Recipients A–Z

Last names starting with “D”

171 Medal of Honor recipients.

171 recipients

Name	Rank	Branch	Conflict	Action
Larry Gilbert Dahl✦	Specialist Fourth Class	Army	Vietnam War	February 23, 1971
Edward Carl Dahlgren	Second Lieutenant	Army	World War II	February 11, 1945
John Olof Dahlgren	Corporal	Marine Corps	Boxer Rebellion	July 16, 1900
Charles Daily	Private	Army	Indian Campaigns	August 13 - October 31, 1868
Peter Joseph Dalessondro	Technical Sergeant	Army	World War II	December 22, 1944
Daniel Joseph Daly	Private	Marine Corps	Boxer Rebellion	August 14, 1900
Daniel Joseph Daly	Gunnery Sergeant	Marine Corps	Haiti 1915	October 24, 1915
Michael Joseph Daly	Captain	Army	World War II	April 18, 1945
Anthony Peter Damato✦	Corporal	Marine Corps	World War II	February 19 - 20, 1944
James Thomas Daniels	Sergeant	Army	Indian Campaigns	March 7, 1890
John S. Darrough	Sergeant	Army	Civil War	October 10, 1864
Jack Arden Davenport✦	Corporal	Marine Corps	Korean War	September 21, 1951
Albert Leroy David✦	Lieutenant	Navy	World War II	June 4, 1944
Kenneth J. David	Private First Class	Army	Vietnam War	May 7, 1970
John A. Davidsizer	Sergeant	Army	Civil War	April 5, 1865
Andrew Davidson	Assistant Surgeon	Army	Civil War	May 3, 1863
Andrew Davidson	First Lieutenant	Army	Civil War	July 30, 1864
Rudolph Bianco Davila	Second Lieutenant	Army	World War II	May 28, 1944
Charles C. Davis	Major	Army	Civil War	June 27, 1863
Charles P. Davis	Private	Army	Philippine Insurrection	May 16, 1899
Charles Willis Davis	Major	Army	World War II	January 12, 1943
Freeman Davis	Sergeant	Army	Civil War	November 25, 1863
George Andrew Davis Jr.✦	Major	Air Force	Korean War	February 10, 1952
George Evans Davis	First Lieutenant	Army	Civil War	July 9, 1864
George Fleming Davis✦	Commander	Navy	World War II	January 6, 1945
Harry Clay Davis	Private	Army	Civil War	July 28, 1864
John Davis	Gunner's Mate Third Class	Navy	Spanish-American War	May 11, 1898
John Davis	Ordinary Seaman	Navy	Interim 1871–1899	February 1, 1881
John Davis	Quarter Gunner	Navy	Civil War	February 10, 1862
John Davis	Private	Army	Civil War	April 1865
Joseph Davis	Corporal	Army	Civil War	October 30, 1864
Joseph H. Davis	Landsman	Navy	Interim 1871–1899	January 22, 1886
Martin K. Davis	Sergeant	Army	Civil War	May 22, 1863
Paris D. Davis	Captain	Army	Vietnam War	June 17 - 18, 1965
Raymond Erwin Davis	Quartermaster Third Class	Navy	Interim 1899–1910	July 21, 1905
Raymond Gilbert Davis	Lieutenant Colonel	Marine Corps	Korean War	December 1, 1950
Rodney Maxwell Davis✦	Sergeant	Marine Corps	Vietnam War	September 6, 1967
Sammy Lee Davis	Private First Class	Army	Vietnam War	November 18, 1967
Samuel W. Davis	Ordinary Seaman	Navy	Civil War	August 5, 1864
Thomas Davis	Private	Army	Civil War	April 6, 1865
Michael Dawson	Trumpeter	Army	Indian Campaigns	April 23, 1875
Charles Day	Private	Army	Civil War	February 6, 1865
David Frakes Day	Private	Army	Civil War	May 22, 1863
George Everette "Bud" Day	Major	Air Force	Vietnam War	August 26, 1967
James Lewis Day	Major General	Marine Corps	World War II	May 17, 1945
Matthias Walter Day	Second Lieutenant	Army	Indian Campaigns	September 18, 1879
William L. Day	First Sergeant	Army	Indian Campaigns	1872
Charles Deakin	Boatswain's Mate	Navy	Civil War	August 5, 1864
Samuel David Dealey✦	Commander	Navy	World War II	May 26 - July 3, 1944
William Frishe Dean Sr.	Major General	Army	Korean War	July 20, 1950
John Milton Deane	Major	Army	Civil War	March 25, 1865
William de Armond✦	Sergeant	Army	Indian Campaigns	September 9 - 11, 1874
George Deary	Sergeant	Army	Indian Campaigns	April 2, 1874
Jefferson Joseph Deblanc	Captain	Marine Corps	World War II	January 31, 1943
Joseph H. Decastro	Corporal	Army	Civil War	July 3, 1863
