Recipients A–Z

Last names starting with “P”

168 Medal of Honor recipients.

168 recipients

Name	Rank	Branch	Conflict	Action
Loron F. Packard	Private	Army	Civil War	November 27, 1863
John Upshur dennis Page✦	Lieutenant Colonel	Army	Korean War	November 29, 1950
Mitchell Paige	Platoon Sergeant	Marine Corps	World War II	October 26, 1942
Adam Paine	Private	Army	Indian Campaigns	September 26 - 27, 1874
George Henry Palmer	Musician	Army	Civil War	September 20, 1861
John Gideon Palmer	Corporal	Army	Civil War	December 13, 1862
William Jackson Palmer	Colonel	Army	Civil War	January 14, 1865
Alexander Parker	Boatswain's Mate	Navy	Interim 1871–1899	July 25, 1876
James Parker	Lieutenant Colonel	Army	Philippine Insurrection	December 4, 1899
Pomeroy Parker	Private	Marine Corps	Spanish-American War	May 11, 1898
Samuel Iredell Parker	Second Lieutenant	Army	World War I	July 18 - 19, 1918
Thomas Parker	Corporal	Army	Civil War	April 6, 1865
William Parker	Captain of the Afterguard	Navy	Civil War	April 24 - 25, 1862
George Parks	Captain of the Forecastle	Navy	Civil War	August 5, 1864
Henry Jeremiah Parks	Private	Army	Civil War	October 19, 1864
James W. Parks	Corporal	Army	Civil War	December 16, 1864
John Joseph Parle✦	Ensign	Navy	World War II	July 9 - 10, 1943
William Russell Parnell	First Lieutenant	Army	Indian Campaigns	June 17, 1877
Laverne Parrish✦	Technician Fourth Grade	Army	World War II	January 18 - 24, 1945
Jacob Parrott	Private	Army	Civil War	April 5, 1862
Joel Parsons	Private	Army	Civil War	May 22, 1863
John Henry Patterson	First Lieutenant	Army	Civil War	May 5, 1864
John T. Patterson	Principal Musician	Army	Civil War	June 14, 1863
Robert Martin Patterson	Specialist Fourth Class	Army	Vietnam War	May 6, 1968
Joe Calvin Paul✦	Lance Corporal	Marine Corps	Vietnam War	August 18, 1965
William H. Paul	Private	Army	Civil War	September 17, 1862
Byron E. Pay	Private	Army	Civil War	February 15, 1863
Irvin C. Payne	Corporal	Army	Civil War	April 6, 1865
Isaac Payne	Trumpeter	Army	Indian Campaigns	April 25, 1875
Thomas H. l Payne	First Lieutenant	Army	Civil War	April 9, 1865
Thomas Patrick Payne	Sergeant First Class	Army	Iraq	October 22, 2015
Platt Pearsall	Corporal	Army	Civil War	May 22, 1863
Alfred L. Pearson	Colonel	Army	Civil War	March 29, 1865
Harl Pease Jr.✦	Captain	Air Force	World War II	August 6 - 7, 1942
Joachim Pease	Seaman	Navy	Civil War	June 19, 1864
Archie A. Peck	Private	Army	World War I	October 6, 1918
Cassius Peck	Private	Army	Civil War	September 19, 1862
Oscar E. Peck	Second Class Boy	Navy	Civil War	April 24, 1862
Theodore Safford Peck	First Lieutenant	Army	Civil War	February 2, 1864
Forrest E. Peden✦	Technician Fifth Grade	Army	World War II	February 3, 1945
James Kastor Peirsol	Sergeant	Army	Civil War	April 5, 1865
William Pelham	Landsman	Navy	Civil War	August 5, 1864
Mike C. Pena✦	Master Sergeant	Army	Korean War	September 4, 1950
Charles F. Pendleton✦	Corporal	Army	Korean War	July 16, 1953
Jack James Pendleton✦	Staff Sergeant	Army	World War II	October 12, 1944
Edward Pengally	Private	Army	Indian Campaigns	October 20, 1869
Robert Penn	Fireman First Class	Navy	Spanish-American War	July 20, 1898
Josiah Pennsyl	Sergeant	Army	Indian Campaigns	September 11, 1874
Galusha Pennypacker	Colonel	Army	Civil War	January 15, 1865
Richard Allen "Butch" Penry	Sergeant	Army	Vietnam War	January 31, 1970
Patrick Henry Pentzer	Captain	Army	Civil War	April 9, 1865
Frank D. Peregory✦	Technical Sergeant	Army	World War II	June 8, 1944
Manuel Perez Jr.✦	Private First Class	Army	World War II	February 13, 1945
Michael J. Perkins✦	Private First Class	Army	World War I	October 27, 1918
William Thomas Perkins Jr.✦	Corporal	Marine Corps	Vietnam War	October 12, 1967
