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Acts of valor

Assaults on Machine-Gun Nests

Charges against enemy machine-gun positions, bunkers and pillboxes — often alone.

196recipients

By conflict

World War II105
Vietnam War51
Korean War24
World War I12
Afghanistan4

Recipients · page 1 of 2

A–Z by last name
Lucian Adams Staff Sergeant · Army World War II · 1944 SA Sylvester Antolak Sergeant · Army World War II · 1944 ✦ EA Eugene Ashley Jr. Sergeant First Class · Army Vietnam War · 1968 ✦ JB John Franklin Baker Jr. Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1966 Vernon Joseph Baker First Lieutenant · Army World War II · 1945 FB Frank J. Bart Private · Army World War I · 1918 John "Manila John" Basilone Sergeant · Marine Corps World War II · 1942 Lewis Kenneth Bausell Corporal · Marine Corps World War II · 1944 ✦ EB Edward Andrew Bennett Corporal · Army World War II · 1945 VB Vito R. Bertoldo Master Sergeant · Army World War II · 1945 Arthur O. Beyer Corporal · Army World War II · 1945 Willibald Charles Bianchi First Lieutenant · Army World War II · 1942 ✦ OB Orville Emil Bloch First Lieutenant · Army World War II · 1944 Cecil Hamilton Bolton First Lieutenant · Army World War II · 1944 JB James Leroy Bondsteel Staff Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1969 Robert D. Booker Private · Army World War II · 1943 ✦ William James Bordelon Staff Sergeant · Marine Corps World War II · 1943 ✦ MB Maurice Lee (footsie) Britt Captain · Army World War II · 1943 BB Bobbie Evan Brown Jr. Captain · Army World War II · 1944 Paul William Bucha Captain · Army Vietnam War · 1968 BB Brian Leroy Buker Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1970 ✦ Lloyd Leslie "scooter" Burke First Lieutenant · Army Korean War · 1951 Tony K. Burris Sergeant First Class · Army Korean War · 1951 ✦ CC Chris Carr Sergeant · Army World War II · 1944 AC Anthony Casamento Corporal · Marine Corps World War II · 1942 John A. Chapman Technical Sergeant · Air Force Afghanistan · 2002 ✦ FC Francis J. Clark Technical Sergeant · Army World War II · 1944 Michael "Mike" Colalillo Private First Class · Army World War II · 1945 JC John Walton Collier Corporal · Army Korean War · 1950 ✦ FC Felix M. Conde-Falcon Staff Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1969 ✦ RC Raymond Henry Cooley Staff Sergeant · Army World War II · 1945 GC Gordon Maynard Craig Corporal · Army Korean War · 1950 ✦ Robert Craig Second Lieutenant · Army World War II · 1943 ✦ William John Crawford Private · Army World War II · 1943 Michael Joseph Crescenz Corporal · Army Vietnam War · 1968 ✦ Edward Carl Dahlgren Second Lieutenant · Army World War II · 1945 Michael Joseph Daly Captain · Army World War II · 1945 Rudolph Bianco Davila Second Lieutenant · Army World War II · 1944 AD Arthur Frederick Defranzo Staff Sergeant · Army World War II · 1944 ✦ ED Emile Deleau Jr. Sergeant · Army World War II · 1945 ✦ James H. Diamond Private First Class · Army World War II · 1945 ✦ Ralph Ellis Dias Private First Class · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1969 ✦ Carl Henry Dodd First Lieutenant · Army Korean War · 1951 RD Russell Dunham Technical Sergeant · Army World War II · 1945 Victor H. Espinoza Corporal · Army Korean War · 1952 ✦ Michael John Fitzmaurice Specialist Fourth Class · Army Vietnam War · 1971 Robert Franklin Foley Captain · Army Vietnam War · 1966 MF Michael Fleming Folland Corporal · Army Vietnam War · 1969 ✦ Wesley Lee Fox Captain · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1969 FF Frank Rocco Fratellenico Corporal · Army Vietnam War · 1970 ✦ AG Archer T. Gammon Staff Sergeant · Army World War II · 1945 ✦ Marcario Garcia Staff Sergeant · Army World War II · 1944 JG James Alton Gardner First Lieutenant · Army Vietnam War · 1966 ✦ EG Eric Gunnar Gibson Technician Fifth Grade · Army World War II · 1944 ✦ James Albert Graham Captain · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1967 ✦ JG Joseph Xavier Grant Captain · Army Vietnam War · 1966 ✦ PG Peter Mathew Guenette Specialist Fourth Class · Army Vietnam War · 1968 ✦ Charles Chris Hagemeister Specialist Fourth Class · Army Vietnam War · 1967 Loren Douglas Hagen