Recipients A–Z

Last names starting with “W”

248 Medal of Honor recipients.

248 recipients

Name	Rank	Branch	Conflict	Action
Reidar Waaler	Sergeant	Army	World War I	September 27, 1918
John H. Wageman	Private	Army	Civil War	June 17, 1864
Maurice Wagg	Coxswain	Navy	Civil War	December 31, 1862
John W. Wagner	Corporal	Army	Civil War	May 22, 1863
George Edward Wahlen	Pharmacist's Mate Second Class	Navy	World War II	March 3, 1945
Francis B. Wai✦	Captain	Army	World War II	October 20, 1944
John Wainwright	First Lieutenant	Army	Civil War	January 15, 1865
Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright IV	General	Army	World War II	May 7, 1942
Richard Wainwright Jr.	Lieutenant	Navy	Veracruz 1914	April 21, 1914
Allen Walker	Private	Army	Indian Campaigns	December 30, 1891
Edward Alexander Walker	Sergeant	Marine Corps	Boxer Rebellion	June 20 - July 16, 1900
Frank T. o Walker	Private	Army	Philippine Insurrection	January 18, 1900
James C. Walker	Private	Army	Civil War	November 25, 1863
John Walker	Private	Army	Indian Campaigns	September 23, 1869
Kenneth Newton Walker✦	Brigadier General	Air Force	World War II	January 5, 1943
Mary Edwards Walker	Contract Surgeon	Army	Civil War	1861
Jerry C. Wall	Private	Army	Civil War	July 3, 1863
George Weed Wallace	Second Lieutenant	Army	Philippine Insurrection	March 4, 1900
Herman C. Wallace✦	Private First Class	Army	World War II	February 27, 1945
William Wallace	Sergeant	Army	Indian Campaigns	October 21, 1876
Francis A. Waller	Corporal	Army	Civil War	July 1, 1863
Augustus Walley	Private	Army	Indian Campaigns	August 16, 1881
William Henry Walling	Captain	Army	Civil War	December 25, 1864
John Springer Walmsley Jr.✦	Captain	Air Force	Korean War	September 14, 1951
James Aloysius Walsh	Seaman	Navy	Veracruz 1914	April 21, 1914
John Walsh	Corporal	Army	Civil War	October 19, 1864
Kenneth Ambrose Walsh	First Lieutenant	Marine Corps	World War II	August 30, 1943
Michael Walsh	Chief Machinist	Navy	Interim 1899–1910	January 21, 1903
William Gary Walsh✦	Gunnery Sergeant	Marine Corps	World War II	February 27, 1945
George Washington Walton	Private	Army	Civil War	August 29, 1864
Martin Wambsgan	Private	Army	Civil War	October 19, 1864
George Henry Wanton	Private	Army	Spanish-American War	June 30, 1898
Calvin John Ward	Private	Army	World War I	October 8, 1918
Charles H. Ward	Private	Army	Indian Campaigns	October 20, 1869
James Richard Ward✦	Seaman First Class	Navy	World War II	December 7, 1941
James Ward	Quarter Gunner	Navy	Civil War	August 5, 1864
James Ward	Sergeant	Army	Indian Campaigns	December 29, 1890
John Ward	Sergeant	Army	Indian Campaigns	April 25, 1875
Nelson W. Ward	Private	Army	Civil War	June 25, 1864
Thomas J. Ward	Private	Army	Civil War	May 22, 1863
William Henry Ward	Captain	Army	Civil War	May 3, 1863
John Warden	Corporal	Army	Civil War	May 22, 1863
Keith Lincoln Ware	Lieutenant Colonel	Army	World War II	December 26, 1944
Henry Clay Warfel	Private	Army	Civil War	April 5, 1865
Henry F. Warner✦	Corporal	Army	World War II	December 20 - 21, 1944
David Warren	Coxswain	Navy	Civil War	June 23 - 25, 1864
Francis Emroy Warren	Corporal	Army	Civil War	May 27, 1863
John Earl Warren Jr.✦	First Lieutenant	Army	Vietnam War	January 14, 1969
