenant	Army	Indian Campaigns	November 8, 1874
Donald Everett Ballard	Hospital Corpsman Second Class	Navy	Vietnam War	May 16, 1968
Frederick A. Ballen	Private	Army	Civil War	May 3, 1863
Neil Bancroft	Private	Army	Indian Campaigns	June 25, 1876
George Lovell Banks	Sergeant	Army	Civil War	November 25, 1863
James Albert Barber	Corporal	Army	Civil War	April 2, 1865
William Earl Barber	Captain	Marine Corps	Korean War	November 28 - December 2, 1950
Van Thomas Barfoot	Second Lieutenant	Army	World War II	May 23, 1944
Charles Denver Barger	Private First Class	Army	World War I	October 31, 1918
David B. Barkeley✦	Private	Army	World War I	November 9, 1918
Charles H. Barker✦	Private First Class	Army	Korean War	June 4, 1953
Jedh Colby Barker✦	Lance Corporal	Marine Corps	Vietnam War	September 21, 1967
Nathaniel C. Barker	Sergeant	Army	Civil War	May 12, 1864
John Lewis Barkley	Private First Class	Army	World War I	October 7, 1918
John Andrew Barnes III✦	Private First Class	Army	Vietnam War	November 12, 1967
Will Croft Barnes	Private First Class	Army	Indian Campaigns	September 1, 1881
William Henry Barnes	Private	Army	Civil War	September 29, 1864
Harvey Curtiss "Barney" Barnum Jr.	Captain	Marine Corps	Vietnam War	December 18, 1965
Henry Alanson Barnum	Colonel	Army	Civil War	November 23, 1863
James Barnum	Boatswain's Mate	Navy	Civil War	January 13 - 15, 1865
Charles L. Barrell	First Lieutenant	Army	Civil War	April 1865
Carlton William Barrett	Private	Army	World War II	June 6, 1944
Edward Barrett	Second Class Fireman	Navy	Interim 1871–1899	September 14, 1881
Richard Barrett	First Sergeant	Army	Indian Campaigns	May 23, 1872
Jesse T. Barrick	Corporal	Army	Civil War	May 26 - June 2, 1863
William H. Barringer	Private	Army	Civil War	May 22, 1863
David Duffy Barrow	Seaman	Navy	Spanish-American War	May 11, 1898
Augustus Barry	Sergeant Major	Army	Civil War	1863
Frank J. Bart	Private	Army	World War I	October 3, 1918
Gurdon H. Barter	Landsman	Navy	Civil War	January 15, 1865
Thomas Barton	Seaman	Navy	Civil War	October 3, 1862
John "Manila John" Basilone	Sergeant	Marine Corps	World War II	October 24 - 25, 1942
David L. Bass	Seaman	Navy	Civil War	January 15, 1865
Richard Napoleon Batchelder	Lieutenant Colonel and Chief Quartermaster	Army	Civil War	October 13 - 15, 1863
Delavan Bates	Colonel	Army	Civil War	July 30, 1864
Norman Francis Bates	Sergeant	Army	Civil War	April 16, 1865
Richard Bates	Seaman	Navy	Interim 1865–1870	May 10, 1866
Matthew Arlington Batson	First Lieutenant	Army	Philippine Insurrection	July 26, 1899
Harold William "indian joe" Bauer✦	Lieutenant Colonel	Marine Corps	World War II	May 10 - November 14, 1942
William Bernard Baugh✦	Private First Class	Marine Corps	Korean War	November 29, 1950
Lewis Kenneth Bausell✦	Corporal	Marine Corps	World War II	September 15, 1944
Philip Baybutt	Private	Army	Civil War	September 24, 1864
Philip Bazaar	Ordinary Seaman	Navy	Civil War	January 15, 1865
Hiram Iddings Bearss	Captain	Marine Corps	Philippine Insurrection	November 17, 1901
