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Acts of valor

Rescue & Lifesaving

Recipients honored for saving others — pulling wounded comrades from fire, rescuing shipmates from the sea or burning wreckage.

437recipients

By conflict

Vietnam War103
Interim 1871–189969
Civil War65
World War II58
Spanish-American War26
Korean War24

Recipients · page 1 of 4

A–Z by last name
BA Bennie G. Adkins Sergeant First Class · Army Vietnam War · 1966 LA Lewis Albanese Private First Class · Army Vietnam War · 1966 ✦ FA Frederick Alber Private · Army Civil War · 1864 James Anderson Jr. Private First Class · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1967 ✦ WA William Anderson Coxswain · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1878 EA Eugene Ashley Jr. Sergeant First Class · Army Vietnam War · 1968 ✦ Travis W. Atkins Staff Sergeant · Army Iraq · 2007 ✦ JA John F. Auer Ordinary Seaman Apprentice · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1883 JA James Avery Seaman · Navy Civil War · 1864 Nicky Daniel Bacon Staff Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1968 WB William Badders Chief Machinist's Mate · Navy Interim 1920–1940 · 1939 AB Albert E. Baesel Second Lieutenant · Army World War I · 1918 ✦ CB Charles Baker Quarter Gunner · Navy Civil War · 1864 EB Edward Lee Baker Jr. Sergeant Major · Army Spanish-American War · 1898 JB John Franklin Baker Jr. Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1966 Frank Dwight Baldwin First Lieutenant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1874 CB Charles Denver Barger Private First Class · Army World War I · 1918 Jedh Colby Barker Lance Corporal · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1967 ✦ CB Carlton William Barrett Private · Army World War II · 1944 RB Richard Bates Seaman · Navy Interim 1865–1870 · 1866 TB Ted Belcher Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1966 ✦ Dennis Bell Private · Army Spanish-American War · 1898 Roy Perez Benavidez Master Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1968 Steven Logan Bennett Captain · Air Force Vietnam War · 1972 ✦ JB James Benson Seaman · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1872 GB George Francis Berg Private · Army Spanish-American War · 1898 CB Charles Bieger Private · Army Civil War · 1864 Elmer Charles Bigelow Watertender First Class · Navy World War II · 1945 ✦ RB Robert M. Boody Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1863 William James Bordelon Staff Sergeant · Marine Corps World War II · 1943 ✦ Orlando Phidelio Boss Corporal · Army Civil War · 1864 AB Alexander Bradley Landsman · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1872 Patrick Henry Brady Major · Army Vietnam War · 1968 HB Henry Breault Torpedoman Second Class · Navy Interim 1920–1940 · 1923 Andre Walker Brewster Captain · Army Boxer Rebellion · 1900 Herschel Floyd "pete" Briles Staff Sergeant · Army World War II · 1944 OB Oscar Brookin Private · Army Spanish-American War · 1898 JB John Brosnan Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 JB John Brown Captain of the Afterguard · Navy Interim 1865–1870 · 1866 Daniel Dean Bruce Private First Class · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1969 ✦ George Washington Brush Second Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1864 Paul William Bucha Captain · Army Vietnam War · 1968 DB David M. Buchanan Apprentice · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1879 TB Thomas Burke Seaman · Navy Interim 1865–1870 · 1866 James Montross Burt Captain · Army World War II · 1944 UB Ulysses G. Buzzard Private · Army Spanish-American War · 1898 Edward C. Byers Jr. Chief · Navy Afghanistan · 2012 Hector Albert Cafferata Jr. Private · Marine Corps Korean War · 1950 JC James A. Campbell Private · Army Civil War · 1865 Charles P. Cantrell Private · Army Spanish-American War · 1898 HC Henry Capehart Colonel · Army Civil War · 1864 CC Charles F. Carey Jr. Technical Sergeant · Army World War II · 1945 ✦ JC James Carey Seaman · Navy Interim 1865–1870 · 1867 RC Robert Goldthwaite Carter Second Lieutenant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1871 Ty Michael Carter Specialist · Army Afghanistan · 2009 William Harding Carter First Lieutenant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1881 Robert Webster Cary Lieutenant Commander · Navy Interim 1915–1916 · 1915 David Bernard Champagne Corporal · Marine Corps Korean War · 1952 ✦ Stephen Edwin Chandler