Recipients A–Z

Last names starting with “G”

153 Medal of Honor recipients.

153 recipients

Name	Rank	Branch	Conflict	Action
Frank J. Gaffney	Private First Class	Army	World War I	September 29, 1918
Richard J. Gage	Private	Army	Civil War	July 2, 1863
Louis Rene Gaiennie	Private	Marine Corps	Boxer Rebellion	July 21 - August 17, 1900
Robert Galbraith	Gunner's Mate Third Class	Navy	Philippine Insurrection	September 12 - 13, 1899
Robert Edward Galer	Major	Marine Corps	World War II	October 1, 1942
George Norton Galloway	Private	Army	Civil War	May 8, 1864
John Galloway	Commissary Sergeant	Army	Civil War	April 7, 1865
Sterling Archibald Galt	Artificer	Army	Philippine Insurrection	November 9, 1899
William Wylie Galt✦	Captain	Army	World War II	May 29, 1944
Archer T. Gammon✦	Staff Sergeant	Army	World War II	January 11, 1945
Joe Gandara✦	Private	Army	World War II	June 9, 1944
Candelario Garcia✦	Sergeant	Army	Vietnam War	December 8, 1968
Fernando Luis Garcia✦	Private First Class	Marine Corps	Korean War	September 5, 1952
Marcario Garcia	Staff Sergeant	Army	World War II	November 27, 1944
James Gardiner	Private	Army	Civil War	September 29, 1864
Peter W. Gardiner	Private	Army	Indian Campaigns	April 23, 1875
Charles Gardner	Private	Army	Indian Campaigns	August 13 - October 31, 1868
Charles N. Gardner	Private	Army	Civil War	April 1, 1865
James Alton Gardner✦	First Lieutenant	Army	Vietnam War	February 7, 1966
Robert J. Gardner	Sergeant	Army	Civil War	April 2, 1865
William Gardner	Seaman	Navy	Civil War	August 5, 1864
Harry Garland	Corporal	Army	Indian Campaigns	May 7 - August 20, 1877
Ernest Albert Garlington	First Lieutenant	Army	Indian Campaigns	December 29, 1890
Harold Alva Garman	Private	Army	World War II	August 25, 1944
William Garrett	Sergeant	Army	Civil War	December 16, 1864
James R. Garrison	Coal Heaver	Navy	Civil War	August 5, 1864
William Garvin	Captain of the Forecastle	Navy	Civil War	December 23, 1864
Donald Arthur Gary	Lieutenant, j.g.	Navy	World War II	March 19, 1945
Richard Gasson✦	Sergeant	Army	Civil War	September 29, 1864
George Gates	Bugler	Army	Indian Campaigns	June 4, 1869
Philip Gaughan	Sergeant	Marine Corps	Spanish-American War	May 11, 1898
Antoine August Gaujot	Corporal	Army	Philippine Insurrection	December 19, 1899
Julien Edmund Gaujot	Captain	Army	Veracruz 1914	April 13, 1911
John C. Gaunt	Private	Army	Civil War	November 30, 1864
Isaac Gause	Corporal	Army	Civil War	September 13, 1864
Thomas H. Gay	Private	Army	Indian Campaigns	August 13 - October 31, 1868
Levi B. Gaylord	Sergeant	Army	Civil War	March 25, 1865
Louis Gedeon	Private	Army	Philippine Insurrection	February 4, 1900
George Geiger	Sergeant	Army	Indian Campaigns	June 25, 1876
Charles George✦	Private First Class	Army	Korean War	November 30, 1952
Daniel Griffin George	Ordinary Seaman	Navy	Civil War	October 27, 1864
John Georgian	Private	Army	Indian Campaigns	October 20, 1869
Frederick William Gerber	Sergeant Major	Army	Interim 1865–1870	—
Thomas Parke Gere	First Lieutenant & Adjutant	Army	Civil War	December 16, 1864
Robert E. Gerstung	Technical Sergeant	Army	World War II	December 19, 1944
John Gary Gertsch✦	Staff Sergeant	Army	Vietnam War	July 15 - 19, 1969
Nicholas Geschwind	Captain	Army	Civil War	May 22, 1863
Michael Gibbons	Oiler	Navy	Spanish-American War	May 11, 1898
Wesley Gibbs	Sergeant	Army	Civil War	April 2, 1865
Edward Herrick Gibson	Sergeant	Army	Philippine Insurrection	December 19, 1899
