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Honoring American TroopsMedal of Honor Archive

Acts of valor

Rescue & Lifesaving

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

Recipients · page 2 of 4

A–Z by last name
HF Harry Delmar Fadden Coxswain · Navy Interim 1899–1910 · 1903 IF Isaac L. Fasseur Ordinary Seaman · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1884 JF James Fegan Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1868 FF Frederick Edgar Ferguson Chief Warrant Officer · Army Vietnam War · 1968 Bernard Francis Fisher Major · Air Force Vietnam War · 1966 JF John Flannagan Boatswain's Mate · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1878 CF Charles Clinton Fleek Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1967 ✦ MF Michael Fleming Folland Corporal · Army Vietnam War · 1969 ✦ TF Thomas Hall Forsyth First Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 Paul Hellstrom Foster Sergeant · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1967 ✦ FF Frank Ottis Fournia Private · Army Spanish-American War · 1898 CF Christopher Fowler Quartermaster · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1874 Hugh Carroll Frazer Ensign · Navy Veracruz 1914 · 1914 Ed W. Freeman Captain · Army Vietnam War · 1965 DF Dennis M. Fujii Specialist Five · Army Vietnam War · 1971 Jesse N. Funk Private First Class · Army World War I · 1918 Samuel Glenn Fuqua Captain · Navy World War II · 1941 Candelario Garcia Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1968 ✦ Harold Alva Garman Private · Army World War II · 1944 David L. Gifford Private · Army Civil War · 1864 MG Matthew Gillick Boatswain's Mate · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1883 Alfredo "Freddy" Gonzalez Sergeant · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1968 ✦ CG Clair Goodblood Corporal · Army Korean War · 1951 ✦ WG William Ernest Goodman First Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1863 Edwin Goodrich First Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1864 Nathan Green Gordon Lieutenant · Navy World War II · 1944 WG William J. Grabiarz Private First Class · Army World War II · 1945 ✦ Peter Grace Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 JG Joseph Xavier Grant Captain · Army Vietnam War · 1966 ✦ TG Thomas J. Graves Private · Army Spanish-American War · 1898 Robert A. Gray Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 SG Samuel Grimshaw Private · Army Civil War · 1864 LG Luke M. Griswold Ordinary Seaman · Navy Civil War · 1862 Charles Chris Hagemeister Specialist Fourth Class · Army Vietnam War · 1967 LH Luovi Halling Boatswain's Mate First Class · Navy Interim 1899–1910 · 1904 Owen Francis patrick Hammerberg Boatswain's Mate Second Class · Navy World War II · 1945 ✦ Francis Colton Hammond Hospitalman · Navy Korean War · 1953 ✦ Lester Hammond Jr. Corporal · Army Korean War · 1952 ✦ JH John Handran Seaman · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1876 JH Joseph Hanks Private · Army Civil War · 1863 JH Jack G. Hanson Private First Class · Army Korean War · 1951 ✦ BH Benjamin Franklin Hardaway First Lieutenant · Army Spanish-American War · 1898 RH Roy W. Harmon Sergeant · Army World War II · 1944 ✦ JH John Harris Captain of the Forecastle · Navy Civil War · 1864 JH Joshua B. Hartzog Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1890 MH Marcus M. Haskell Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1862 Thomas R. Hawkins Sergeant Major · Army Civil War · 1864 Lloyd C. Hawks Private First Class · Army World War II · 1944 JH John Hayden Apprentice · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1879 JH John Henry Helms Sergeant · Marine Corps Interim 1899–1910 · 1901 PH Pitt B. Herington Private · Army Civil War · 1864 WH William Lowell Hill Captain of the Top · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1881 GH George Holt Quarter Gunner · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1871 EH Edward A. Holton First Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1862 Joe Ronnie Hooper Staff Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1968 Lewis Augustine Horton Seaman · Navy Civil War · 1862 Robert Lewis Howard First Lieutenant · Army Vietnam War · 1968 Thomas Jerome Hudner Jr. Lieutenant, j.g. · Navy Korean War · 1950 MH