Lewis Warrington	First Lieutenant	Army	Indian Campaigns	December 8, 1874
Lewis George Watkins✦	Staff Sergeant	Marine Corps	Korean War	October 7, 1952
Travis E. Watkins✦	Master Sergeant	Army	Korean War	August 31, 1950
George Watson✦	Private	Army	World War II	March 8, 1943
James C. Watson	Corporal	Army	Indian Campaigns	July 12, 1870
Joseph Watson	Private	Army	Indian Campaigns	June 4, 1869
Wilson Douglas Watson	Private	Marine Corps	World War II	February 26 - 27, 1945
Charles Joseph Watters✦	Major	Army	Vietnam War	November 19, 1967
Robert Turner Waugh✦	First Lieutenant	Army	World War II	May 11 - 14, 1944
David Crowder Waybur	First Lieutenant	Army	World War II	July 17, 1943
Dale Eugene Wayrynen✦	Specialist Fourth Class	Army	Vietnam War	May 18, 1967
Andrew J. Weaher	Private	Army	Indian Campaigns	August 13, 1868
Amos Weaver	Sergeant	Army	Philippine Insurrection	November 5, 1899
Alexander Stewart Webb	Brigadier General	Army	Civil War	July 3, 1863
James W. Webb	Private	Army	Civil War	August 30, 1862
Alason P. Webber	Musician	Army	Civil War	June 27, 1864
Lester William Weber✦	Lance Corporal	Marine Corps	Vietnam War	February 23, 1969
Henry S. Webster	Landsman	Navy	Civil War	January 15, 1865
Charles H. Weeks	Captain of the Foretop	Navy	Civil War	September 21, 1864
John Henry Weeks	Private	Army	Civil War	May 12, 1864
Ellis R. Weicht✦	Sergeant	Army	World War II	December 3, 1944
Paul H. Weinert	Corporal	Army	Indian Campaigns	December 29, 1890
Jack Weinstein✦	Sergeant	Army	Korean War	October 19, 1951
Henry Cary Weir	Captain & Assistant Adjutant General	Army	Civil War	June 24, 1864
Albert Weisbogel	Captain of the Mizzen Top	Navy	Interim 1871–1899	January 11, 1874
Albert Weisbogel	Captain of the Mizzen Top	Navy	Interim 1871–1899	April 27, 1876
Enoch R. Weiss	Private	Army	Indian Campaigns	October 20, 1869
Adam Weissel	Ship's Cook	Navy	Interim 1871–1899	August 26, 1881
Ira Clinton Welborn	Second Lieutenant	Army	Spanish-American War	July 2, 1898
Charles H. Welch	Sergeant	Army	Indian Campaigns	June 25, 1876
George W. Welch	Private	Army	Civil War	December 16, 1864
Michael Welch	Sergeant	Army	Indian Campaigns	October 5, 1870
Richard Welch	Corporal	Army	Civil War	April 2, 1865
Stephen Welch	Sergeant	Army	Civil War	May 8, 1864
Seth Lathrop Weld	Corporal	Army	Philippine Insurrection	December 5, 1906
Henry S. Wells✦	Private	Army	Civil War	September 29, 1864
Thomas Mccoy Wells	Chief Bugler	Army	Civil War	October 19, 1864
William Wells	Quartermaster	Navy	Civil War	August 5, 1864
William Wells	Major	Army	Civil War	July 3, 1863
Edward Welsh	Private	Army	Civil War	May 22, 1863
James Welsh	Private	Army	Civil War	July 30, 1864
Bruno Wende	Private	Army	Spanish-American War	July 1, 1898
Chester Howard West	First Sergeant	Army	World War I	September 26, 1918
Ernest Edison West	Private First Class	Army	Korean War	October 12, 1952
Frank West	First Lieutenant	Army	Indian Campaigns	July 17, 1882
Walter Scott West	Private	Marine Corps	Spanish-American War	May 11, 1898
Karl Westa	Chief Machinist's Mate	Navy	Interim 1899–1910	September 8, 1910
William Westerhold	Sergeant	Army	Civil War	May 12, 1864
Axel Westermark	Seaman	Navy	Boxer Rebellion	July 21 - August 17, 1900
John Francis Weston	Major	Army	Civil War	April 13, 1865