Harry C. Beasley	Seaman	Navy	Veracruz 1914	April 21, 1914
Alexander Mitchell Beatty	Captain	Army	Civil War	June 5, 1864
Powhatan Beaty	First Sergeant	Army	Civil War	September 29, 1864
Raymond Ovila Beaudoin✦	First Lieutenant	Army	World War II	April 6, 1945
Clay Beauford	First Sergeant	Army	Indian Campaigns	1872
Jean J. Beaufort	Corporal	Army	Civil War	May 20, 1863
Eugene Beauharnais Beaumont	Major and Assistant Adjutant General	Army	Civil War	April 2, 1865
Edward James Bebb	Private	Army	Civil War	April 16, 1865
Wallace A. Beckwith	Private	Army	Civil War	December 13, 1862
Richard Beddows	Private	Army	Civil War	May 18, 1864
William Sully Beebe	First lieutenant	Army	Civil War	April 23, 1864
John P. Beech	Sergeant	Army	Civil War	May 12, 1864
Terrence Begley✦	Private	Army	Civil War	June 3, 1864
Frederick Behne	Fireman First Class	Navy	Interim 1899–1910	January 25, 1905
Heinrich Behnke	Seaman First Class	Navy	Interim 1899–1910	January 25, 1905
Gary Burnell Beikirch	Sergeant	Army	Vietnam War	April 1, 1970
Ted Belcher✦	Sergeant	Army	Vietnam War	November 19, 1966
Thomas Belcher	Private	Army	Civil War	September 29, 1864
Unknown Soldier of Belgium✦		Unknown Soldiers	World War I	—
Bernard Pious Bell	Technical Sergeant	Army	World War II	December 18, 1944
Dennis Bell	Private	Army	Spanish-American War	June 30, 1898
George H. Bell	Captain of the Afterguard	Navy	Civil War	November 7, 1861
Harry Bell	Captain	Army	Philippine Insurrection	October 17, 1899
James Bennett Bell	Sergeant	Army	Civil War	November 25, 1863
James Bell	Private	Army	Indian Campaigns	July 9, 1876
James Franklin Bell	Colonel	Army	Philippine Insurrection	September 9, 1899
David G. Bellavia	Staff Sergeant	Army	Iraq	November 10, 2004
Leslie Allen Bellrichard✦	Private First Class	Army	Vietnam War	May 20, 1967
William Henry Belpitt	Captain of the Afterguard	Navy	Interim 1871–1899	October 7, 1884
Roy Perez Benavidez	Master Sergeant	Army	Vietnam War	May 2, 1968
Stanley Bender	Staff Sergeant	Army	World War II	August 17, 1944
George Greenville Benedict	Second Lieutenant	Army	Civil War	July 3, 1863
Edward Clyde "ted" Benfold✦	Hospital Corpsman Third Class	Navy	Korean War	September 5, 1952
George Benjamin Jr.✦	Private First Class	Army	World War II	December 21, 1944
John Francis Benjamin	Corporal	Army	Civil War	April 6, 1865
Samuel Nicholl Benjamin	First Lieutenant	Army	Civil War	June 1861
Edward Andrew Bennett	Corporal	Army	World War II	February 1, 1945
Emory Lawrence Bennett✦	Private First Class	Army	Korean War	June 24, 1951
Floyd Bennett	Machinist	Navy	Interim 1920–1940	May 9, 1926
James Harvey Bennett	Chief Boatswain's Mate	Navy	Spanish-American War	May 11, 1898
Orrin Bennett	Private	Army	Civil War	April 6, 1865
Orson W. Bennett	First Lieutenant	Army	Civil War	November 30, 1864
Steven Logan Bennett✦	Captain	Air Force	Vietnam War	June 29, 1972
Thomas William Bennett✦	Corporal	Army	Vietnam War	February 9 - 11, 1969
