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Honoring American TroopsMedal of Honor Archive

Acts of valor

Aviators & Aircrew

Pilots, gunners and crew members who earned the Medal of Honor in the air.

151recipients

By conflict

Vietnam War66
World War II50
World War I7
Afghanistan7
Korean War7
Civil War6

Recipients · page 1 of 2

A–Z by last name
William Edward Adams Major · Army Vietnam War · 1971 ✦ BA Bennie G. Adkins Sergeant First Class · Army Vietnam War · 1966 Addison Earl Baker Lieutenant Colonel · Air Force World War II · 1943 ✦ Harold William "indian joe" Bauer Lieutenant Colonel · Marine Corps World War II · 1942 ✦ Gary Burnell Beikirch Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1970 GB George H. Bell Captain of the Afterguard · Navy Civil War · 1861 Roy Perez Benavidez Master Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1968 Steven Logan Bennett Captain · Air Force Vietnam War · 1972 ✦ DB Dwight W. Birdwell Specialist Five · Army Vietnam War · 1968 Erwin Russell Bleckley Second Lieutenant · Air Force World War I · 1918 ✦ Patrick Henry Brady Major · Army Vietnam War · 1968 WB William Maud Bryant Sergeant First Class · Army Vietnam War · 1969 ✦ Paul William Bucha Captain · Army Vietnam War · 1968 JC James Capers Jr. Major · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1967 Horace Seaver Carswell Jr. Major · Air Force World War II · 1944 ✦ Frederick Walker Castle Brigadier General · Air Force World War II · 1944 ✦ Christopher Andrew Celiz Sergeant First Class · Army Afghanistan · 2018 ✦ John A. Chapman Technical Sergeant · Air Force Afghanistan · 2002 ✦ Ralph Cheli Major · Air Force World War II · 1943 ✦ Raymond Michael "Red" Clausen Jr. Private First Class · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1970 William Merrill Corry Jr. Lieutenant Commander · Navy Interim 1920–1940 · 1920 ✦ Bruce P. Crandall Major · Army Vietnam War · 1965 Demas Thurlow "Nick" Craw Colonel · Air Force World War II · 1942 ✦ George Andrew Davis Jr. Major · Air Force Korean War · 1952 ✦ George Fleming Davis Commander · Navy World War II · 1945 ✦ PD Paris D. Davis Captain · Army Vietnam War · 1965 George Everette "Bud" Day Major · Air Force Vietnam War · 1967 MD Merlyn Hans Dethlefsen Major · Air Force Vietnam War · 1967 JD John Ditzenback Quartermaster · Navy Civil War · 1864 JD John J. Duffy Major · Army Vietnam War · 1972 Henry Talmage Elrod Captain · Marine Corps World War II · 1941 ✦ Henry Eugene "red" Erwin Staff Sergeant · Air Force World War II · 1945 Michael John Estocin Captain · Navy Vietnam War · 1967 ✦ Richard L. Etchberger Chief Master Sergeant · Air Force Vietnam War · 1968 ✦ Robert Edward Femoyer Second Lieutenant · Air Force World War II · 1944 ✦ FF Frederick Edgar Ferguson Chief Warrant Officer · Army Vietnam War · 1968 John H. Ferrell Pilot · Navy Civil War · 1864 Bernard Francis Fisher Major · Air Force Vietnam War · 1966 James Phillip Fleming Captain · Air Force Vietnam War · 1968 Ed W. Freeman Captain · Army Vietnam War · 1965 Martin Freeman 1st Class Pilot · Navy Civil War · 1864 DF Dennis M. Fujii Specialist Five · Army Vietnam War · 1971 Robert Edward Galer Major · Marine Corps World War II · 1942 Harold Ernest Goettler First Lieutenant · Air Force World War I · 1918 ✦ Gary Ivan Gordon Master Sergeant · Army Somalia 1993 · 1993 ✦ Donald Joseph Gott First Lieutenant · Air Force World War II · 1944 ✦ BG Bruce Alan Grandstaff Platoon Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1967 ✦ TG Terrence Collinson Graves Second Lieutenant · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1968 ✦ Florent A. Groberg Captain · Army Afghanistan · 2012 William Edward Hall Lieutenant, j.g. · Navy World War II · 1942 PH Pierpont Morgan Hamilton Major · Air Force World War II · 1942 Charles Hazeltine Hammann Ensign · Navy World War I · 1918 Robert Murray Hanson First Lieutenant · Marine Corps World War II · 1943 ✦ William Kelly Harrison Commander · Navy Veracruz 1914 · 1914 CH Carmel Bernon Harvey Jr. Specialist Fourth Class · Army Vietnam War · 1967 ✦ RH Ralyn M. Hill Corporal · Army World War I · 1918 JH John Noble Holcomb Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1968 ✦ James Howell Howard Lieutenant Colonel · Air Force World War II · 1944 Robert Lewis Howard First Lieutenant · Army Vietnam War · 1968 