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Acts of valor

Prisoners of War

Recipients whose valor was displayed in captivity or escape.

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Recipients

A–Z by last name

Richard Nott Antrim Commander · Navy World War II · 1942

Edward C. Byers Jr. Chief · Navy Afghanistan · 2012

Donald Gilbert Cook Colonel · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1964 ✦ TC Thomas Cosgrove Private · Army Civil War · 1864

George Everette "Bud" Day Major · Air Force Vietnam War · 1967 RE Roderick W. "Roddie" Edmonds Master Sergeant · Army World War II · 1945 ✦ SG Stephen Raymond Gregg Second Lieutenant · Army World War II · 1944

Edouard Victor michel Izac Lieutenant · Navy World War I · 1918

Henry Johnson Private · Army World War I · 1918 ✦

Joseph S. Keen Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 JK John Kelvin Koelsch Lieutenant, j.g. · Navy Korean War · 1951 ✦

Gino Joseph Merli Private First Class · Army World War II · 1944

Tibor Rubin Corporal · Army Korean War · 1950

Lance Peter Sijan Captain · Air Force Vietnam War · 1967 ✦

Paul Ray Smith Sergeant First Class · Army Iraq · 2003 ✦

James Bond Stockdale Rear Admiral · Navy Vietnam War · 1969 HV Humbert Roque "Rocky" Versace Captain · Army Vietnam War · 1963 ✦

Mary Edwards Walker Contract Surgeon · Army Civil War · 1861

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