Mervyn Sharp Bennion✦	Captain	Navy	World War II	December 7, 1941
William Bensinger	Private	Army	Civil War	April 1862
James Benson	Seaman	Navy	Interim 1871–1899	June 20, 1872
William Henry harrison Benyaurd	First Lieutenant, Engineers	Army	Civil War	April 1, 1865
George Francis Berg	Private	Army	Spanish-American War	July 1, 1898
Frederick Bergendahl	Private	Army	Indian Campaigns	December 8, 1874
Randolph Carter Berkeley	Major	Marine Corps	Veracruz 1914	April 21, 1914
Charles Joseph Berry✦	Corporal	Marine Corps	World War II	March 3, 1945
Vito R. Bertoldo	Master Sergeant	Army	World War II	January 9 - 10, 1945
Heinrich Bertram	Corporal	Army	Indian Campaigns	August 13 - October 31, 1868
Charles Albert Bessey	Corporal	Army	Indian Campaigns	January 13, 1877
Asa Betham	Coxswain	Navy	Civil War	December 24, 1864
Charles Malone Betts	Lieutenant Colonel	Army	Civil War	April 19, 1865
Albert Beyer	Coxswain	Navy	Spanish-American War	May 11, 1898
Arthur O. Beyer	Corporal	Army	World War II	January 15, 1945
Hillary Beyer	Second Lieutenant	Army	Civil War	September 17, 1862
Willibald Charles Bianchi✦	First Lieutenant	Army	World War II	February 3, 1942
Charles James Bibber	Gunner's Mate	Navy	Civil War	December 23, 1864
Henry H. Bickford	Corporal	Army	Civil War	March 2, 1865
John F. Bickford	Captain of the Top	Navy	Civil War	June 19, 1864
Matthew Bickford	Corporal	Army	Civil War	May 22, 1863
Charles Goodwin Bickham	First Lieutenant	Army	Philippine Insurrection	May 2, 1902
Melvin Earl Biddle	Private First Class	Army	World War II	December 23 - 24, 1944
Charles Bieger	Private	Army	Civil War	February 22, 1864
George Wesley Biegler	Captain	Army	Philippine Insurrection	October 21, 1900
Elmer Charles Bigelow✦	Watertender First Class	Navy	World War II	February 14, 1945
Richard Binder	Sergeant	Marine Corps	Civil War	January 13 - 15, 1865
Henry Harrison Bingham	Captain	Army	Civil War	May 6, 1864
Horatio L. Birdsall	Sergeant	Army	Civil War	April 16, 1865
Dwight W. Birdwell	Specialist Five	Army	Vietnam War	January 31, 1968
William Edward Birkhimer	Captain	Army	Philippine Insurrection	May 13, 1899
Charles Francis Bishop	Quartermaster Second Class	Navy	Veracruz 1914	April 21, 1914
Daniel Bishop	Sergeant	Army	Indian Campaigns	March 25, 1873
Francis A. Bishop	Private	Army	Civil War	May 12, 1864
Arnold L. Bjorklund	First Lieutenant	Army	World War II	September 13, 1943
Ernest H. Bjorkman	Ordinary Seaman	Navy	Interim 1899–1910	January 21, 1903
John Charles Black	Lieutenant Colonel	Army	Civil War	December 7, 1862
William Perkins Black	Captain	Army	Civil War	March 7, 1862
Wilmon Whilldin Blackmar	Lieutenant	Army	Civil War	April 1, 1865
Robert Lester Blackwell✦	Private	Army	World War I	October 11, 1918
William Robert douglas Blackwood	Surgeon	Army	Civil War	April 2, 1865
William Blagheen	Ship's Cook	Navy	Civil War	August 5, 1864
James Blair	First Sergeant	Army	Indian Campaigns	1872
Robert M. Blair	Boatswain's Mate	Navy	Civil War	December 24, 1864
