Recipients A–Z

Last names starting with “J”

89 Medal of Honor recipients.

89 recipients

Name	Rank	Branch	Conflict	Action
Isadore Seigfreid Jachman✦	Staff Sergeant	Army	World War II	January 4, 1945
Arthur Junior Jackson	Private First Class	Marine Corps	World War II	September 18, 1944
Frederick Randolph Jackson	First Sergeant	Army	Civil War	June 16, 1862
James Jackson	Captain	Army	Indian Campaigns	August 20, 1877
Joe Madison Jackson	Lieutenant Colonel	Air Force	Vietnam War	May 12, 1968
Jack Howard Jacobs	First Lieutenant	Army	Vietnam War	March 9, 1968
Douglas Thomas Jacobson	Private First Class	Marine Corps	World War II	February 26, 1945
Eugene Philip Jacobson	Sergeant Major	Army	Civil War	May 2, 1863
Isaac James	Private	Army	Civil War	April 2, 1865
John H. James	Captain of the Top	Navy	Civil War	August 5, 1864
John James	Corporal	Army	Indian Campaigns	September 9, 1874
Miles James	Corporal	Army	Civil War	September 30, 1864
Willy F. James Jr.✦	Private First Class	Army	World War II	April 7, 1945
Walter Jamieson	First Sergeant	Army	Civil War	September 29, 1864
Alexander Jardine	Fireman First Class	Navy	Interim 1871–1899	November 14, 1898
James Jardine	Sergeant	Army	Civil War	May 22, 1863
Berrie Henry Jarrett	Seaman	Navy	Veracruz 1914	April 21, 1914
Frederick Jarvis	Sergeant	Army	Indian Campaigns	October 20, 1869
William R. Jecelin✦	Sergeant	Army	Korean War	September 19, 1950
Benjamin H. Jellison	Sergeant	Army	Civil War	July 3, 1863
Don Jenkins	Private First Class	Army	Vietnam War	January 6, 1969
Robert Henry Jenkins Jr.✦	Private First Class	Marine Corps	Vietnam War	March 5, 1969
Thomas Jenkins	Seaman	Navy	Civil War	May 27, 1863
Delbert Owen Jennings	Staff Sergeant	Army	Vietnam War	December 27, 1966
James T. Jennings	Private	Army	Civil War	August 20, 1864
Gotfred Jensen	Private	Army	Philippine Insurrection	May 13, 1899
John Louis Jerstad✦	Major	Air Force	World War II	August 1, 1943
Bernhard Jetter	Sergeant	Army	Indian Campaigns	December 29, 1890
Erastus W. Jewett	First Lieutenant	Army	Civil War	February 2, 1864
Jim	Sergeant	Army	Indian Campaigns	October 1872
Jose Francisco Jimenez✦	Lance Corporal	Marine Corps	Vietnam War	August 28, 1969
Lawrence Joel	Specialist Sixth Class	Army	Vietnam War	November 8, 1965
Johannes J. Johannessen	Chief Watertender	Navy	Interim 1899–1910	January 25, 1905
John Peter Johanson	Seaman	Navy	Spanish-American War	May 11, 1898
Johan J. Johansson	Ordinary Seaman	Navy	Spanish-American War	May 11, 1898
William F. John	Private	Army	Civil War	May 22, 1863
Franklin Johndro	Private	Army	Civil War	September 30, 1864
Elisha Johns	Corporal	Army	Civil War	May 22, 1863
Henry T. Johns	Private	Army	Civil War	May 27, 1863
Hans Johnsen	Chief Machinist	Navy	Spanish-American War	May 11, 1898
Andrew Johnson	Private	Army	Civil War	May 22, 1863
Charles Robert Johnson✦	Private First Class	Army	Korean War	June 11 - 12, 1953
Dwight Hal Johnson	Specialist Fifth Class	Army	Vietnam War	January 15, 1968
