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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.

Recipients · page 2 of 2

A–Z by last name
Louis Joseph Sebille Major · Air Force Korean War · 1950 ✦ William Arthur Shomo Major · Air Force World War II · 1945 Randall David Shughart Sergeant First Class · Army Somalia 1993 · 1993 ✦ Ronald J. Shurer II Staff Sergeant · Army Afghanistan · 2008 Lance Peter Sijan Captain · Air Force Vietnam War · 1967 ✦ Britt Kelly Slabinski Senior Chief · Navy Afghanistan · 2002 Eric A. Slover Chief Warrant Officer 5 · Army Venezuela 2026 · 2026 Maynard Harrison Smith Sr. Sergeant · Air Force World War II · 1943 Stuart S. Stryker Private First Class · Army World War II · 1945 ✦ William D. Swenson Captain · Army Afghanistan · 2009 James Elms Swett First Lieutenant · Marine Corps World War II · 1943 LT Larry L. Taylor First Lieutenant · Army Vietnam War · 1968 Leo Keith Thorsness Lieutenant Colonel · Air Force Vietnam War · 1967 Walter Edward Truemper Second Lieutenant · Air Force World War II · 1944 ✦ Leon Robert Vance Jr. Lieutenant Colonel · Air Force World War II · 1944 ✦ Bruce Avery van Voorhis Lieutenant Commander · Navy World War II · 1943 ✦ Forrest Lee "woody" Vosler Technical Sergeant · Air Force World War II · 1943 Kenneth Newton Walker Brigadier General · Air Force World War II · 1943 ✦ John Springer Walmsley Jr. Captain · Air Force Korean War · 1951 ✦ Kenneth Ambrose Walsh First Lieutenant · Marine Corps World War II · 1943 Gary George Wetzel Private First Class · Army Vietnam War · 1968 Hilliard Almond Wilbanks Captain · Air Force Vietnam War · 1967 ✦ PW Perry Wilkes Pilot · Navy Civil War · 1864 Raymond Harrell Wilkins Major · Air Force World War II · 1943 ✦ EW Elmer Royce Williams Lieutenant · Navy Korean War · 1952 Matthew O. Williams Sergeant · Army Afghanistan · 2008 PW Peter Williams Seaman · Navy Civil War · 1862 Rodney James tadashi Yano First Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1969 ✦ Gerald Orren Young Captain · Air Force Vietnam War · 1967 Fred William Zabitosky Sergeant First Class · Army Vietnam War · 1968 Jay Zeamer Jr. Major · Air Force World War II · 1943