Robert Blake	Contraband	Navy	Civil War	December 25, 1863
Michael Reinert Blanchfield✦	Specialist Fourth Class	Army	Vietnam War	July 3, 1969
Blanquet	Indian Scout	Army	Indian Campaigns	1872
Thomas A. Blasdel	Private	Army	Civil War	May 22, 1863
David Bruce Bleak	Sergeant	Army	Korean War	June 14, 1952
Erwin Russell Bleckley✦	Second Lieutenant	Air Force	World War I	October 6, 1918
Milton Blickensderger	Corporal	Army	Civil War	April 3, 1865
George Newman Bliss	Captain	Army	Civil War	September 28, 1864
Zenas Randall Bliss	Colonel	Army	Civil War	December 13, 1862
Orville Emil Bloch	First Lieutenant	Army	World War II	September 22, 1944
Wells Howard Blodgett	First Lieutenant	Army	Civil War	September 30, 1862
Charles Blucher	Corporal	Army	Civil War	September 29, 1864
Robert Blume	Seaman	Navy	Spanish-American War	May 11, 1898
John W. Blunt	First Lieutenant	Army	Civil War	October 19, 1864
John Paul Bobo✦	Second Lieutenant	Marine Corps	Vietnam War	March 30, 1967
Otto A. Boehler	Private	Army	Philippine Insurrection	May 16, 1899
Peter Martin Boehm	Second Lieutenant	Army	Civil War	March 31, 1865
Edward William Boers	Seaman	Navy	Interim 1899–1910	July 21, 1905
Frank Bois	Quartermaster	Navy	Civil War	May 27, 1863
Paul Luther Bolden	Staff Sergeant	Army	World War II	December 23, 1944
Cecil Hamilton Bolton	First Lieutenant	Army	World War II	November 2, 1944
William S. Bond	Boatswain	Navy	Civil War	June 19, 1864
James Leroy Bondsteel	Staff Sergeant	Army	Vietnam War	May 24, 1969
Henry G. Bonebrake	First Lieutenant	Army	Civil War	April 1, 1865
Richard Ira Bong	Major	Air Force	World War II	October 10 - November 15, 1944
Sylvester Bonnaffon Jr.	First Lieutenant	Army	Civil War	October 27, 1864
Robert Earl Bonney	Chief Watertender	Navy	Interim 1899–1910	February 14, 1910
Alexander "Sandy" Bonnyman Jr.✦	First Lieutenant	Marine Corps	World War II	November 20 - 22, 1943
Robert M. Boody	Sergeant	Army	Civil War	May 2, 1863
Robert D. Booker✦	Private	Army	World War II	April 9, 1943
Hugh Patterson Boon	Captain	Army	Civil War	April 6, 1865
Joel Thompson Boone	Lieutenant Commander	Navy	World War I	July 19, 1918
William James Bordelon✦	Staff Sergeant	Marine Corps	World War II	November 20, 1943
Orlando Phidelio Boss	Corporal	Army	Civil War	June 3, 1864
Nicholas S. Bouquet	Private	Army	Civil War	August 10, 1861
John Gregory Bourke	Private	Army	Civil War	December 1862
Thomas Bourne	Seaman and Gun Captain	Navy	Civil War	April 24, 1862
Richard Boury	Sergeant	Army	Civil War	March 5, 1865
John W. Boutwell	Private	Army	Civil War	April 2, 1865
Samuel Bowden	Corporal	Army	Indian Campaigns	October 5, 1870
Chester Bennett Bowen	Corporal	Army	Civil War	September 19, 1864
Emmer Bowen	Private	Army	Civil War	May 22, 1863
Hammett Lee Bowen Jr.✦	Staff Sergeant	Army	Vietnam War	June 27, 1969
Alonzo Bowman	Sergeant	Army	Indian Campaigns	August 30, 1881
Edward R. Bowman	Quartermaster	Navy	Civil War	January 13 - 15, 1865
Thomas J. Box	Captain	Army	Civil War	May 14, 1864
