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Acts of valor

Gave Their Lives

Citations that record the recipient was killed or mortally wounded in the act for which the medal was awarded.

589recipients

By conflict

World War II245
Vietnam War165
Korean War95
World War I33
Civil War22
Afghanistan8

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A–Z by last name
Charles Gene Abrell Corporal · Marine Corps Korean War · 1951 ✦ JA John Gregory bishop Adams Second Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1862 William Edward Adams Major · Army Vietnam War · 1971 ✦ Harold Christ Agerholm Private First Class · Marine Corps World War II · 1944 ✦ LA Lewis Albanese Private First Class · Army Vietnam War · 1966 ✦ Leonard L. Alvarado Specialist Fourth Class · Army Vietnam War · 1969 ✦ James Anderson Jr. Private First Class · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1967 ✦ Richard Allen Anderson Lance Corporal · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1969 ✦ Richard Beatty Anderson Private First Class · Marine Corps World War II · 1944 ✦ SA Sylvester Antolak Sergeant · Army World War II · 1944 ✦ EA Eugene Ashley Jr. Sergeant First Class · Army Vietnam War · 1968 ✦ Travis W. Atkins Staff Sergeant · Army Iraq · 2007 ✦ Oscar Palmer Austin Private First Class · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1969 ✦ AB Albert E. Baesel Second Lieutenant · Army World War I · 1918 ✦ Kenneth Dillon Bailey Major · Marine Corps World War II · 1942 ✦ Addison Earl Baker Lieutenant Colonel · Air Force World War II · 1943 ✦ JB John Franklin Baker Jr. Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1966 TB Thomas Alexander Baker Jr. Sergeant · Army World War II · 1944 ✦ Joe R. Baldonado Corporal · Army Korean War · 1950 ✦ David B. Barkeley Private · Army World War I · 1918 ✦ CB Charles H. Barker Private First Class · Army Korean War · 1953 ✦ Jedh Colby Barker Lance Corporal · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1967 ✦ John Andrew Barnes III Private First Class · Army Vietnam War · 1967 ✦ Harvey Curtiss "Barney" Barnum Jr. Captain · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1965 Harold William "indian joe" Bauer Lieutenant Colonel · Marine Corps World War II · 1942 ✦ William Bernard Baugh Private First Class · Marine Corps Korean War · 1950 ✦ Lewis Kenneth Bausell Corporal · Marine Corps World War II · 1944 ✦ Raymond Ovila Beaudoin First Lieutenant · Army World War II · 1945 ✦ TB Ted Belcher Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1966 ✦ TB Thomas Belcher Private · Army Civil War · 1864 LB Leslie Allen Bellrichard Private First Class · Army Vietnam War · 1967 ✦ Roy Perez Benavidez Master Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1968 Edward Clyde "ted" Benfold Hospital Corpsman Third Class · Navy Korean War · 1952 ✦ GB George Benjamin Jr. Private First Class · Army World War II · 1944 ✦ Emory Lawrence Bennett Private First Class · Army Korean War · 1951 ✦ Steven Logan Bennett Captain · Air Force Vietnam War · 1972 ✦ Thomas William Bennett Corporal · Army Vietnam War · 1969 ✦ Mervyn Sharp Bennion Captain · Navy World War II · 1941 ✦ Charles Joseph Berry Corporal · Marine Corps World War II · 1945 ✦ Elmer Charles Bigelow Watertender First Class · Navy World War II · 1945 ✦ RB Robert Lester Blackwell Private · Army World War I · 1918 ✦ Michael Reinert Blanchfield Specialist Fourth Class · Army Vietnam War · 1969 ✦ Erwin Russell Bleckley Second Lieutenant · Air Force World War I · 1918 ✦ John Paul Bobo Second Lieutenant · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1967 ✦ Alexander "Sandy" Bonnyman Jr. First Lieutenant · Marine Corps World War II · 1943 ✦ Robert D. Booker Private · Army World War II · 1943 ✦ William James Bordelon Staff Sergeant · Marine Corps World War II · 1943 ✦ Orlando Phidelio Boss Corporal · Army Civil War · 1864 HB Hammett Lee Bowen Jr. Staff Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1969 ✦ GB George W. g Boyce Jr. Second Lieutenant · Army World War II · 1944 ✦ Nelson Vogel Brittin Sergeant First Class · Army Korean War · 1951 ✦ LB Leonard Carl Brostrom Private First Class · Army World War II · 1944 ✦ Melvin L. Brown Private First Class · Army Korean War · 1950 ✦ Daniel Dean Bruce Private First Class · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1969 ✦ WB William Maud Bryant Sergeant First Class · Army Vietnam War · 1969 ✦ GB George A. Buchanan Private · Army Civil War · 1864 ✦ DB Denis Buckley Private · Army