Quartermaster Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1865 AC August Chandron Seaman Apprentice Second Class · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1885 John A. Chapman Technical Sergeant · Air Force Afghanistan · 2002 ✦ JC Joseph J. Cicchetti Private First Class · Army World War II · 1945 ✦ JC John E. Clancy Musician · Army Indian Campaigns · 1890 FC Francis J. Clark Technical Sergeant · Army World War II · 1944 Powhatan Henry Clarke Second Lieutenant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1886 Raymond Michael "Red" Clausen Jr. Private First Class · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1970 JC John Walton Collier Corporal · Army Korean War · 1950 ✦ MC Michael Connolly Ordinary Seaman · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1876 JC John Cooper Quartermaster · Navy Interim 1865–1870 · 1865 William Merrill Corry Jr. Lieutenant Commander · Navy Interim 1920–1940 · 1920 ✦ JC John Costello Ordinary Seaman · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1876 HC Henry C. Courtney Seaman · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1882 Jesse Whitfield Covington Ship's Cook Third Class · Navy World War I · 1918 TC Thomas Cramen Boatswain's Mate · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1882 Bruce P. Crandall Major · Army Vietnam War · 1965 Orson Leon Crandall Chief Boatswain's Mate · Navy Interim 1920–1940 · 1939 BC Benjamin C. Criswell Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 Amos Jay Cummings Sergeant Major · Army Civil War · 1863 AC Andrew Johnson Cummins Sergeant · Army Spanish-American War · 1898 Francis Sherman "frank" Currey Private First Class · Army World War II · 1944 GC George W. Cutter Landsman · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1872 Larry Gilbert Dahl Specialist Fourth Class · Army Vietnam War · 1971 ✦ Edward Carl Dahlgren Second Lieutenant · Army World War II · 1945 AD Anthony Peter Damato Corporal · Marine Corps World War II · 1944 ✦ JD John Davis Ordinary Seaman · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1881 JD Joseph H. Davis Landsman · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1886 PD Paris D. Davis Captain · Army Vietnam War · 1965 Rodney Maxwell Davis Sergeant · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1967 ✦ Sammy Lee Davis Private First Class · Army Vietnam War · 1967 JD John Dempsey Seaman · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1875 MD Michael Deneef Captain of the Top · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1875 JD John Francis Deswan Private · Army Spanish-American War · 1898 James H. Diamond Private First Class · Army World War II · 1945 ✦ Drew Dennis Dix Staff Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1968 SD Stephen Holden Doane First Lieutenant · Army Vietnam War · 1969 ✦ Nicholas Dockery Second Lieutenant · Army Afghanistan · 2012 ED Edward Edwin Dodds Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 TD Thomas M. Doherty Corporal · Army Spanish-American War · 1898 MD Michael Aloyisius Donaldson Sergeant · Army World War I · 1918 JD John C. Donnelly Ordinary Seaman · Navy Civil War · 1864 Desmond Thomas Doss Private First Class · Army World War II · 1945 WD William Downey Private · Army Civil War · 1864 JD Jesse Ray Drowley Staff Sergeant · Army World War II · 1944 JD John Duffey Private · Army Civil War · 1864 FD Frank du Moulin Apprentice · Navy Interim 1865–1870 · 1867 KD Kern Wayne Dunagan Major · Army Vietnam War · 1969 Jason L. Dunham Corporal · Marine Corps Iraq · 2004 ✦ TE Thomas Eadie Chief Gunner's Mate · Navy Interim 1920–1940 · 1927 Walter Atlee Edwards Lieutenant Commander · Navy Interim 1920–1940 · 1922 AE Alan Louis Eggers Sergeant · Army World War I · 1918 WE Walter Elmore Landsman · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1878 Richard Enderlin Musician · Army Civil War · 1863 GE Gerald Leon Endl Staff Sergeant · Army World War II · 1944 ✦ Glenn Harry English Jr. Staff Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1970 ✦ JE John Enright Landsman · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1886 Henry Eugene "red" Erwin Staff Sergeant · Air Force World War II · 1945 Richard L. Etchberger Chief Master Sergeant · Air Force Vietnam War · 1968 ✦ Donald Ward Evans Jr. Specialist Fourth Class · Army Vietnam War · 1967 ✦ JE James Robert Evans Private · Army Civil War · 1864 RE Rodney John Evans Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1969 ✦

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