John C. Wetherby✦	Private	Army	Philippine Insurrection	November 20, 1899
Gary George Wetzel	Private First Class	Army	Vietnam War	January 8, 1968
Walter C. Wetzel✦	Private First Class	Army	World War II	April 3, 1945
Roy Mitchell Wheat✦	Lance Corporal	Marine Corps	Vietnam War	August 11, 1967
Loyd Wheaton	Lieutenant Colonel	Army	Civil War	April 9, 1865
Daniel Davis Wheeler	First Lieutenant	Army	Civil War	May 3, 1863
George Huber Wheeler	Shipfitter First Class	Navy	Interim 1899–1910	January 20, 1909
Henry W. Wheeler	Private	Army	Civil War	July 21, 1861
William Macky Wherry	First Lieutenant	Army	Civil War	August 10, 1861
Edward Washburn Whitaker	Captain	Army	Civil War	June 29, 1864
Adam White	Corporal	Army	Civil War	April 2, 1865
Edward White	Private	Army	Philippine Insurrection	April 27, 1899
John Henry White	Private	Army	Civil War	August 23, 1862
Joseph White	Coxswain	Navy	Civil War	December 24, 1864
Kyle J. White	Specialist	Army	Afghanistan	November 9, 2007
Patrick H. White	Captain	Army	Civil War	May 22, 1863
John Milton Whitehead	Chaplain	Army	Civil War	December 31, 1862
Patton George Whitehead	Private	Army	Indian Campaigns	October 21, 1876
Eli Lamar Whiteley	First Lieutenant	Army	World War II	December 27, 1944
Daniel Whitfield	Quartermaster	Navy	Civil War	August 5, 1864
Frank M. Whitman	Private	Army	Civil War	September 17, 1862
John W. Whitmore	Private	Army	Civil War	April 9, 1865
William G. Whitney	Sergeant	Army	Civil War	September 20, 1863
Edward Newton Whittier	First Lieutenant	Army	Civil War	September 22, 1864
Hulon Brocke Whittington	Sergeant	Army	World War II	July 29, 1944
Charles White Whittlesey	Major	Army	World War I	October 2 - 7, 1918
Jerry Wayne Wickam✦	Corporal	Army	Vietnam War	January 6, 1968
John Hunter Wickersham✦	Second Lieutenant	Army	World War I	September 12, 1918
Andrew J. Widick	Private	Army	Civil War	May 22, 1863
Jacob Widmer	First Sergeant	Army	Indian Campaigns	September 29, 1879
Paul Joseph Wiedorfer	Staff Sergeant	Army	World War II	December 25, 1944
Thomas W. Wigle✦	Second Lieutenant	Army	World War II	September 14, 1944
Hilliard Almond Wilbanks✦	Captain	Air Force	Vietnam War	February 24, 1967
William Hale Wilbur	Colonel	Army	World War II	November 8, 1942
Franklin L. Wilcox	Ordinary Seaman	Navy	Civil War	January 15, 1865
William H. Wilcox	Sergeant	Army	Civil War	May 12, 1864
Wilber Elliott Wilder	First Lieutenant	Army	Indian Campaigns	April 23, 1882
James Wiley	Sergeant	Army	Civil War	July 3, 1863
George Wilhelm	Captain	Army	Civil War	May 16, 1863
Julius August robert Wilke	Boatswain's Mate First Class	Navy	Spanish-American War	May 11, 1898
Henry Wilkens	First Sergeant	Army	Indian Campaigns	August 20, 1877
Henry Wilkes	Landsman	Navy	Civil War	October 27, 1864
Perry Wilkes	Pilot	Navy	Civil War	May 5, 1864
Edward G. Wilkin✦	Corporal	Army	World War II	March 18, 1945
Leander A. Wilkins	Sergeant	Army	Civil War	July 30, 1864
Raymond Harrell Wilkins✦	Major	Air Force	World War II	November 2, 1943
Theodore Stark Wilkinson Jr.	Ensign	Navy	Veracruz 1914	April 21, 1914
Walter J. Will✦	First Lieutenant	Army	World War II	March 30, 1945
Orlando Bolivar Willcox	Colonel	Army	Civil War	July 21, 1861
Louis Edward Willett✦	Private First Class	Army	Vietnam War	February 15, 1967
