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Acts of valor

Medics & Corpsmen

Army medics, Navy hospital corpsmen and surgeons who went to the wounded under fire.

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By conflict

Vietnam War15
World War II11
Civil War9
Korean War6
Veracruz 19143
Indian Campaigns3

Recipients

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John Henry Balch Pharmacist's Mate First Class · Navy World War I · 1918 Donald Everett Ballard Hospital Corpsman Second Class · Navy Vietnam War · 1968 Edward Clyde "ted" Benfold Hospital Corpsman Third Class · Navy Korean War · 1952 ✦ Thomas William Bennett Corporal · Army Vietnam War · 1969 ✦ William Robert douglas Blackwood Surgeon · Army Civil War · 1865 David Bruce Bleak Sergeant · Army Korean War · 1952 Robert Eugene Bush Hospital Apprentice First Class · Navy World War II · 1945 Wayne Maurice Caron Hospital Corpsman Third Class · Navy Vietnam War · 1968 ✦ William Richard Charette Hospital Corpsman Third Class · Navy Korean War · 1953 James Robb Church Assistant Surgeon · Army Spanish-American War · 1898 Joseph Kirby Corson Assistant Surgeon · Army Civil War · 1863 RC Richard J. Curran Assistant Surgeon · Army Civil War · 1862 Andrew Davidson Assistant Surgeon · Army Civil War · 1863 Richard David Dewert Hospital Corpsman · Navy Korean War · 1951 ✦ Desmond Thomas Doss Private First Class · Army World War II · 1945 ME Middleton Stuart Elliott Surgeon · Navy Veracruz 1914 · 1914 Gabriel Grant Surgeon · Army Civil War · 1862 William David Halyburton Jr. Pharmacist's Mate Second Class · Navy World War II · 1945 ✦ David Ephraim Hayden Hospital Apprentice First Class · Navy World War I · 1918 Robert Ronald Ingram Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class · Navy Vietnam War · 1966 BI Bernard John dowling Irwin Assistant Surgeon · Army Indian Campaigns · 1861 Lawrence Joel Specialist Sixth Class · Army Vietnam War · 1965 KK Kenneth Michael Kays Private First Class · Army Vietnam War · 1970 TK Thomas Joseph Kelly Corporal · Army World War II · 1945 John Edward Kilmer Hospital Corpsman · Navy Korean War · 1952 ✦ Cary Devall Langhorne Surgeon · Navy Veracruz 1914 · 1914 Joseph Guy LaPointe Jr. Specialist Fourth Class · Army Vietnam War · 1969 ✦ FL Fred Faulkner Lester Hospital Apprentice First Class · Navy World War II · 1945 ✦ George William Mathews Captain Assistant Surgeon · Army Philippine Insurrection · 1899 James C. McCloughan Private First Class · Army Vietnam War · 1969 Fred Henry McGuire Hospital Apprentice · Navy Philippines 1911 · 1911 TM Thomas Joseph McMahon Specialist Fourth Class · Army Vietnam War · 1969 ✦ Edgar Lee McWethy Jr. Specialist Fifth Class · Army Vietnam War · 1967 ✦ LP Laverne Parrish Technician Fourth Grade · Army World War II · 1945 ✦ Francis Junior Pierce Pharmacist's Mate First Class · Navy World War II · 1945 George E. Ranney Assistant Surgeon · Army Civil War · 1864 Alfred V. Rascon Special Fourth Class · Army Vietnam War · 1966 JR Jacob F. Raub Assistant Surgeon · Army Civil War · 1865 David Robert Ray Hospital Corpsman Second Class · Navy Vietnam War · 1969 ✦ Clarence Eugene Sasser Private First Class · Army Vietnam War · 1968 Daniel John Shea Private First Class · Army Vietnam War · 1969 ✦ George Franklin Shiels Major Surgeon · Army Philippine Insurrection · 1899 John Oscar Skinner Contract Surgeon · Army Indian Campaigns · 1873 Robert Henry Stanley Hospital Apprentice · Navy Boxer Rebellion · 1900 Paul Frederick Straub Major Surgeon · Army Philippine Insurrection · 1899 JT James Harry Thompson Surgeon · Army Civil War · 1862 George Edward Wahlen Pharmacist's Mate Second Class · Navy World War II · 1945 Mary Edwards Walker Contract Surgeon · Army Civil War · 1861 JW Jack Williams Pharmacist's Mate Third Class · Navy World War II · 1945 ✦ John Harlan Willis Pharmacist's Mate First Class · Navy World War II · 1945 ✦ Alfred Leonard Wilson Technician Grade Five · Army World War II · 1944 ✦ Richard G. Wilson Private First Class · Army Korean War · 1950 ✦ David Francis Winder Private First Class · Army Vietnam War · 1970 ✦ Leonard Wood Assistant Surgeon · Army Indian Campaigns · 1886 William Zuiderveld Hospital Apprentice First Class · Navy Veracruz 1914 · 1914

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