George W. g Boyce Jr.✦	Second Lieutenant	Army	World War II	July 23, 1944
Erwin Jay Boydston	Private	Marine Corps	Boxer Rebellion	July 21 - August 17, 1900
Gregory "Pappy" Boyington	Major	Marine Corps	World War II	September 12, 1943
Thomas Boyne	Sergeant	Army	Indian Campaigns	September 27, 1879
Henry Van ness Boynton	Lieutenant Colonel	Army	Civil War	November 25, 1863
Sanford Bradbury	First Sergeant	Army	Indian Campaigns	July 3, 1869
Alexander Bradley	Landsman	Navy	Interim 1871–1899	August 7, 1872
Amos Bradley	Landsman	Navy	Civil War	April 24, 1862
Charles Bradley	Boatswain's Mate	Navy	Civil War	January 10 - 11, 1863
George Bradley	Chief Gunner's Mate	Navy	Veracruz 1914	April 21, 1914
Thomas Wilson Bradley	Sergeant	Army	Civil War	May 3, 1863
Willis Winter Bradley Jr.	Commander	Navy	World War I	July 23, 1917
George F. Brady	Chief Gunner's Mate	Navy	Spanish-American War	May 11, 1898
James Brady	Private	Army	Civil War	September 29, 1864
Patrick Henry Brady	Major	Army	Vietnam War	January 6, 1968
Edward Branagan	Private	Army	Indian Campaigns	September 29, 1872
Joseph E. Brandle	Private	Army	Civil War	November 16, 1863
Felix Brannigan	Private	Army	Civil War	May 2, 1863
Abram B. Brant✦	Private	Army	Indian Campaigns	June 25, 1876
William Brant Jr.	Lieutenant	Army	Civil War	April 3, 1865
Edgar A. Bras	Sergeant	Army	Civil War	April 8, 1865
Frank Bratling✦	Corporal	Army	Indian Campaigns	July 8, 1873
John Brazell	Quartermaster	Navy	Civil War	August 5, 1864
Henry Breault	Torpedoman Second Class	Navy	Interim 1920–1940	October 28, 1923
George Breeman	Seaman	Navy	Interim 1899–1910	April 13, 1906
John Breen	Boatswain's Mate	Navy	Civil War	October 3, 1862
Christopher Brennan	Seaman	Navy	Civil War	April 24 - 25, 1862
Patrick Francis Bresnahan	Watertender	Navy	Interim 1899–1910	January 25, 1905
Lewis Francis Brest	Private	Army	Civil War	April 6, 1865
Lloyd Milton Brett	Second Lieutenant	Army	Indian Campaigns	April 1, 1880
William John Brewer	Private	Army	Civil War	April 4, 1865
Andre Walker Brewster	Captain	Army	Boxer Rebellion	July 13, 1900
Charles Breyer	Sergeant	Army	Civil War	August 23, 1862
Elijah A. Briggs	Corporal	Army	Civil War	April 3, 1865
George Washington Bright	Coal Passer	Navy	Spanish-American War	May 11, 1898
Herschel Floyd "pete" Briles	Staff Sergeant	Army	World War II	November 20, 1944
Andrew Bringle	Corporal	Army	Civil War	April 6, 1865
Andrew Brinn	Seaman	Navy	Civil War	March 14, 1863
Unknown Soldier of Great Britain✦		Unknown Soldiers	World War I	—
Maurice Lee (footsie) Britt	Captain	Army	World War II	November 10, 1943
Nelson Vogel Brittin✦	Sergeant First Class	Army	Korean War	March 7, 1951
George F. Brock	Carpenter's Mate Second Class	Navy	Interim 1899–1910	July 21, 1905
James Brogan	Sergeant	Army	Indian Campaigns	December 14, 1877
August Frederick Bronner	Private	Army	Civil War	June 30, 1862
Deming Bronson	First Lieutenant	Army	World War I	September 26 - 27, 1918
James H. Bronson	First Sergeant	Army	Civil War	September 29, 1864