Charles H. Willey	Machinist	Navy	Interim 1915–1916	August 29, 1916
Anthony Williams	Sailmaker's Mate	Navy	Civil War	December 24, 1864
Antonio Williams	Seaman	Navy	Interim 1871–1899	November 24, 1877
Augustus Williams	Seaman	Navy	Civil War	January 15, 1865
Charles Quincy Williams	First Lieutenant	Army	Vietnam War	June 9 - 10, 1965
Dewayne Thomas Williams✦	Private First Class	Marine Corps	Vietnam War	September 18, 1968
Elmer Royce Williams	Lieutenant	Navy	Korean War	November 18, 1952
Elwood N. Williams	Private	Army	Civil War	April 6, 1862
Ernest Collier Williams	First Lieutenant	Marine Corps	Dominican Republic 1916	November 29, 1916
Frank Williams	Seaman	Navy	Spanish-American War	May 11, 1898
George C. Williams	Quartermaster Sergeant	Army	Civil War	June 27, 1862
Henry Williams	Carpenter's Mate	Navy	Interim 1871–1899	February 13, 1879
Hershel Woodrow "Woody" Williams	Corporal	Marine Corps	World War II	February 23, 1945
Jack Williams✦	Pharmacist's Mate Third Class	Navy	World War II	March 3, 1945
James Elliott Williams	Boatswain's Mate First Class	Navy	Vietnam War	October 31, 1966
Jay P. Williams	Coxswain	Navy	Boxer Rebellion	June 20 - 22, 1900
John Williams	Captain of the Maintop	Navy	Civil War	June 26, 1861
John Williams	Seaman	Navy	Civil War	October 3, 1862
John Williams II	Boatswain's Mate	Navy	Civil War	November 7, 1861
Leroy Williams	Sergeant	Army	Civil War	June 3, 1864
Louis Williams	Seaman	Navy	Interim 1871–1899	March 16, 1883
Louis Williams	Captain of the Hold	Navy	Interim 1871–1899	June 13, 1884
Matthew O. Williams	Sergeant	Army	Afghanistan	April 6, 2008
Moses Williams	First Sergeant	Army	Indian Campaigns	August 16, 1881
Peter Williams	Seaman	Navy	Civil War	March 9, 1862
Robert Williams	Signal Quartermaster	Navy	Civil War	December 27, 1862
William Haliday Williams	Private	Army	Civil War	July 20, 1864
William Williams	Landsman	Navy	Civil War	November 16, 1863
James Alexander Williamson	Colonel	Army	Civil War	December 29, 1862
George Willis	Coxswain	Navy	Interim 1871–1899	September 22, 1873
John Harlan Willis✦	Pharmacist's Mate First Class	Navy	World War II	February 28, 1945
Richard Willis	Coxswain	Navy	Civil War	January 13 - 15, 1865
Edward Bancroft Williston	First Lieutenant	Army	Civil War	June 12, 1864
Henry Wills	Private	Army	Indian Campaigns	July 8, 1873
Alfred Leonard Wilson✦	Technician Grade Five	Army	World War II	November 8, 1944
Alfred Mac Wilson✦	Private First Class	Marine Corps	Vietnam War	March 3, 1969
Arthur Harrison Wilson	Second Lieutenant	Army	Philippine Insurrection	July 4, 1909
August Wilson	Boilermaker	Navy	Interim 1871–1899	July 1, 1897
Benjamin F. Wilson	First Lieutenant	Army	Korean War	June 5, 1951
Benjamin Wilson	Private	Army	Indian Campaigns	October 5, 1870
Charles E. Wilson	Sergeant	Army	Civil War	April 6, 1865
Charles Wilson	Corporal	Army	Indian Campaigns	October 21, 1876
Christopher W. Wilson	Private	Army	Civil War	May 12, 1864
Francis A. Wilson	Corporal	Army	Civil War	April 2, 1865
George D. Wilson✦	Private	Army	Civil War	April 12, 1862
Harold Edward "speedy" Wilson	Technical Sergeant	Marine Corps	Korean War	April 23, 1951
John Alfred Wilson	Private	Army	Civil War	April 1862
John Moulder Wilson	First Lieutenant	Army	Civil War	August 6, 1862
John Wilson	Sergeant	Army	Civil War	March 31, 1865