First Lieutenant · Army Vietnam War · 1971 ✦ Barney Fushimi Hajiro Private · Army World War II · 1944 Dale Merlin Hansen Private · Marine Corps World War II · 1945 ✦ Louis James Hauge Jr. Corporal · Marine Corps World War II · 1945 ✦ William Deane Hawkins First Lieutenant · Marine Corps World War II · 1943 ✦ Joe Hayashi Private · Army World War II · 1945 ✦ Shizuya Hayashi Private · Army World War II · 1943 James Richard Hendrix Private · Army World War II · 1944 JH James Davidson Heriot Corporal · Army World War I · 1918 ✦ RH Robert John Hibbs Second Lieutenant · Army Vietnam War · 1966 ✦ JH John Noble Holcomb Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1968 ✦ Joe Ronnie Hooper Staff Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1968 FH Freeman Victor Horner Staff Sergeant · Army World War II · 1944 Daniel K. Inouye First Lieutenant · Army World War II · 1945 Arthur Junior Jackson Private First Class · Marine Corps World War II · 1944 Douglas Thomas Jacobson Private First Class · Marine Corps World War II · 1945 CJ Charles Robert Johnson Private First Class · Army Korean War · 1953 ✦ Donald Ray Johnston Specialist Fourth Class · Army Vietnam War · 1969 ✦ MJ Mack A. Jordan Private First Class · Army Korean War · 1951 ✦ Joseph Rodolph Julian Platoon Sergeant · Marine Corps World War II · 1945 ✦ Anthony T. Kaho'Ohanohano Private First Class · Army Korean War · 1951 ✦ EK Edward N. Kaneshiro Staff Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1966 ✦ LK Loren R. Kaufman Sergeant First Class · Army Korean War · 1950 ✦ Leonard Bert Keller Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1967 JK Jonah Edward high Kelley Staff Sergeant · Army World War II · 1945 ✦ OK Ova Art Kelley Private · Army World War II · 1944 ✦ CK Charles "Commando" E. Kelly Corporal · Army World War II · 1943 John Doran Kelly Private First Class · Marine Corps Korean War · 1952 ✦ DK Dexter James Kerstetter Private First Class · Army World War II · 1945 PK Patrick L. Kessler Private First Class · Army World War II · 1944 ✦ HK Harold G. Kiner Private · Army World War II · 1944 ✦ Thomas James Kinsman Specialist Fourth Class · Army Vietnam War · 1968 JK Jack Llewellyn Knight First Lieutenant · Army World War II · 1945 ✦ Yeiki Kobashigawa Technical Sergeant · Army World War II · 1944 EK Ernest Richard Kouma Master Sergeant · Army Korean War · 1950 EK Edward Charles Krzyzowski Captain · Army Korean War · 1951 ✦ Robert Toshi Kuroda Staff Sergeant · Army World War II · 1944 ✦ BL Billy Lane Lauffer Private First Class · Army Vietnam War · 1966 ✦ Robert Earl Laws Staff Sergeant · Army World War II · 1945 ML Milo Lemert First Sergeant · Army World War I · 1918 ✦ Jake William Lindsey Sr. Technical Sergeant · Army World War II · 1944 EL Edgar Harold Lloyd First Lieutenant · Army World War II · 1944 ✦ Jack Lummus First Lieutenant · Marine Corps World War II · 1945 ✦ WL William Franklin Lyell Corporal · Army Korean War · 1951 ✦ George Lafayette Mabry Jr. Lieutenant Colonel · Army World War II · 1944 Charles Andrew MacGillivary Sergeant · Army World War II · 1945 JM John D. Magrath Private First Class · Army World War II · 1945 ✦ Frederick William Mausert III Sergeant · Marine Corps Korean War · 1951 ✦ Lloyd G. McCarter Private · Army World War II · 1945 JM Joseph Jeremiah McCarthy Captain · Marine Corps World War II · 1945 Finnis Dawson McCleery Sergeant First Class · Army Vietnam War · 1968 FM Fred B. McGee Corporal · Army Korean War · 1952 ✦ RM Robert Milton McGovern First Lieutenant · Army Korean War · 1951 ✦ FM Francis Xavier McGraw Private First Class · Army World War II · 1944 ✦ RM Ray McKibben Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1968 ✦ David Herbert McNerney First Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1967 JM John William Meagher Technical Sergeant · Army World War II · 1945 HM Harry J. Michael Second Lieutenant · Army World War II · 1945 ✦ AM Andrew Miller Staff Sergeant · Army World War II · 1944 ✦ OM Oscar F. Miller Major · Army World War I · 1918 ✦ NM Nicholas Minue Private · Army World War II · 1943 ✦ Hiroshi Miyamura Corporal · Army Korean War · 1951

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