Percy A. Decker	Boatswain's Mate Second Class	Navy	Veracruz 1914	April 21, 1914
Frederick Deetline	Private	Army	Indian Campaigns	June 25, 1876
Arthur Frederick Defranzo✦	Staff Sergeant	Army	World War II	June 10, 1944
Charles N. Deglopper✦	Private First Class	Army	World War II	June 9, 1944
Osborn Warren Deignan	Coxswain	Navy	Spanish-American War	June 3, 1898
Patrick Delacey	First Sergeant	Army	Civil War	May 6, 1864
Emilio Albert de la Garza Jr.✦	Lance Corporal	Marine Corps	Vietnam War	April 11, 1970
Frederick Nelson Deland	Private	Army	Civil War	May 27, 1863
John Carroll Delaney	Sergeant	Army	Civil War	February 6, 1865
Hiram Adolphus Delavie	Sergeant	Army	Civil War	April 1, 1865
Emile Deleau Jr.✦	Sergeant	Army	World War II	February 1 - 2, 1945
John Dempsey	Seaman	Navy	Interim 1871–1899	January 23, 1875
John Dempster	Coxswain	Navy	Civil War	January 13 - 15, 1865
Michael Deneef	Captain of the Top	Navy	Interim 1871–1899	December 1, 1875
Austin Denham	Seaman	Navy	Interim 1871–1899	April 12, 1872
John Henry Denig	Sergeant	Marine Corps	Civil War	August 5, 1864
Lorenzo Denning	Landsman	Navy	Civil War	October 27, 1864
Richard Dennis	Boatswain's Mate	Navy	Civil War	August 5, 1864
John Denny	Sergeant	Army	Indian Campaigns	September 18, 1879
William Densmore	Chief Boatswain's Mate	Navy	Civil War	August 5, 1864
Charles H. Depuy	First Sergeant	Army	Civil War	July 30, 1864
Ernest Herbert Dervishian	Second Lieutenant	Army	World War II	May 23, 1944
Reginald Benjamin Desiderio✦	Captain	Army	Korean War	November 27, 1950
Abraham Desomer	Lieutenant	Navy	Veracruz 1914	April 21, 1914
John Francis Deswan	Private	Army	Spanish-American War	July 1, 1898
Merlyn Hans Dethlefsen	Major	Air Force	Vietnam War	March 10, 1967
Edward Allen Devore Jr.✦	Specialist Fourth Class	Army	Vietnam War	March 17, 1968
Richard David Dewert✦	Hospital Corpsman	Navy	Korean War	April 5, 1951
Duane Edgar Dewey	Corporal	Marine Corps	Korean War	April 16, 1952
Richard Willis Dewitt	Corporal	Army	Civil War	May 22, 1863
James H. Diamond✦	Private First Class	Army	World War II	May 14, 1945
Ralph Ellis Dias✦	Private First Class	Marine Corps	Vietnam War	November 12, 1969
Louis Palma di Cesnola	Colonel	Army	Civil War	June 17, 1863
Charles H. Dickens	Corporal	Army	Indian Campaigns	October 20, 1869
Douglas Eugene Dickey✦	Private First Class	Marine Corps	Vietnam War	March 26, 1967
William Donaldson Dickey	Captain	Army	Civil War	June 17, 1864
David Dickie	Sergeant	Army	Civil War	May 22, 1863
Robert H. Dietz✦	Staff Sergeant	Army	World War II	March 29, 1945
Bartholomew Diggins	Ordinary Seaman	Navy	Civil War	August 5, 1864
George Dilboy✦	Private First Class	Army	World War I	July 18, 1918
Hubert Dilger	Captain	Army	Civil War	May 2, 1863
Michael A. Dillon	Private	Army	Civil War	June 25, 1862
John Ditzenback	Quartermaster	Navy	Civil War	December 6, 1864
Drew Dennis Dix	Staff Sergeant	Army	Vietnam War	January 31 - February 1, 1968
William "Billy" Dixon	Scout	Army	Indian Campaigns	September 12, 1874
Stephen Holden Doane✦	First Lieutenant	Army	Vietnam War	March 25, 1969
Nicholas Dockery	Second Lieutenant	Army	Afghanistan	October 2, 2012
Warren C. Dockum	Private	Army	Civil War	April 6, 1865
Carl Henry Dodd	First Lieutenant	Army	Korean War	January 30, 1951
Robert Fulton Dodd	Private	Army	Civil War	July 30, 1864
Edward Edwin Dodds	Sergeant	Army	Civil War	July 19, 1864
Francis Safford Dodge	Captain	Army	Indian Campaigns	September 29, 1879
Thomas M. Doherty	Corporal	Army	Spanish-American War	July 1, 1898
David Charles Dolby	Sergeant	Army	Vietnam War	May 21, 1966
Charles W. Dolloff	Corporal	Army	Civil War	April 2, 1865
John L. Donahue	Private	Army	Indian Campaigns	October 20, 1869
John P. Donaldson	Sergeant	Army	Civil War	April 9, 1865
