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Acts of valor

Covered a Grenade

Recipients who threw themselves on a live grenade — or deliberately shielded others from one — to save their comrades.

77recipients

By conflict

Vietnam War43
World War II18
Korean War10
Iraq3
Afghanistan2
World War I1

Recipients

A–Z by last name
James Anderson Jr. Private First Class · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1967 ✦ John Philip Baca Specialist Fourth Class · Army Vietnam War · 1970 Jedh Colby Barker Lance Corporal · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1967 ✦ TB Ted Belcher Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1966 ✦ LB Leslie Allen Bellrichard Private First Class · Army Vietnam War · 1967 ✦ Arnold L. Bjorklund First Lieutenant · Army World War II · 1943 Michael Reinert Blanchfield Specialist Fourth Class · Army Vietnam War · 1969 ✦ HB Hammett Lee Bowen Jr. Staff Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1969 ✦ GB George W. g Boyce Jr. Second Lieutenant · Army World War II · 1944 ✦ MB Maurice Lee (footsie) Britt Captain · Army World War II · 1943 Deming Bronson First Lieutenant · Army World War I · 1918 William Kyle Carpenter Lance Corporal · Marine Corps Afghanistan · 2010 Bruce Wayne Carter Private First Class · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1969 ✦ JC John Walton Collier Corporal · Army Korean War · 1950 ✦ RC Raymond Henry Cooley Staff Sergeant · Army World War II · 1945 GC Gordon Maynard Craig Corporal · Army Korean War · 1950 ✦ Thomas Elbert Creek Lance Corporal · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1969 ✦ AD Anthony Peter Damato Corporal · Marine Corps World War II · 1944 ✦ Rodney Maxwell Davis Sergeant · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1967 ✦ Douglas Eugene Dickey Private First Class · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1967 ✦ Jason L. Dunham Corporal · Marine Corps Iraq · 2004 ✦ Daniel O. Fernandez Specialist Fourth Class · Army Vietnam War · 1966 ✦ CF Charles Clinton Fleek Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1967 ✦ MF Michael Fleming Folland Corporal · Army Vietnam War · 1969 ✦ Charles George Private First Class · Army Korean War · 1952 ✦ SG Stephen Raymond Gregg Second Lieutenant · Army World War II · 1944 PG Peter Mathew Guenette Specialist Fourth Class · Army Vietnam War · 1968 ✦ GH George John Hall Staff Sergeant · Army World War II · 1944 Frank Aloysious Herda Private First Class · Army Vietnam War · 1968 RH Robert John Hibbs Second Lieutenant · Army Vietnam War · 1966 ✦ Charles Ernest Hosking Jr. Master Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1967 ✦ George Alan Ingalls Specialist Fourth Class · Army Vietnam War · 1967 ✦ WJ William R. Jecelin Sergeant · Army Korean War · 1950 ✦ LJ Leroy Johnson Sergeant · Army World War II · 1944 ✦ BK Billie Gene Kanell Private · Army Korean War · 1951 ✦ Stephen Edward Karopczyc First Lieutenant · Army Vietnam War · 1967 ✦ Jack William Kelso Private First Class · Marine Corps Korean War · 1952 ✦ HK Harold G. Kiner Private · Army World War II · 1944 ✦ Thomas James Kinsman Specialist Fourth Class · Army Vietnam War · 1968 Richard Edward Kraus Private First Class · Marine Corps World War II · 1944 ✦ GL Garfield Mcconnell Langhorn Private First Class · Army Vietnam War · 1969 ✦ RL Robert David Law Specialist Fourth Class · Army Vietnam War · 1969 ✦ Donald Russell Long Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1966 ✦ Baldomero Lopez First Lieutenant · Marine Corps Korean War · 1950 ✦ Jacklyn Harold Lucas Private First Class · Marine Corps World War II · 1945 JM Joe Eugene Mann Private First Class · Army World War II · 1944 ✦ Ross A. McGinnis Private First Class · Army Iraq · 2006 ✦ Gary Lee Miller First Lieutenant · Army Vietnam War · 1969 ✦ James Howard Monroe Private First Class · Army Vietnam War · 1967 ✦ Michael A. Monsoor Master-at-Arms · Navy Iraq · 2006 ✦ DM Donald Raymond Moyer Sergeant First Class · Army Korean War · 1951 ✦ RM Robert Charles Murray Staff Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1970 ✦ John Dury New Private First Class · Marine Corps World War II · 1944 ✦ Yukio Okutsu Technical Sergeant · Army World War II · 1945 Milton Lee Olive III Private First Class · Army Vietnam War · 1965 ✦ Kenneth Lee Olson Specialist Fourth Class · Army Vietnam War · 1968 ✦ William Thomas Perkins Jr. Corporal · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1967 ✦ John Albert Pittman Sergeant · Army Korean War · 1950 Riley Leroy Pitts Captain · Army Vietnam War · 1967 ✦ Laszlo Rabel Staff Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1968 ✦ Alfred V. Rascon Special Fourth Class · Army Vietnam War · 1966 AR Anund Charles Roark Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1968 ✦ Clinton Lavor Romesha Staff Sergeant · Army Afghanistan · 2009 Hector Santiago-Colon Specialist Fourth Class · Army Vietnam War · 1968 ✦ RS Ruppert Leon Sargent First Lieutenant · Army Vietnam War · 1967 ✦ William Wayne Seay Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1968 ✦ RS Russell Albert Steindam First Lieutenant · Army Vietnam War · 1970 ✦ HS Henry Svehla Private First Class · Army Korean War · 1952 ✦ JT John F. Thorson Private First Class · Army World War II · 1944 ✦ RV Robert M. Viale Second Lieutenant · Army World War II · 1945 ✦ DW Dale Eugene Wayrynen Specialist Fourth Class · Army Vietnam War · 1967 ✦ WW Walter C. Wetzel Private First Class · Army World War II · 1945 ✦ Dewayne Thomas Williams Private First Class · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1968 ✦ Alfred Mac Wilson Private First Class · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1969 ✦ Robert Lee Wilson Private First Class · Marine Corps World War II · 1944 ✦ Kenneth Lee Worley Lance Corporal · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1968 ✦ Fred William Zabitosky Sergeant First Class · Army Vietnam War · 1968

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