Eric Gunnar Gibson✦	Technician Fifth Grade	Army	World War II	January 28, 1944
Charles Giddings	Seaman	Navy	Interim 1871–1899	July 26, 1876
Benjamin Gifford	Private	Army	Civil War	April 6, 1865
David L. Gifford	Private	Army	Civil War	May 24, 1864
Frank S. Gile	Landsman	Navy	Civil War	November 16, 1863
Freeman Gill	Gunner's Mate First Class	Navy	Spanish-American War	May 11, 1898
James Robert lee Gillenwater	Corporal	Army	Philippine Insurrection	September 3, 1899
George Lewis Gillespie Jr.	First Lieutenant	Army	Civil War	May 31, 1864
Matthew Gillick	Boatswain's Mate	Navy	Interim 1871–1899	November 20, 1883
Edward Lyons Gilligan	First Sergeant	Army	Civil War	July 1, 1863
Charles L. Gilliland✦	Corporal	Army	Korean War	April 25, 1951
Howard Walter Gilmore✦	Commander	Navy	World War II	January 10 - February 7, 1943
John Curtis Gilmore	Major	Army	Civil War	May 3, 1863
Patrick J. Ginley	Private	Army	Civil War	August 25, 1864
Joseph Gion	Private	Army	Civil War	May 2, 1863
Alphonse Girandy	Seaman	Navy	Interim 1899–1910	March 31, 1901
Edward Allen Gisburne	Electrician Third Class	Navy	Veracruz 1914	April 21, 1914
Salvatore Augustine Giunta	Specialist	Army	Afghanistan	October 25, 2007
John J. Given✦	Corporal	Army	Indian Campaigns	July 12, 1870
Albert Glavinski	Blacksmith	Army	Indian Campaigns	March 17, 1876
Thaddeus Brown Glover	Sergeant	Army	Indian Campaigns	February 10, 1880
Joseph Anthony Glowin	Corporal	Marine Corps	Dominican Republic 1916	July 3, 1916
Michael Glynn	Private	Army	Indian Campaigns	July 13, 1872
Edward Settle Godfrey	Captain	Army	Indian Campaigns	September 30, 1877
Leonidas Mahlon Godley	First Sergeant	Army	Civil War	May 22, 1863
Philip Goettel	Private	Army	Civil War	November 27, 1863
Harold Ernest Goettler✦	First Lieutenant	Air Force	World War I	October 6, 1918
Charles Arthur Goheen	First Sergeant	Army	Civil War	March 2, 1865
Patrick Golden	First Sergeant	Army	Indian Campaigns	August 13, 1868
Theodore W. b Goldin	Private	Army	Indian Campaigns	June 26, 1876
Andrew E. Goldsbery	Private	Army	Civil War	May 22, 1863
Eduardo Corral Gomez✦	Sergeant	Army	Korean War	September 3, 1950
Edward Gomez✦	Private First Class	Marine Corps	Korean War	September 14, 1951
Harold Gonsalves✦	Private First Class	Marine Corps	World War II	April 15, 1945
David M. Gonzales✦	Private First Class	Army	World War II	April 25, 1945
Alfredo "Freddy" Gonzalez✦	Sergeant	Marine Corps	Vietnam War	February 4, 1968
Francis Henry Goodall	First Sergeant	Army	Civil War	December 13, 1862
Clair Goodblood✦	Corporal	Army	Korean War	April 24, 1951
David Goodman	Private	Army	Indian Campaigns	October 14, 1869
William Ernest Goodman	First Lieutenant	Army	Civil War	May 3, 1863
Edwin Goodrich	First Lieutenant	Army	Civil War	November 1864
Gary Ivan Gordon✦	Master Sergeant	Army	Somalia 1993	October 3, 1993
Nathan Green Gordon	Lieutenant	Navy	World War II	February 15, 1944
Donald Joseph Gott✦	First Lieutenant	Air Force	World War II	November 9, 1944
Charles Gilbert Gould	Captain	Army	Civil War	April 2, 1865
Newton Thomas Gould	Private	Army	Civil War	May 22, 1863
George Edward Gouraud	Captain & Aide-de-Camp	Army	Civil War	November 30, 1864
William Henry Gowan	Boatswain's Mate	Navy	Interim 1899–1910	January 20, 1909
William J. Grabiarz✦	Private First Class	Army	World War II	February 23, 1945
Patrick Henry Grace	Chief Quartermaster	Navy	Korea 1871	June 10, 1871