Michael Aloyisius Donaldson	Sergeant	Army	World War I	October 14, 1918
Cornelius Donavan	Sergeant	Army	Indian Campaigns	August 25, 1869
John S. Donelly	Private	Army	Indian Campaigns	October 21, 1876
Roger H.C. Donlon	Captain	Army	Vietnam War	July 6, 1964
John C. Donnelly	Ordinary Seaman	Navy	Civil War	August 5, 1864
Timothy Donoghue	Private	Army	Civil War	December 13, 1862
William Joseph "wild bill" Donovan	Lieutenant Colonel	Army	World War I	October 14 - 15, 1918
Patrick H. Doody	Corporal	Army	Civil War	June 7, 1864
William Doolen	Coal Heaver	Navy	Civil War	August 5, 1864
James Harold Doolittle	Lieutenant Colonel	Air Force	World War II	April 18, 1942
John James Doran	Boatswain's Mate Second Class	Navy	Spanish-American War	May 11, 1898
George H. Dore	Sergeant	Army	Civil War	July 3, 1863
August Dorley	Private	Army	Civil War	April 11, 1865
John Henry Dorman	Seaman	Navy	Civil War	May 22, 1863
Daniel Allen Dorsey	Corporal	Army	Civil War	April 1862
Decatur Dorsey	Sergeant	Army	Civil War	July 30, 1864
Desmond Thomas Doss	Private First Class	Army	World War II	April 29 - May 21, 1945
Allan Houston Dougall	First Lieutenant & Adjutant	Army	Civil War	March 19, 1865
James Dougherty	Private	Marine Corps	Korea 1871	June 11, 1871
Michael Dougherty	Private	Army	Civil War	October 12, 1863
Patrick Dougherty	Landsman	Navy	Civil War	August 5, 1864
William Dougherty	Blacksmith	Army	Indian Campaigns	August 13 - October 31, 1868
George P. Dow	Sergeant	Army	Civil War	October 1864
Henry Dow	Boatswain's Mate	Navy	Civil War	May 27, 1863
James Dowling	Corporal	Army	Indian Campaigns	August 13 - October 31, 1868
William Downey	Private	Army	Civil War	May 24, 1864
Henry W. Downs	Sergeant	Army	Civil War	September 19, 1864
Willis H. Downs	Private	Army	Philippine Insurrection	May 13, 1899
James B. Dozier	Guide	Army	Indian Campaigns	October 5, 1870
James C. Dozier	First Lieutenant	Army	World War I	October 8, 1918
James Madison Drake	Second Lieutenant	Army	Civil War	May 6, 1864
Henry Clay Drexler✦	Ensign	Navy	Interim 1920–1940	October 20, 1924
Jesse Ray Drowley	Staff Sergeant	Army	World War II	January 30, 1944
James Drury	Sergeant	Army	Civil War	June 23, 1864
Niels Drustrup	Lieutenant	Navy	Veracruz 1914	April 21, 1914
John Duffey	Private	Army	Civil War	May 24, 1864
John J. Duffy	Major	Army	Vietnam War	April 14 - 15, 1972
Ray E. Duke✦	Sergeant First Class	Army	Korean War	April 26, 1951
Frank du Moulin	Apprentice	Navy	Interim 1865–1870	September 5, 1867
Kern Wayne Dunagan	Major	Army	Vietnam War	May 13, 1969
Adam Duncan	Boatswain's Mate	Navy	Civil War	August 5, 1864
James K. l Duncan	Ordinary Seaman	Navy	Civil War	March 2, 1864
Jason L. Dunham✦	Corporal	Marine Corps	Iraq	April 14, 2004
Russell Dunham	Technical Sergeant	Army	World War II	January 8, 1945
Robert Hugo Dunlap	Captain	Marine Corps	World War II	February 20 - 21, 1945
James Dunlavy	Private	Army	Civil War	October 25, 1864
Parker Francis Dunn✦	Private First Class	Army	World War I	October 23, 1918
William Dunn	Quartermaster	Navy	Civil War	January 13 - 15, 1865
James Dunne	Corporal	Army	Civil War	May 22, 1863
Richard D. Dunphy	Coal Heaver	Navy	Civil War	August 5, 1864
Henry Algernon du Pont	Captain	Army	Civil War	October 19, 1864
Jesus S. Duran✦	Specialist Fourth Class	Army	Vietnam War	April 10, 1969
Harold Bascom Durham Jr.✦	Second Lieutenant	Army	Vietnam War	October 17, 1967
James R. Durham	Second Lieutenant	Army	Civil War	June 14, 1863
John S. Durham	Sergeant	Army	Civil War	October 8, 1862
Austin Joseph Durney	Blacksmith	Navy	Spanish-American War	May 11, 1898
John W. Dutko✦	Private First Class	Army	World War II	May 23, 1944
Jesse Farley Dyer	Captain	Marine Corps	Veracruz 1914	April 21, 1914
Aquilla James "big red" Dyess✦	Lieutenant Colonel	Marine Corps	World War II	February 1 - 2, 1944