Thomas Perry	Boatswain's Mate	Navy	Civil War	June 19, 1864
Joseph M. Pesch	Private	Army	Civil War	April 28 - 29, 1863
Alexander Peters	Boatswain's Mate First Class	Navy	Interim 1899–1910	September 15, 1904
George J. Peters✦	Private	Army	World War II	March 24, 1945
Henry Carlton Peters	Private	Army	Civil War	May 3, 1863
Lawrence David Peters✦	Sergeant	Marine Corps	Vietnam War	September 4, 1967
Carl Emil Petersen	Chief Machinist	Navy	Boxer Rebellion	June 28 - August 17, 1900
Danny John Petersen✦	Specialist Fourth Class	Army	Vietnam War	January 9, 1970
Alfred Peterson	Seaman	Navy	Civil War	October 3, 1862
George Peterson✦	Staff Sergeant	Army	World War II	March 30, 1945
Oscar Verner Peterson✦	Chief Watertender	Navy	World War II	May 7, 1942
Frank Joseph Petrarca✦	Private First Class	Army	World War II	July 27, 1943
Leroy Arthur Petry	Staff Sergeant	Army	Afghanistan	May 26, 2008
Orlando Henderson Petty	Lieutenant	Navy	World War I	June 11, 1918
Philip Petty	Sergeant	Army	Civil War	December 13, 1862
Louis Fred Pfeifer	Private	Marine Corps	Interim 1899–1910	March 31, 1901
Herman Pfisterer	Musician	Army	Spanish-American War	July 1, 1898
Jackson Charles Pharris	Gunner	Navy	World War II	December 7, 1941
Charles Edward Phelps	Colonel	Army	Civil War	May 8, 1864
Wesley P. Phelps✦	Private	Marine Corps	World War II	October 4, 1944
Lewis Phife	Sergeant	Army	Indian Campaigns	August 13 - October 31, 1868
Wilhelm O. Philipsen	Blacksmith	Army	Indian Campaigns	September 29, 1879
George Frederick Phillips	Machinist First Class	Navy	Spanish-American War	June 3, 1898
George Phillips✦	Private	Marine Corps	World War II	March 14, 1945
Josiah Phillips	Private	Army	Civil War	April 2, 1865
Lee Hugh Phillips✦	Corporal	Marine Corps	Korean War	November 4, 1950
Reuben Jasper Phillips	Corporal	Marine Corps	Boxer Rebellion	June 20 - 22, 1900
Samuel D. Phillips	Private	Army	Indian Campaigns	May 7, 1877
William Phinney	Boatswain's Mate	Navy	Civil War	August 5, 1864
Jimmy Wayne Phipps✦	Private First Class	Marine Corps	Vietnam War	May 27, 1969
Frederick Phisterer	First Lieutenant	Army	Civil War	December 31, 1862
Edwin Phoenix	Corporal	Army	Indian Campaigns	September 26 - 28, 1874
Alonzo H. Pickle	Sergeant	Army	Civil War	August 14, 1864
Charles H. Pierce	Private	Army	Philippine Insurrection	October 19, 1899
Francis Junior Pierce	Pharmacist's Mate First Class	Navy	World War II	March 15 - 16, 1945
Larry Stanley Pierce✦	Sergeant	Army	Vietnam War	September 20, 1965
Edward M. Pike	First Sergeant	Army	Civil War	July 7, 1862
Emory Jenison Pike✦	Lieutenant Colonel	Army	World War I	September 15, 1918
Richard Pile	Ordinary Seaman	Navy	Interim 1871–1899	April 12, 1872
Herbert K. Pililaau✦	Private First Class	Army	Korean War	September 17, 1951
John J. Pinder Jr.✦	Technician Fifth Grade	Army	World War II	June 6, 1944
Samuel E. Pingree	Captain	Army	Civil War	April 16, 1862
Charles H. Pinkham	Sergeant Major	Army	Civil War	March 25, 1865
Robert A. Pinn	First Sergeant	Army	Civil War	September 29, 1864
James Milton Pipes	Captain	Army	Civil War	August 25, 1864
George J. Pitman	Sergeant	Army	Civil War	April 6, 1865
William Hart Pitsenbarger✦	Airmen First Class	Air Force	Vietnam War	April 11, 1966
William Pittinger	Sergeant	Army	Civil War	April 1862
John Albert Pittman	Sergeant	Army	Korean War	November 26, 1950
Richard Allan Pittman	Sergeant	Marine Corps	Vietnam War	July 24, 1966
Riley Leroy Pitts✦	Captain	Army	Vietnam War	October 31, 1967
Ryan M. Pitts	Sergeant	Army	Afghanistan	July 13, 2008
Henry E. Plant	Corporal	Army	Civil War	March 19, 1865
George Crawford Platt	Private	Army	Civil War	July 3, 1863
Frederick Platten	Sergeant	Army	Indian Campaigns	April 23, 1875
Stephen Wesley Pless	Major	Marine Corps	Vietnam War	August 19, 1967