Oscar Brookin	Private	Army	Spanish-American War	July 1, 1898
James Brophy	Private	Army	Indian Campaigns	August 13, 1868
John Brosnan	Sergeant	Army	Civil War	June 17, 1864
Leonard Carl Brostrom✦	Private First Class	Army	World War II	October 28, 1944
Charles W. Brouse	Captain	Army	Civil War	November 25, 1863
Benjamin Brown	Sergeant	Army	Indian Campaigns	May 11, 1889
Bobbie Evan Brown Jr.	Captain	Army	World War II	October 8, 1944
Charles Brown	Corporal	Marine Corps	Korea 1871	June 11, 1871
Charles E. Brown	Sergeant	Army	Civil War	August 19, 1864
Edward Brown Jr.	Corporal	Army	Civil War	May 3 - 4, 1863
Henri Le fevre Brown	Sergeant	Army	Civil War	May 6, 1864
James Brown	Quartermaster	Navy	Civil War	May 4, 1863
James Brown	Sergeant	Army	Indian Campaigns	August 27, 1872
Jeremiah Z. Brown	Captain	Army	Civil War	October 27, 1864
John Brown	Captain of the Afterguard	Navy	Interim 1865–1870	May 10, 1866
John Brown	Captain of the Forecastle	Navy	Civil War	August 5, 1864
John Brown	First Sergeant	Army	Civil War	May 19, 1863
John Harties Brown	Captain	Army	Civil War	November 30, 1864
Lorenzo Dow Brown	Private	Army	Indian Campaigns	August 9, 1877
Melvin L. Brown✦	Private First Class	Army	Korean War	September 4, 1950
Morris Brown Jr.✦	Captain	Army	Civil War	July 3, 1863
Robert Bruce Brown	Private	Army	Civil War	November 25, 1863
Robert Brown	Captain of the Top	Navy	Civil War	August 5, 1864
Uriah H. Brown	Private	Army	Civil War	May 22, 1863
William H. Brown	Landsman	Navy	Civil War	August 5, 1864
Wilson Brown	Landsman	Navy	Civil War	August 5, 1864
Wilson W. Brown	Private	Army	Civil War	April 1862
Francis Edwin Brownell	Private	Army	Civil War	May 24, 1861
William P. Brownell	Coxswain	Navy	Civil War	May 22, 1863
Daniel Dean Bruce✦	Private First Class	Marine Corps	Vietnam War	March 1, 1969
Louis J. Bruner	Private	Army	Civil War	December 2, 1863
George Washington Brush	Second Lieutenant	Army	Civil War	May 24, 1864
Christopher C. Bruton	Captain	Army	Civil War	March 2, 1865
Henry Brutsche	Landsman	Navy	Civil War	May 23, 1863
William Charles Bryan	Hospital Steward	Army	Indian Campaigns	March 17, 1876
Andrew Symmes Bryant	Sergeant	Army	Civil War	May 23, 1863
William Maud Bryant✦	Sergeant First Class	Army	Vietnam War	March 24, 1969
Paul William Bucha	Captain	Army	Vietnam War	March 16 - 19, 1968
Allen Buchanan	Lieutenant Commander	Navy	Veracruz 1914	April 21, 1914
David M. Buchanan	Apprentice	Navy	Interim 1871–1899	July 15, 1879
George A. Buchanan✦	Private	Army	Civil War	September 29, 1864
Frederick Clarence Buck	Corporal	Army	Civil War	September 29, 1864
James Buck	Quartermaster	Navy	Civil War	April 24 - 25, 1862
David Eastburn Buckingham	First Lieutenant	Army	Civil War	February 5, 1865
Abram J. Buckles	Sergeant	Army	Civil War	May 5, 1864
Denis Buckley✦	Private	Army	Civil War	July 20, 1864
Howard Major Buckley	Private	Marine Corps	Philippine Insurrection	April 4, 1899
John C. Buckley	Sergeant	Army	Civil War	May 22, 1863