Michael Huskey Fireman · Navy Civil War · 1863 George Alan Ingalls Specialist Fourth Class · Army Vietnam War · 1967 ✦ Robert Ronald Ingram Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class · Navy Vietnam War · 1966 BI Bernard John dowling Irwin Assistant Surgeon · Army Indian Campaigns · 1861 Joe Madison Jackson Lieutenant Colonel · Air Force Vietnam War · 1968 Jack Howard Jacobs First Lieutenant · Army Vietnam War · 1968 Don Jenkins Private First Class · Army Vietnam War · 1969 DJ Delbert Owen Jennings Staff Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1966 Henry Johnson Private · Army World War I · 1918 ✦ HJ Henry Johnson Seaman · Navy Civil War · 1864 WJ William Johnson Cooper · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1879 Donald Ray Johnston Specialist Fourth Class · Army Vietnam War · 1969 ✦ JJ John Jones Landsman · Navy Civil War · 1862 William Atkinson Jones III Colonel · Air Force Vietnam War · 1968 ✦ Emil J. Kapaun Captain · Army Korean War · 1950 ✦ John James Kedenburg Specialist Fifth Class · Army Vietnam War · 1968 ✦ Leonard Bert Keller Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1967 WK William G. Keller Private · Army Spanish-American War · 1898 TK Thomas Joseph Kelly Corporal · Army World War II · 1945 TK Thomas Kelly Private · Army Spanish-American War · 1898 TK Thomas Joseph Kersey Ordinary Seaman · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1876 Charles S. Kettles Major · Army Vietnam War · 1967 HK Hugh King Ordinary Seaman · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1871 RK Robert Klein Chief Carpenter's Mate · Navy Interim 1899–1910 · 1904 JK John Kelvin Koelsch Lieutenant, j.g. · Navy Korean War · 1951 ✦ Richard Edward Kraus Private First Class · Marine Corps World War II · 1944 ✦ EK Edward Charles Krzyzowski Captain · Army Korean War · 1951 ✦ Patrick J. Kyle Landsman · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1879 TL Thomas Lakin Seaman · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1874 PL Paul Ronald Lambers Staff Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1968 GL Garfield Mcconnell Langhorn Private First Class · Army Vietnam War · 1969 ✦ Clyde Everett Lassen Lieutenant · Navy Vietnam War · 1968 John Cridland Latham Sergeant · Army World War I · 1918 BL Billy Lane Lauffer Private First Class · Army Vietnam War · 1966 ✦ Fitz Lee Private · Army Spanish-American War · 1898 ML Milton Arthur Lee Private First Class · Army Vietnam War · 1968 ✦ John Harold Leims Second Lieutenant · Marine Corps World War II · 1945 RL Robert Ronald Leisy Second Lieutenant · Army Vietnam War · 1969 ✦ EL Emile Lejeune Seaman · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1876 FL Fred Faulkner Lester Hospital Apprentice First Class · Navy World War II · 1945 ✦ Dewitt Clinton Lewis Captain · Army Civil War · 1862 Charles James (Angelo) Liteky Captain · Army Vietnam War · 1967 BL Benjamin Lloyd Coal Heaver · Navy Civil War · 1864 HL Hugh Logan Captain of the Afterguard · Navy Civil War · 1862 Donald Russell Long Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1966 ✦ Andre Cavaro Lucas Lieutenant Colonel · Army Vietnam War · 1970 ✦ EM Edward Maddin Ordinary Seaman · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1876 HM Henry J. Manning Quartermaster · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1882 Harry Linn Martin First Lieutenant · Marine Corps World War II · 1945 ✦ Benito Martinez Corporal · Army Korean War · 1952 ✦ Gary Wayne Martini Private First Class · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1967 ✦ RM Robert Dale Maxwell Technician Fifth Grade · Army World War II · 1944 WM William B. Mayes Private · Army Civil War · 1864 BM Benjamin Franklin McAlwee Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 JM John McCarton Ship's Printer · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1882 James C. McCloughan Private First Class · Army Vietnam War · 1969 RM Richard Miles McCool Jr. Lieutenant · Navy World War II · 1945 James Harper McDonald Chief Metalsmith · Navy Interim 1920–1940 · 1939 DM Daniel Robert McFall Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 VM Vernon McGarity Technical Sergeant · Army World War II · 1944 FM Fred B. McGee Corporal · Army Korean War · 1952 ✦ WM William D. McGee Private · Army World War II · 1945 ✦