William Plimley	First Lieutenant	Army	Civil War	April 2, 1865
George H. Plowman	Sergeant Major	Army	Civil War	June 17, 1864
Earl D. Plumlee	Staff Sergeant	Army	Afghanistan	August 28, 2013
Thomas Plunkett	Sergeant	Army	Civil War	December 11, 1862
Alfred Polond	Private	Army	Spanish-American War	July 1, 1898
Ralph Eugene Pomeroy✦	Private First Class	Army	Korean War	October 15, 1952
George F. Pond	Private	Army	Civil War	May 15, 1864
James Burton Pond	First Lieutenant	Army	Civil War	October 6, 1863
William B. Poole	Quartermaster	Navy	Civil War	June 19, 1864
Everett Parker Pope	Captain	Marine Corps	World War II	September 19, 1944
Thomas A. Pope	Corporal	Army	World War I	July 4, 1918
John A. Poppe	Sergeant	Army	Indian Campaigns	September 29, 1879
William David Port✦	Sergeant	Army	Vietnam War	January 12, 1968
Ambrose Porter	Commissary Sergeant	Army	Civil War	August 7, 1864
David Dixon Porter	Captain	Marine Corps	Philippine Insurrection	November 17, 1901
Donn F. Porter✦	Sergeant	Army	Korean War	September 7, 1952
Horace Porter	Captain	Army	Civil War	September 20, 1863
John Reed Porter	Private	Army	Civil War	April 1862
Samuel Porter	Farrier	Army	Indian Campaigns	July 12, 1870
William Porter	Sergeant	Army	Civil War	April 6, 1865
Philip Sidney Post	Colonel	Army	Civil War	December 15 - 16, 1864
James Parke Postles	Captain	Army	Civil War	July 2, 1863
George W. Potter	Private	Army	Civil War	April 2, 1865
Norman F. Potter	First Sergeant	Army	Civil War	November 24, 1863
William Henry Powell	Major	Army	Civil War	November 26, 1862
Albert Power	Private	Army	Civil War	March 7, 1862
John Vincent Power✦	First Lieutenant	Marine Corps	World War II	February 1, 1944
John James Powers✦	Lieutenant	Navy	World War II	April 4 - 8, 1942
Leo J. Powers	Private First Class	Army	World War II	February 3, 1944
Thomas Powers	Corporal	Army	Indian Campaigns	October 20, 1869
Wesley James Powers	Corporal	Army	Civil War	April 3, 1865
Robert Leslie Poxon✦	First Lieutenant	Army	Vietnam War	June 2, 1969
James Irsley Poynter✦	Sergeant	Marine Corps	Korean War	November 4, 1950
George Prance	Captain of the Main Top	Navy	Civil War	December 24, 1864
James N. Pratt	Blacksmith	Army	Indian Campaigns	September 29, 1872
Thomas Francis Prendergast	Corporal	Marine Corps	Philippine Insurrection	April 5, 1899
Joseph Rollin Prentice	Private	Army	Civil War	December 31, 1862
Arthur Murray Preston	Lieutenant Commander	Navy	World War II	September 16, 1944
Herbert Irving Preston	Private	Marine Corps	Boxer Rebellion	July 21 - August 17, 1900
John Preston	Landsman	Navy	Civil War	August 5, 1864
Noble Delance Preston	First Lieutenant & Commissary	Army	Civil War	June 11, 1864
Edward Price	Coxswain	Navy	Civil War	August 5, 1864
William Raymond Prom✦	Lance Corporal	Marine Corps	Vietnam War	February 9, 1969
George Province	Ordinary Seaman	Navy	Civil War	January 15, 1865
Robert Joseph Pruden✦	Staff Sergeant	Army	Vietnam War	November 29, 1969
John Henry Pruitt✦	Corporal	Marine Corps	World War I	October 3, 1918
John Henry Pruitt✦	Corporal	Marine Corps	World War I	October 3, 1918
Ernest William Prussman✦	Private First Class	Army	World War II	September 8, 1944
Donald Dale Pucket✦	First Lieutenant	Air Force	World War II	July 9, 1944
Ralph Puckett Jr.	First Lieutenant	Army	Korean War	November 25 - 26, 1950
Hiram W. Purcell	Sergeant	Army	Civil War	May 31, 1862
James Jackson Purman	Lieutenant	Army	Civil War	July 2, 1863
Hugh Purvis	Private	Marine Corps	Korea 1871	June 11, 1871
Edgar Pierpont Putnam	Sergeant	Army	Civil War	May 27, 1864
Winthrop D. Putnam	Corporal	Army	Civil War	May 22, 1863
James Pym	Private	Army	Indian Campaigns	June 25, 1876
George Pyne	Seaman	Navy	Civil War	March 6, 1865