Recipients A–Z

Last names starting with “L”

141 Medal of Honor recipients.

141 recipients

Name	Rank	Branch	Conflict	Action
James Dennis la Belle✦	Private First Class	Marine Corps	World War II	March 8, 1945
Joseph S. Labill	Private	Army	Civil War	May 22, 1863
George Ladd	Private	Army	Civil War	March 2, 1865
John Lafferty	Fireman	Navy	Civil War	May 25, 1864
Bartlett Laffey	Seaman	Navy	Civil War	March 5, 1864
William Laing✦	Sergeant	Army	Civil War	September 29, 1864
Daniel Lakin	Seaman	Navy	Civil War	October 3, 1862
Thomas Lakin	Seaman	Navy	Interim 1871–1899	November 24, 1874
Paul Ronald Lambers	Staff Sergeant	Army	Vietnam War	August 20, 1968
James Parker Landis	Chief Bugler	Army	Civil War	April 5, 1865
Morgan D. Lane	Private	Army	Civil War	April 6, 1865
Aaron Steven Lanfare	First Lieutenant	Army	Civil War	April 6, 1865
George Charles Lang	Specialist Fourth Class	Army	Vietnam War	February 22, 1969
Johann Christoph julius Langbein	Musician	Army	Civil War	April 19, 1862
Garfield Mcconnell Langhorn✦	Private First Class	Army	Vietnam War	January 15, 1969
Cary Devall Langhorne	Surgeon	Navy	Veracruz 1914	April 22, 1914
John S. Lann	Landsman	Navy	Civil War	March 5 - 6, 1865
James Patrick Lannon	Lieutenant	Navy	Veracruz 1914	April 22, 1914
Joseph Guy LaPointe Jr.✦	Specialist Fourth Class	Army	Vietnam War	June 2, 1969
Salvador J. Lara✦	Private First Class	Army	World War II	May 27 - 28, 1944
Smith Larimer	Corporal	Army	Civil War	April 6, 1865
David Larkin	Farrier	Army	Indian Campaigns	September 29, 1872
James W. Larrabee	Corporal	Army	Civil War	May 22, 1863
Clyde Everett Lassen	Lieutenant	Navy	Vietnam War	June 19, 1968
John Cridland Latham	Sergeant	Army	World War I	September 29, 1918
Billy Lane Lauffer✦	Private First Class	Army	Vietnam War	September 21, 1966
John Laverty	First Class Fireman	Navy	Interim 1871–1899	September 14, 1881
Robert David Law✦	Specialist Fourth Class	Army	Vietnam War	February 22, 1969
William Robert Lawley Jr.	First Lieutenant	Air Force	World War II	February 20, 1944
James Lawrence	Private	Army	Indian Campaigns	August 13, 1868
Robert Earl Laws	Staff Sergeant	Army	World War II	January 12, 1945
Gaines Lawson	First Sergeant	Army	Civil War	October 3, 1863
John Henry Lawson	Landsman	Navy	Civil War	August 5, 1864
Henry Ware Lawton	Captain	Army	Civil War	August 3, 1864
John Sterling Lawton	Sergeant	Army	Indian Campaigns	October 29, 1879
Louis Bowem Lawton	First Lieutenant	Army	Boxer Rebellion	July 13, 1900
Cornelius J. Leahy✦	Private	Army	Philippine Insurrection	September 3, 1899
Nicholas Lear	Quartermaster	Navy	Civil War	January 13 - 15, 1865
Daniel Warnel Lee Sr.	First Lieutenant	Army	World War II	September 2, 1944
Fitz Lee	Private	Army	Spanish-American War	June 30, 1898
Howard Vincent Lee	Major	Marine Corps	Vietnam War	August 8 - 9, 1966
Hubert Louis Lee	Master Sergeant	Army	Korean War	February 1, 1951
James H. Lee	Seaman	Navy	Civil War	June 19, 1864
Milton Arthur Lee✦	Private First Class	Army	Vietnam War	April 26, 1968
John Harold Leims	Second Lieutenant	Marine Corps	World War II	March 7, 1945
