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Honoring American TroopsMedal of Honor Archive

Acts of valor

Assaults on Machine-Gun Nests

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

Recipients · page 2 of 2

A–Z by last name
Whitt Lloyd Moreland Private First Class · Marine Corps Korean War · 1951 ✦ William David Morgan Corporal · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1969 ✦ Charles Bedford Morris Staff Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1966 MM Melvin Morris Staff Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1969 EM Edward J. Moskala Private First Class · Army World War II · 1945 ✦ Sadao S. Munemori Private First Class · Army World War II · 1945 ✦ Shinyei Nakamine Private · Army World War II · 1944 ✦ WN Wataru Nakamura Private · Army Korean War · 1951 ✦ Melvin Earl Newlin Private First Class · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1967 ✦ BN Beryl Richard Newman First Lieutenant · Army World War II · 1944 Joe M. Nishimoto Private First Class · Army World War II · 1944 ✦ CO Carlos Carnes Ogden Sr. First Lieutenant · Army World War II · 1944 Yukio Okutsu Technical Sergeant · Army World War II · 1945 TO Truman O. Olson Sergeant · Army World War II · 1944 ✦ Frank Harry Ono Private First Class · Army World War II · 1944 ✦ Robert Allen Owens Sergeant · Marine Corps World War II · 1943 ✦ Robert Martin Patterson Specialist Fourth Class · Army Vietnam War · 1968 JP Jack James Pendleton Staff Sergeant · Army World War II · 1944 ✦ Manuel Perez Jr. Private First Class · Army World War II · 1945 ✦ MP Michael J. Perkins Private First Class · Army World War I · 1918 ✦ GP George J. Peters Private · Army World War II · 1945 ✦ GP George Peterson Staff Sergeant · Army World War II · 1945 ✦ Larry Stanley Pierce Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1965 ✦ Ryan M. Pitts Sergeant · Army Afghanistan · 2008 John Vincent Power First Lieutenant · Marine Corps World War II · 1944 ✦ LP Leo J. Powers Private First Class · Army World War II · 1944 RP Robert Leslie Poxon First Lieutenant · Army Vietnam War · 1969 ✦ EP Ernest William Prussman Private First Class · Army World War II · 1944 ✦ JR John N. Reese Jr. Private First Class · Army World War II · 1945 ✦ GR Gordon Ray Roberts Specialist Fourth Class · Army Vietnam War · 1969 Cleto L. Rodriguez Technical Sergeant · Army World War II · 1945 Wilburn Kirby Ross Private · Army World War II · 1944 Ronald Eugene Rosser Corporal · Army Korean War · 1952 Donald Eugene Rudolph Second Lieutenant · Army World War II · 1945 Leslie H. Sabo Jr. Specialist Fourth Class · Army Vietnam War · 1970 ✦ SS Samuel Major Sampler Corporal · Army World War I · 1918 FS Foster Joseph Sayers Private First Class · Army World War II · 1944 ✦ LS Lloyd Martin Seibert Sergeant · Army World War I · 1918 Charles William Shea Second Lieutenant · Army World War II · 1944 Richard Thomas Shea Jr. First Lieutenant · Army Korean War · 1953 ✦ Marvin Glen Shields Construction Mechanic Third Class · Navy Vietnam War · 1965 ✦ CS Curtis F. Shoup Staff Sergeant · Army World War II · 1945 ✦ Ronald J. Shurer II Staff Sergeant · Army Afghanistan · 2008 ES Edward A. Silk First Lieutenant · Army World War II · 1944 George Kenton Sisler First Lieutenant · Army Vietnam War · 1967 ✦ William S. Sitman Sergeant First Class · Army Korean War · 1951 ✦ JS John Carleton Sjogren Staff Sergeant · Army World War II · 1945 DS Donald Sidney Skidgel Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1969 ✦ Britt Kelly Slabinski Senior Chief · Navy Afghanistan · 2002 LS Larry Eugene Smedley Corporal · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1967 ✦ JS Joe C. Specker Sergeant · Army World War II · 1944 ✦ CS Clifton T. Speicher Corporal · Army Korean War · 1952 ✦ JS James Michael Sprayberry First Lieutenant · Army Vietnam War · 1968 Tony Stein Corporal · Marine Corps World War II · 1945 ✦ FS Freddie Stowers Corporal · Army World War I · 1918 ✦ Kenneth Edward Stumpf Specialist Fourth Class · Army Vietnam War · 1967 Jon Edward Swanson Captain · Army Vietnam War · 1971 ✦ Karl Gorman Taylor Sr. Staff Sergeant · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1968 ✦ ST Seymour W. Terry Captain · Army World War II · 1945 ✦ Herbert Joseph Thomas Sergeant · Marine Corps World War II · 1943 ✦ Joseph Henry Thompson Major · Army World War I · 1918 Junior van Noy Private · Army World War II · 1943 ✦ JV Jay R. Vargas Captain · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1968 Ysmael Reyes Villegas Staff Sergeant · Army World War II · 1945 ✦ Francis B. Wai Captain · Army World War II · 1944 ✦ RW Robert Turner Waugh First Lieutenant · Army World War II · 1944 ✦ JW Jerry Wayne Wickam Corporal · Army Vietnam War · 1968 ✦ PW Paul Joseph Wiedorfer Staff Sergeant · Army World War II · 1944 EW Edward G. Wilkin Corporal · Army World War II · 1945 ✦ Homer L. Wise Staff Sergeant · Army World War II · 1944 Frank Peter Witek Private First Class · Marine Corps World War II · 1944 ✦ NW Nels T. Wold Private · Army World War I · 1918 ✦ SW Samuel Woodfill First Lieutenant · Army World War I · 1918 Raymond Richard "Buzzer" Wright Specialist Fourth Class · Army Vietnam War · 1967 Maximo Yabes First Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1967 ✦ Alvin Cullium York Corporal · Army World War I · 1918