Veteran in crisis? Dial 988 then press 1 · Text 838255 Next observance: Navy Birthday · October 13
Honoring American TroopsMedal of Honor Archive

Acts of valor

Flags & Colors

Capturing an enemy flag, rescuing or carrying the colors under fire — the defining act of 19th-century battlefield courage.

401recipients

By conflict

Civil War399
Korea 18712

Recipients · page 1 of 4

A–Z by last name
AA Abner Peeler Allen Corporal · Army Civil War · 1865 Nathaniel M. Allen Corporal · Army Civil War · 1863 RA Robert Wesley Ammerman Private · Army Civil War · 1864 FA Frederick Charles Anderson Private · Army Civil War · 1864 TA Thomas Anderson Corporal · Army Civil War · 1865 AA Andrew O. Apple Corporal · Army Civil War · 1865 William J. Babcock Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1865 EB Elijah William Bacon Private · Army Civil War · 1863 ✦ George Lovell Banks Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1863 NB Nathaniel C. Barker Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 Norman Francis Bates Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1865 PB Philip Baybutt Private · Army Civil War · 1864 Edward James Bebb Private · Army Civil War · 1865 TB Terrence Begley Private · Army Civil War · 1864 ✦ JB James Bennett Bell Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1863 JB John Francis Benjamin Corporal · Army Civil War · 1865 OB Orrin Bennett Private · Army Civil War · 1865 HB Henry H. Bickford Corporal · Army Civil War · 1865 HB Horatio L. Birdsall Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1865 FB Francis A. Bishop Private · Army Civil War · 1864 MB Milton Blickensderger Corporal · Army Civil War · 1865 PB Peter Martin Boehm Second Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1865 HB Henry G. Bonebrake First Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1865 HB Hugh Patterson Boon Captain · Army Civil War · 1865 RB Richard Boury Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1865 CB Chester Bennett Bowen Corporal · Army Civil War · 1864 Thomas J. Box Captain · Army Civil War · 1864 JB James Brady Private · Army Civil War · 1864 JB Joseph E. Brandle Private · Army Civil War · 1863 WB William Brant Jr. Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1865 EB Edgar A. Bras Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1865 Lewis Francis Brest Private · Army Civil War · 1865 EB Elijah A. Briggs Corporal · Army Civil War · 1865 CB Charles E. Brown Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 JB John Harties Brown Captain · Army Civil War · 1864 MB Morris Brown Jr. Captain · Army Civil War · 1863 ✦ Robert Bruce Brown Private · Army Civil War · 1863 Abram J. Buckles Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 DB Denis Buckley Private · Army Civil War · 1864 ✦ EB E. Michael Burk Private · Army Civil War · 1864 Thomas M. Burke Private · Army Civil War · 1863 Daniel Adams Butterfield Brigadier General · Army Civil War · 1862 AC Abel G. Cadwallader Corporal · Army Civil War · 1865 DC Daniel G. Caldwell Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1865 IC Ivers S. Calkin First Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1865 JC John H. Callahan Private · Army Civil War · 1865 JC James A. Campbell Private · Army Civil War · 1865 HC Hugh Carey Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1863 ✦ WC Warren Carman Private · Army Civil War · 1865 Isaac Harrison Carmin Corporal · Army Civil War · 1863 William Harvey Carney Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1863 JC Jacob Cart Private · Army Civil War · 1862 JC Joseph Franklin Carter Captain · Army Civil War · 1865 DC David P. Casey Private · Army Civil War · 1864 Joseph B. Chambers Private · Army Civil War · 1865 JC John Chapman Private · Army Civil War · 1865 CC Clinton Albert Cilley Captain · Army Civil War · 1863 AC Albert Adams Clapp First Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1865 Harrison Clark Corporal · Army Civil War · 1863 Charles Franklin Cleveland Private · Army Civil War · 1862 JC John E. Clopp Private · Army Civil War · 1863 GC George Washington Clute Corporal · Army Civil War · 1865 JC James Coey Major · Army Civil War · 1865 GC Gabriel Cole Corporal · Army Civil War · 1864 HC Harrison Collins Corporal · Army Civil War · 1864 TC Thomas D. Collins Sr. Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 OC Oliver Colwell First Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1864 HC Hartwell B. Compson Major · Army Civil War · 1865 TC Trustrim Connell Corporal · Army Civil War · 1865 JC James Connors Private · Army Civil War · 1864 CC Charles Dearborn Copp Second Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1862 GC George W. Corliss Captain · Army Civil War · 1862 Richard H. Cosgriff Private · Army Civil War · 1865 JC John Nicholas Coyne Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1862 JC John Creed Private · Army Civil War · 1864 UC Ulric Lyons Crocker Private · Army Civil War · 1864 MC Michael Crowley Private · Army Civil War · 1865 TC Thomas Cullen Corporal · Army Civil War · 1863 JC James M. Cumpston Private · Army Civil War · 1864 FC Francis Marion Cunningham First Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1865 JC Josiah M. Curtis Second Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1865 Thomas Ward Custer Second Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1865 JD John A. Davidsizer Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1865 FD Freeman Davis Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1863 HD Harry Clay Davis Private · Army Civil War · 1864 JD John Davis Private · Army Civil War · 1865 Joseph Davis Corporal · Army Civil War · 1864 TD Thomas Davis Private · Army Civil War · 1865 CD Charles Day Private · Army Civil War · 1865 JD Joseph H. Decastro Corporal · Army Civil War · 1863 PD Patrick Delacey First Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 HD Hiram Adolphus Delavie Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1865 WD Warren C. Dockum Private · Army Civil War · 1865 CD Charles W. Dolloff Corporal · Army Civil War · 1865 JD John P. Donaldson Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1865 AD August Dorley Private · Army Civil War · 1865 DD Decatur Dorsey Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 Allan Houston Dougall First Lieutenant & Adjutant · Army Civil War · 1865 JD James Drury Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 JD John S. Durham Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1862 NE Nathan Huntley Edgerton First Lieutenant & Adjutant · Army Civil War · 1864 DE David Edwards Private · Army Civil War · 1865 Alexander Elliott Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1865 HE Horace Ellis Private · Army Civil War · 1864 JE James M. Elson Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1863 EE Edmund English First Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 CE Coron D. Evans Private · Army Civil War · 1865 JE James Robert Evans Private · Army Civil War · 1864 TE Thomas Evans Private · Army Civil War · 1864 AE Adelbert Everson Private · Army Civil War · 1865 JE John C. Ewing Private · Army Civil War · 1865 CF Charles S. Fall Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 Benjamin Frank Falls Color Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1863 ✦ Charles H. Fasnacht Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 Frank E. Fesq Private · Army Civil War · 1865 Joseph Fisher Corporal · Army Civil War · 1865 Christian A. Fleetwood Sergeant Major · Army Civil War · 1864 CF Christopher Flynn Corporal · Army Civil War · 1863 GF George W. Ford First Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1865 HF Henry M. Fox Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864

Keep exploring

Covered a GrenadeRescue & LifesavingMedics & CorpsmenAviators & AircrewChaplainsWounded but Fought OnGave Their LivesAssaults on Machine-Gun NestsSingle-Handed ActionsPrisoners of WarFire & Explosions at SeaAgainst Enemy Armor