Elden Harvey Johnson✦	Private	Army	World War II	June 3, 1944
Follett Johnson	Corporal	Army	Civil War	May 27, 1864
Henry Johnson✦	Private	Army	World War I	May 15, 1918
Henry Johnson	Seaman	Navy	Civil War	August 5, 1864
Henry Johnson	Sergeant	Army	Indian Campaigns	October 2, 1879
James Edmund Johnson✦	Sergeant	Marine Corps	Korean War	December 2, 1950
John Johnson	Seaman	Navy	Interim 1871–1899	April 12, 1872
John Johnson	Private	Army	Civil War	December 13, 1862
Joseph Esrey Johnson	First Lieutenant	Army	Civil War	September 29, 1864
Leon William Johnson	Colonel	Air Force	World War II	August 1, 1943
Leroy Johnson✦	Sergeant	Army	World War II	December 15, 1944
Oscar Godfrey Johnson Jr.	Sergeant	Army	World War II	September 16 - 18, 1944
Peter Johnson	Fireman First Class	Navy	Spanish-American War	May 28, 1898
Ralph Henry Johnson✦	Private First Class	Marine Corps	Vietnam War	March 5, 1968
Ruel M. Johnson	Major	Army	Civil War	November 25, 1863
Samuel Johnson	Private	Army	Civil War	September 17, 1862
Wallace W. Johnson	Sergeant	Army	Civil War	July 2, 1863
William Johnson	Cooper	Navy	Interim 1871–1899	November 14, 1879
David H. Johnston	Private	Army	Civil War	May 22, 1863
Donald Ray Johnston✦	Specialist Fourth Class	Army	Vietnam War	March 21, 1969
Edward Johnston	Corporal	Army	Indian Campaigns	October 21, 1876
Gordon Johnston	First Lieutenant	Army	Philippine Insurrection	March 7, 1906
Harold Irving Johnston	Sergeant	Army	World War I	November 9, 1918
Rufus Zenas Johnston Jr.	Lieutenant Commander	Navy	Veracruz 1914	April 22, 1914
William James Johnston Sr.	Private First Class	Army	World War II	February 17 - 19, 1944
William P. Johnston	Landsman	Navy	Civil War	March 2, 1864
William "Willie" Johnston	Musician	Army	Civil War	July 5, 1862
Andrew Jones	Chief Boatswain's Mate	Navy	Civil War	August 5, 1864
Claud Ashton Jones	Commander	Navy	Interim 1915–1916	August 29, 1916
David Jones	Private	Army	Civil War	May 22, 1863
Herbert Charpoit Jones✦	Ensign	Navy	World War II	December 7, 1941
John E. Jones	Quartermaster	Navy	Civil War	August 5, 1864
John Jones	Landsman	Navy	Civil War	December 30, 1862
Thomas Jones	Coxswain	Navy	Civil War	January 13 - 15, 1865
William Atkinson Jones III✦	Colonel	Air Force	Vietnam War	September 1, 1968
William H. Jones	Farrier	Army	Indian Campaigns	May 7 - August 20, 1877
William Jones	Captain of the Top	Navy	Civil War	August 5, 1864
William Jones✦	First Sergeant	Army	Civil War	May 12, 1864
Absalom Jordan	Corporal	Army	Civil War	April 6, 1865
George Jordan	Sergeant	Army	Indian Campaigns	August 12, 1881
Mack A. Jordan✦	Private First Class	Army	Korean War	November 15, 1951
Robert Jordan	Coxswain	Navy	Civil War	April 14, 1863
Thomas H. Jordan	Quartermaster	Navy	Civil War	August 5, 1864
Simeon T. Josselyn	First Lieutenant	Army	Civil War	November 25, 1863
Francis W. Judge	First Sergeant	Army	Civil War	November 29, 1863
Joseph Rodolph Julian✦	Platoon Sergeant	Marine Corps	World War II	March 9, 1945