Peter Grace	Sergeant	Army	Civil War	May 5, 1864
John Grady	Lieutenant	Navy	Veracruz 1914	April 22, 1914
James Albert Graham✦	Captain	Marine Corps	Vietnam War	June 2, 1967
Robert Graham	Landsman	Navy	Civil War	October 31, 1864
Thomas N. Graham	Second Lieutenant	Army	Civil War	November 25, 1863
Bruce Alan Grandstaff✦	Platoon Sergeant	Army	Vietnam War	May 18, 1967
Gabriel Grant	Surgeon	Army	Civil War	June 1, 1862
George Grant	Sergeant	Army	Indian Campaigns	February 1867
Joseph Xavier Grant✦	Captain	Army	Vietnam War	November 13, 1966
Lewis Addison Grant	Colonel	Army	Civil War	May 3, 1863
William L. Graul	Corporal	Army	Civil War	September 29, 1864
Ora Graves	Seaman	Navy	World War I	July 23, 1917
Terrence Collinson Graves✦	Second Lieutenant	Marine Corps	Vietnam War	February 16, 1968
Thomas J. Graves	Private	Army	Spanish-American War	July 1, 1898
John Gray	Private	Army	Civil War	June 9, 1862
Robert A. Gray	Sergeant	Army	Civil War	May 16, 1864
Ross Franklin Gray✦	Sergeant	Marine Corps	World War II	February 21, 1945
Rade Grbitch	Seaman	Navy	Interim 1899–1910	July 21, 1905
Clinton Greaves	Corporal	Army	Indian Campaigns	January 24, 1877
M. R. William Grebe	Captain	Army	Civil War	August 31, 1864
Adolphus Washington Greely	Major General	Army	Interim 1920–1940	July 26, 1861
Francis C. Green	Sergeant	Army	Indian Campaigns	August 22, 1868
George Green	Corporal	Army	Civil War	November 25, 1863
John Green	Major	Army	Indian Campaigns	January 17, 1873
Abraham Greenawalt	Private	Army	Civil War	November 30, 1864
John Greene	Captain of the Forecastle	Navy	Civil War	April 24, 1862
Oliver Duff Greene	Major & Assistant Adjutant General	Army	Civil War	September 17, 1862
Allen James Greer	Second Lieutenant	Army	Philippine Insurrection	July 2, 1901
Joseph Olds Gregg	Private	Army	Civil War	June 16, 1864
Stephen Raymond Gregg	Second Lieutenant	Army	World War II	August 27, 1944
Earl D. Gregory	Sergeant	Army	World War I	October 8, 1918
Theodore W. Greig	Second Lieutenant	Army	Civil War	September 17, 1862
John Channing Gresham	First Lieutenant	Army	Indian Campaigns	December 29, 1890
Ignatz Gresser	Corporal	Army	Civil War	September 17, 1862
James H. Gribben	First Lieutenant	Army	Civil War	April 6, 1865
John Griffiths	Captain of the Forecastle	Navy	Civil War	January 15, 1865
Edward P. Grimes	Sergeant	Army	Indian Campaigns	September 29 - October 5, 1879
Samuel Grimshaw	Private	Army	Civil War	August 6, 1864
James G. Grindlay	Colonel	Army	Civil War	April 1, 1865
Luke M. Griswold	Ordinary Seaman	Navy	Civil War	December 30, 1862
Florent A. Groberg	Captain	Army	Afghanistan	August 8, 2012
Samuel Gross	Private	Marine Corps	Haiti 1915	November 17, 1915
William Remsburg Grove	Lieutenant Colonel	Army	Philippine Insurrection	September 9, 1899
George M. Grueb	Private	Army	Civil War	September 29, 1864
Kenneth E. Gruennert✦	Sergeant	Army	World War II	December 24, 1942
Peter Mathew Guenette✦	Specialist Fourth Class	Army	Vietnam War	May 18, 1968
Fitz W. Guerin	Private	Army	Civil War	April 28 - 29, 1863
Ambrosio Guillen✦	Staff Sergeant	Marine Corps	Korean War	July 25, 1953
Thomas Guinn	Private	Army	Civil War	May 22, 1863
Sydney G. Gumpertz	First Sergeant	Army	World War I	September 29, 1918
Jacob Gunther	Corporal	Army	Indian Campaigns	August 22 - October 19, 1868
Henry Gurke✦	Private First Class	Marine Corps	World War II	November 9, 1943
Nathaniel Mcclean Gwynne	Private	Army	Civil War	July 30, 1864