Robert Ronald Leisy✦	Second Lieutenant	Army	Vietnam War	December 2, 1969
Emile Lejeune	Seaman	Navy	Interim 1871–1899	June 6, 1876
George W. Leland	Gunner's Mate	Navy	Civil War	November 16, 1863
Milo Lemert✦	First Sergeant	Army	World War I	September 29, 1918
Peter Charles Lemon	Specialist Fourth Class	Army	Vietnam War	April 1, 1970
James Lenihan	Private	Army	Indian Campaigns	January 2, 1873
Pierre Leon	Captain of the Forecastle	Navy	Civil War	December 23 - 27, 1862
Edwin Leonard	Sergeant	Army	Civil War	June 18, 1864
Joseph H. Leonard	Private	Marine Corps	Philippine Insurrection	April 4, 1899
Matthew Leonard✦	Sergeant First Class	Army	Vietnam War	February 28, 1967
Patrick James Leonard	Sergeant	Army	Indian Campaigns	May 17, 1870
Patrick Thomas Leonard	Corporal	Army	Indian Campaigns	April 28, 1876
Turney White Leonard✦	First Lieutenant	Army	World War II	November 4 - 6, 1944
William Edman Leonard	Private	Army	Civil War	August 16, 1864
William F. Leonard✦	Private First Class	Army	World War II	November 7, 1944
William Leonard	Private	Army	Indian Campaigns	May 7, 1877
Frank Leslie	Private	Army	Civil War	August 15, 1864
Fred Faulkner Lester✦	Hospital Apprentice First Class	Navy	World War II	June 8, 1945
William Levery	Apprentice First Class	Navy	Spanish-American War	May 11, 1898
John Lee Levitow	Airman First Class	Air Force	Vietnam War	February 24, 1969
Benjamin Bennett Levy	Private	Army	Civil War	June 30, 1862
Dewitt Clinton Lewis	Captain	Army	Civil War	June 16, 1862
Henry Lewis	Corporal	Army	Civil War	May 3, 1863
Samuel E. Lewis	Corporal	Army	Civil War	April 2, 1865
William B. Lewis	Sergeant	Army	Indian Campaigns	January 20, 1879
Adolph Libaire	Captain	Army	Civil War	September 17, 1862
George Dalton Libby✦	Sergeant	Army	Korean War	July 20, 1950
John Lilley	Private	Army	Civil War	April 2, 1865
Charles Augustus Lindbergh Jr.	Captain	Air Force	Interim 1920–1940	May 20 - 21, 1927
Darrell Robins Lindsey✦	Captain	Air Force	World War II	August 9, 1944
Jake William Lindsey Sr.	Technical Sergeant	Army	World War II	November 16, 1944
Floyd K. Lindstrom✦	Private First Class	Army	World War II	November 11, 1943
Harry Lipscomb	Watertender	Navy	Interim 1899–1910	September 8, 1910
Charles James (Angelo) Liteky	Captain	Army	Vietnam War	December 6, 1967
Henry F. w Little	Sergeant	Army	Civil War	September 1864
Thomas Little	Bugler	Army	Indian Campaigns	August 13, 1868
George H. Littlefield	Corporal	Army	Civil War	March 25, 1865
Herbert A. Littleton✦	Private First Class	Marine Corps	Korean War	April 22, 1951
Gary Lee Littrell	Sergeant First Class	Army	Vietnam War	April 4 - 8, 1970
James Everette Livingston	Captain	Marine Corps	Vietnam War	May 2, 1968
Josiah O. Livingston	First Lieutenant & Adjutant	Army	Civil War	February 2, 1864
Benjamin Lloyd	Coal Heaver	Navy	Civil War	May 25, 1864
Edgar Harold Lloyd✦	First Lieutenant	Army	World War II	September 14, 1944
George Lloyd	Sergeant	Army	Indian Campaigns	December 29, 1890
John W. Lloyd	Coxswain	Navy	Civil War	May 25, 1864
Donald Ronald Lobaugh✦	Private	Army	World War II	July 22, 1944
Lewis Locke	Private	Army	Civil War	April 5, 1865