John Knight Bucklyn	First Lieutenant	Army	Civil War	May 3, 1863
John E. Buffington	Sergeant	Army	Civil War	April 2, 1865
Robert Buffum	Private	Army	Civil War	April 1862
Henry G. Buhrman	Private	Army	Civil War	May 22, 1863
Brian Leroy Buker✦	Sergeant	Army	Vietnam War	April 5, 1970
John Duncan Bulkeley	Lieutenant	Navy	World War II	December 7, 1941
William Bumgarner	Sergeant	Army	Civil War	May 22, 1863
James H. Burbank	Sergeant	Army	Civil War	October 3, 1862
Joseph Burger	Private	Army	Civil War	February 15, 1863
E. Michael Burk	Private	Army	Civil War	May 12, 1864
Thomas Burk	Sergeant	Army	Civil War	May 6, 1864
Oscar R. Burkard	Private	Army	Indian Campaigns	October 5, 1898
Daniel Webster Burke	First Sergeant	Army	Civil War	September 20, 1862
Francis Xavier Burke	First Lieutenant	Army	World War II	April 17, 1945
Lloyd Leslie "scooter" Burke	First Lieutenant	Army	Korean War	October 28, 1951
Patrick J. Burke	Farrier	Army	Indian Campaigns	August 13 - October 31, 1868
Richard Burke	Private	Army	Indian Campaigns	October 21, 1876
Robert Charles Burke✦	Private First Class	Marine Corps	Vietnam War	May 17, 1968
Thomas Burke	Seaman	Navy	Interim 1865–1870	May 10, 1866
Thomas M. Burke	Private	Army	Civil War	June 30, 1863
James Burnes	Private	Marine Corps	Boxer Rebellion	June 20, 1900
George Ritter Burnett	Second Lieutenant	Army	Indian Campaigns	August 16, 1881
James Madison Burns	Sergeant	Army	Civil War	May 15, 1864
John M. Burns	Seaman	Navy	Civil War	August 5, 1864
Elmer J. Burr✦	First Sergeant	Army	World War II	December 24, 1942
Herbert Hoover Burr	Staff Sergeant	Army	World War II	March 19, 1945
Tony K. Burris✦	Sergeant First Class	Army	Korean War	October 8, 1951
William Wallace Burritt	Private	Army	Civil War	April 27, 1863
James Montross Burt	Captain	Army	World War II	October 13, 1944
Albert Burton	Seaman	Navy	Civil War	January 15, 1865
Richard Earl Bush	Corporal	Marine Corps	World War II	April 16, 1945
Robert Eugene Bush	Hospital Apprentice First Class	Navy	World War II	May 2, 1945
Edmond Thomas Butler	Captain	Army	Indian Campaigns	January 8, 1877
Smedley Darlington Butler	Major	Marine Corps	Haiti 1915	November 17, 1915
Smedley Darlington Butler	Major	Marine Corps	Veracruz 1914	April 22, 1914
Daniel Adams Butterfield	Brigadier General	Army	Civil War	June 27, 1862
Franklin George Butterfield	First Lieutenant	Army	Civil War	May 4, 1863
William Robert Button	Corporal	Marine Corps	Haiti 1919–1920	October 31 - November 1, 1919
George Butts	Gunner's Mate	Navy	Civil War	May 5, 1864
John Edward Butts✦	Second Lieutenant	Army	World War II	June 23, 1944
Ulysses G. Buzzard	Private	Army	Spanish-American War	July 1, 1898
Edward C. Byers Jr.	Chief	Navy	Afghanistan	December 8 - 9, 2012
Richard Evelyn Byrd Jr.	Commander	Navy	Interim 1920–1940	May 9, 1926
Bernard Albert Byrne	Captain	Army	Philippine Insurrection	July 19, 1899
Denis Byrne	Sergeant	Army	Indian Campaigns	October 21, 1876
James Byrnes	Boatswain's Mate	Navy	Civil War	January 10 - 11, 1863