Thomas Jerome Hudner Jr. Lieutenant, j.g. · Navy Korean War · 1950 Lloyd Herbert "Pete" Hughes Second Lieutenant · Air Force World War II · 1943 ✦ Carlton Barmore Hutchins Lieutenant · Navy Interim 1920–1940 · 1938 ✦ Joe Madison Jackson Lieutenant Colonel · Air Force Vietnam War · 1968 John Louis Jerstad Major · Air Force World War II · 1943 ✦ Leon William Johnson Colonel · Air Force World War II · 1943 William Atkinson Jones III Colonel · Air Force Vietnam War · 1968 ✦ John Riley Kane Colonel · Air Force World War II · 1943 Stephen Edward Karopczyc First Lieutenant · Army Vietnam War · 1967 ✦ Neel Earnest Kearby Colonel · Air Force World War II · 1943 John James Kedenburg Specialist Fifth Class · Army Vietnam War · 1968 ✦ Thomas Gunning Kelley Lieutenant · Navy Vietnam War · 1969 Joseph Robert Kerrey Lieutenant · Navy Vietnam War · 1969 Charles S. Kettles Major · Army Vietnam War · 1967 David Richard Kingsley Second Lieutenant · Air Force World War II · 1944 ✦ Raymond Larry Knight First Lieutenant · Air Force World War II · 1945 ✦ JK John Kelvin Koelsch Lieutenant, j.g. · Navy Korean War · 1951 ✦ PL Paul Ronald Lambers Staff Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1968 GL Garfield Mcconnell Langhorn Private First Class · Army Vietnam War · 1969 ✦ Joseph Guy LaPointe Jr. Specialist Fourth Class · Army Vietnam War · 1969 ✦ Clyde Everett Lassen Lieutenant · Navy Vietnam War · 1968 William Robert Lawley Jr. First Lieutenant · Air Force World War II · 1944 Howard Vincent Lee Major · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1966 John Lee Levitow Airman First Class · Air Force Vietnam War · 1969 Charles Augustus Lindbergh Jr. Captain · Air Force Interim 1920–1940 · 1927 Darrell Robins Lindsey Captain · Air Force World War II · 1944 ✦ Charles Joseph Loring Jr. Major · Air Force Korean War · 1952 ✦ Andre Cavaro Lucas Lieutenant Colonel · Army Vietnam War · 1970 ✦ Archibald Mathies Staff Sergeant · Air Force World War II · 1944 ✦ Jack Warren Mathis First Lieutenant · Air Force World War II · 1943 ✦ Bruce McCandless Commander · Navy World War II · 1942 Thomas Buchanan McGuire Jr. Major · Air Force World War II · 1944 ✦ Patrick McGunigal Shipfitter First Class · Navy World War I · 1917 RM Ray McKibben Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1968 ✦ David Herbert McNerney First Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1967 Edgar Lee McWethy Jr. Specialist Fifth Class · Army Vietnam War · 1967 ✦ William Edward Metzger Jr. Second Lieutenant · Air Force World War II · 1944 ✦ Edward Stanley Michael First Lieutenant · Air Force World War II · 1944 FM Franklin Douglas Miller Staff Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1970 William Adger Moffett Commander · Navy Veracruz 1914 · 1914 John Cary Morgan Second Lieutenant · Air Force World War II · 1943 HN Hugh Reavis Nelson Jr. Captain · Army Vietnam War · 1966 ✦ Thomas Rolland Norris Lieutenant · Navy Vietnam War · 1972 Michael Joseph Novosel Chief Warrant Officer · Army Vietnam War · 1969 Edward Henry "butch" O'Hare Lieutenant · Navy World War II · 1942 Robert Emmett O'Malley Corporal · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1965 FO Francis Edward Ormsbee Jr. Chief Machinist's Mate · Navy World War I · 1918 Harl Pease Jr. Captain · Air Force World War II · 1942 ✦ William Thomas Perkins Jr. Corporal · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1967 ✦ William Hart Pitsenbarger Airmen First Class · Air Force Vietnam War · 1966 ✦ Stephen Wesley Pless Major · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1967 John James Powers Lieutenant · Navy World War II · 1942 ✦ RP Robert Leslie Poxon First Lieutenant · Army Vietnam War · 1969 ✦ Arthur Murray Preston Lieutenant Commander · Navy World War II · 1944 RP Robert Joseph Pruden Staff Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1969 ✦ Donald Dale Pucket First Lieutenant · Air Force World War II · 1944 ✦ Alfred V. Rascon Special Fourth Class · Army Vietnam War · 1966 Robert Guy Robinson Gunnery Sergeant · Marine Corps World War I · 1918 Louis Richard Rocco Warrant Officer · Army Vietnam War · 1970 Gary Michael Rose Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1970 Joseph Raymond Sarnoski Second Lieutenant · Air Force World War II · 1943 ✦

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