Hugh Logan	Captain of the Afterguard	Navy	Civil War	December 30, 1862
James Marion Logan	Sergeant	Army	World War II	September 9, 1943
John Alexander Logan Jr.✦	Major	Army	Philippine Insurrection	November 11, 1899
Frank W. Lohnes	Private	Army	Indian Campaigns	May 12, 1865
Berger Holton Loman	Private	Army	World War I	October 9, 1918
John Lonergan	Captain	Army	Civil War	July 2, 1863
Charles Richard Long✦	Sergeant	Army	Korean War	February 12, 1951
Donald Russell Long✦	Sergeant	Army	Vietnam War	June 30, 1966
Oscar Fitzalan Long	Second Lieutenant	Army	Indian Campaigns	September 30, 1877
Richard Moses Longfellow	Private	Army	Philippine Insurrection	May 16, 1899
William Henry Longshore	Private	Army	Civil War	May 22, 1863
Joseph Lonsway	Private	Army	Civil War	October 16, 1864
Baldomero Lopez✦	First Lieutenant	Marine Corps	Korean War	September 15, 1950
Jose Mendoza Lopez	Private First Class	Army	World War II	December 17, 1944
William Lord	Musician	Army	Civil War	May 16, 1864
Charles Joseph Loring Jr.✦	Major	Air Force	Korean War	November 22, 1952
Andrew Jackson Lorish	Commissary Sergeant	Army	Civil War	September 19, 1864
George Maltby Love	Colonel	Army	Civil War	—
George Mason Lovering	First Sergeant	Army	Civil War	June 14, 1863
George Low	Seaman	Navy	Interim 1871–1899	February 15, 1881
Cyrus B. Lower	Private	Army	Civil War	May 7, 1864
Robert A. Lower	Private	Army	Civil War	May 22, 1863
George Maus Lowry	Ensign	Navy	Veracruz 1914	April 21, 1914
James Lowthers	Private	Army	Indian Campaigns	April 23, 1875
George A. Loyd	Private	Army	Civil War	April 2, 1865
Carlos James Lozada✦	Private First Class	Army	Vietnam War	November 20, 1967
Andre Cavaro Lucas✦	Lieutenant Colonel	Army	Vietnam War	July 1 - 23, 1970
George Washington Lucas	Private	Army	Civil War	July 25, 1864
Jacklyn Harold Lucas	Private First Class	Marine Corps	World War II	February 20, 1945
Moses Augustine Luce	Sergeant	Army	Civil War	May 10, 1864
John Lucy	Second Class Boy	Navy	Interim 1871–1899	July 9, 1876
William Ludgate	Captain	Army	Civil War	April 7, 1865
Carl Ludwig	Private	Army	Civil War	June 18, 1864
Frank Luke Jr.✦	Second Lieutenant	Air Force	World War I	September 29, 1918
William F. Lukes	Landsman	Navy	Korea 1871	June 11, 1871
Jack Lummus✦	First Lieutenant	Marine Corps	World War II	March 8, 1945
Alphonso M. Lunt	Sergeant	Army	Civil War	September 19, 1864
Franklin W. Lutes	Corporal	Army	Civil War	March 31, 1865
James Hezikiah Luther	Private	Army	Civil War	May 3, 1863
Gotlieb Luty	Corporal	Army	Civil War	May 3, 1863
William Franklin Lyell✦	Corporal	Army	Korean War	August 31, 1951
Alexander Gordon Lyle	Lieutenant Commander	Navy	World War I	April 23, 1918
Joel Huntington Lyman	Quartermaster Sergeant	Army	Civil War	September 19, 1864
Allen James Lynch	Specialist Fourth Class	Army	Vietnam War	December 15, 1967
Edward Eugene Lyon	Private	Army	Philippine Insurrection	May 13, 1899
Frederick A. Lyon	Corporal	Army	Civil War	October 19, 1864
Thomas G. Lyons	Seaman	Navy	Civil War	April 24, 1862
Leonidas S. Lytle	Sergeant	Army	Indian Campaigns	July 8, 1873
Jeptha L. Lytton	Corporal	Army	Indian Campaigns	April 28, 1876