Civil War · 1864 ✦ BB Brian Leroy Buker Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1970 ✦ Robert Charles Burke Private First Class · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1968 ✦ EB Elmer J. Burr First Sergeant · Army World War II · 1942 ✦ Tony K. Burris Sergeant First Class · Army Korean War · 1951 ✦ John Edward Butts Second Lieutenant · Army World War II · 1944 ✦ Edward C. Byers Jr. Chief · Navy Afghanistan · 2012 William Robert Caddy Private First Class · Marine Corps World War II · 1945 ✦ Daniel Judson Callaghan Rear Admiral · Navy World War II · 1942 ✦ George Ham Cannon First Lieutenant · Marine Corps World War II · 1941 ✦ Vincent Robert Capodanno Lieutenant · Navy Vietnam War · 1967 ✦ AC Alvin P. Carey Staff Sergeant · Army World War II · 1944 ✦ CC Charles F. Carey Jr. Technical Sergeant · Army World War II · 1945 ✦ Wayne Maurice Caron Hospital Corpsman Third Class · Navy Vietnam War · 1968 ✦ Horace Seaver Carswell Jr. Major · Air Force World War II · 1944 ✦ Bruce Wayne Carter Private First Class · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1969 ✦ Frederick Walker Castle Brigadier General · Air Force World War II · 1944 ✦ JC Joseph Samuel Cecil First Lieutenant · Army Philippine Insurrection · 1906 Christopher Andrew Celiz Sergeant First Class · Army Afghanistan · 2018 ✦ David Bernard Champagne Corporal · Marine Corps Korean War · 1952 ✦ John A. Chapman Technical Sergeant · Air Force Afghanistan · 2002 ✦ Cornelius H. Charlton Sergeant · Army Korean War · 1951 ✦ Ernest "Chief" Childers Second Lieutenant · Army World War II · 1943 Dale Eldon Christensen Second Lieutenant · Army World War II · 1944 ✦ Herbert F. Christian Private · Army World War II · 1944 ✦ Stanley Reuben Christianson Private First Class · Marine Corps Korean War · 1950 ✦ JC Joseph J. Cicchetti Private First Class · Army World War II · 1945 ✦ Mitchell Red Cloud Jr. Corporal · Army Korean War · 1950 ✦ Ronald Leroy Coker Private First Class · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1969 ✦ Darrell Samuel Cole Sergeant · Marine Corps World War II · 1945 ✦ Gilbert George Collier Sergeant · Army Korean War · 1953 ✦ JC John Walton Collier Corporal · Army Korean War · 1950 ✦ Wilbur E. Colyer Sergeant · Army World War I · 1918 ✦ FC Felix M. Conde-Falcon Staff Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1969 ✦ JC James Phillip Connor Sergeant · Army World War II · 1944 Peter Spencer Connor Staff Sergeant · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1966 ✦ Ardie R. Copas Specialist Fourth Class · Army Vietnam War · 1970 ✦ Henry G. Costin Private · Army World War I · 1918 ✦ Samuel Streit Coursen First Lieutenant · Army Korean War · 1950 ✦ Henry Alexius Courtney Jr. Major · Marine Corps World War II · 1945 ✦ GC Gordon Maynard Craig Corporal · Army Korean War · 1950 ✦ Robert Craig Second Lieutenant · Army World War II · 1943 ✦ MC Morris E. Crain Technical Sergeant · Army World War II · 1945 ✦ Demas Thurlow "Nick" Craw Colonel · Air Force World War II · 1942 ✦ Thomas Elbert Creek Lance Corporal · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1969 ✦ Michael Joseph Crescenz Corporal · Army Vietnam War · 1968 ✦ JC John R. Crews Staff Sergeant · Army World War II · 1945 John Philip Cromwell Captain · Navy World War II · 1943 ✦ Alonzo H. Cushing First Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1863 ✦ Nicholas Joseph Cutinha Specialist Fourth Class · Army Vietnam War · 1968 ✦ Larry Gilbert Dahl Specialist Fourth Class · Army Vietnam War · 1971 ✦ AD Anthony Peter Damato Corporal · Marine Corps World War II · 1944 ✦ Jack Arden Davenport Corporal · Marine Corps Korean War · 1951 ✦ KD Kenneth J. David Private First Class · Army Vietnam War · 1970 George Andrew Davis Jr. Major · Air Force Korean War · 1952 ✦ George Fleming Davis Commander · Navy World War II · 1945 ✦ Rodney Maxwell Davis Sergeant · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1967 ✦ Samuel David Dealey Commander · Navy World War II · 1944 ✦ WD William de Armond Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1874 ✦ AD Arthur Frederick Defranzo Staff Sergeant · Army World War II · 1944 ✦ Charles N. Deglopper Private First Class · Army World War II · 1944 ✦ Emilio Albert de la Garza Jr. Lance Corporal · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1970 ✦ ED Emile Deleau Jr. Sergeant · Army World War II · 1945 ✦ RD Reginald Benjamin Desiderio Captain · Army Korean War · 1950 ✦

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