Louis Hugh Wilson Jr.	Captain	Marine Corps	World War II	July 25 - 26, 1944
Milden H. Wilson	Sergeant	Army	Indian Campaigns	August 9, 1877
Richard G. Wilson✦	Private First Class	Army	Korean War	October 21, 1950
Robert Lee Wilson✦	Private First Class	Marine Corps	World War II	August 4, 1944
William Othello Wilson	Corporal	Army	Indian Campaigns	December 30, 1890
William Wilson	Sergeant	Army	Indian Campaigns	March 28, 1872
William Wilson	Sergeant	Army	Indian Campaigns	September 29, 1872
Roswell Winans	First Sergeant	Marine Corps	Dominican Republic 1916	July 3, 1916
David Francis Winder✦	Private First Class	Army	Vietnam War	May 13, 1970
Charles Windolph	Private	Army	Indian Campaigns	June 25, 1876
William Gordon Windrich✦	Staff Sergeant	Marine Corps	Korean War	December 1, 1950
Claron Windus	Bugler	Army	Indian Campaigns	July 12, 1870
William Wirt Winegar	First Lieutenant	Army	Civil War	April 1, 1865
William Winterbottom	Sergeant	Army	Indian Campaigns	July 12, 1870
Homer L. Wise	Staff Sergeant	Army	World War II	June 14, 1944
Lewis S. Wisner	First Lieutenant	Army	Civil War	May 12, 1864
Joseph Witcome	Private	Army	Indian Campaigns	August 13, 1868
Frank Peter Witek✦	Private First Class	Marine Corps	World War II	August 3, 1944
William Herbert Withington	Captain	Army	Civil War	July 21, 1861
Nels T. Wold✦	Private	Army	World War I	September 26, 1918
John Wollam	Private	Army	Civil War	April 1862
Bryant Homer Womack✦	Private	Army	Korean War	March 12, 1952
Henry Clay Wood	First Lieutenant	Army	Civil War	August 10, 1861
Leonard Wood	Assistant Surgeon	Army	Indian Campaigns	1886
Mark Wood	Private	Army	Civil War	April 1862
Richard H. Wood	Captain	Army	Civil War	May 22, 1863
Robert B. Wood	Coxswain	Navy	Civil War	April 14, 1863
William H. Woodall	Scout	Army	Civil War	March 29 - April 9, 1865
Zachariah Woodall	Sergeant	Army	Indian Campaigns	September 12, 1874
Eri Davidson Woodbury	Sergeant	Army	Civil War	October 19, 1864
Samuel Woodfill	First Lieutenant	Army	World War I	October 12, 1918
Howard E. Woodford✦	Staff Sergeant	Army	World War II	June 6, 1945
Alonzo Woodruff	Sergeant	Army	Civil War	October 27, 1864
Carle Augustus Woodruff	First Lieutenant	Army	Civil War	July 24, 1863
Brent Woods	Sergeant	Army	Indian Campaigns	August 19, 1881
Daniel A. Woods	Private	Army	Civil War	April 6, 1865
Samuel Woods	Seaman	Navy	Civil War	April 14, 1863
Evan M. Woodward	First Lieutenant & Adjutant	Army	Civil War	December 13, 1862
John Woon	Boatswain's Mate	Navy	Civil War	April 29, 1863
Charles B. Woram	Seaman	Navy	Civil War	August 5, 1864
Kenneth Lee Worley✦	Lance Corporal	Marine Corps	Vietnam War	August 12, 1968
Joseph Wortick	Private	Army	Civil War	May 22, 1863
George G. Wortman	Sergeant	Army	Indian Campaigns	August 13, 1868
William J. Wray	Sergeant	Army	Civil War	July 12, 1864
Albert D. Wright	Captain	Army	Civil War	July 30, 1864
Edward Wright	Quartermaster	Navy	Civil War	April 24 - 25, 1862
Raymond Richard "Buzzer" Wright	Specialist Fourth Class	Army	Vietnam War	May 2, 1967
Robert Wright	Private	Army	Civil War	October 1, 1864
Samuel Cole Wright	Private	Army	Civil War	September 17, 1862
Samuel Wright	Corporal	Army	Civil War	February 15, 1863
William Wright	Yeoman	Navy	Civil War	June 23 - 25, 1864