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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 3 of 4

A–Z by last name
Thomas Buchanan McGuire Jr. Major · Air Force World War II · 1944 ✦ CM Charles W. McKay Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 RM Ray McKibben Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1968 ✦ TM Thomas Joseph McMahon Specialist Fourth Class · Army Vietnam War · 1969 ✦ David Herbert McNerney First Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1967 Robert Miller McTureous Jr. Private · Marine Corps World War II · 1945 ✦ Don Leslie Michael Specialist Fourth Class · Army Vietnam War · 1967 ✦ John Mihalowski Torpedoman First Class · Navy Interim 1920–1940 · 1939 FM Franklin Douglas Miller Staff Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1970 HM Hugh Miller Boatswain's Mate · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1885 Robert J. Miller Staff Sergeant · Army Afghanistan · 2008 ✦ JM John Millmore Ordinary Seaman · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1877 Frank Nicias Mitchell First Lieutenant · Marine Corps Korean War · 1950 ✦ TM Thomas Mitchell Landsman · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1879 Ola Lee Mize Master Sergeant · Army Korean War · 1953 James Howard Monroe Private First Class · Army Vietnam War · 1967 ✦ Jared C. Monti Staff Sergeant · Army Afghanistan · 2006 ✦ FM Francis Moore Boatswain's Mate · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1882 GM George Moore Seaman · Navy Civil War · 1862 PM Philip Moore Seaman · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1880 William David Morgan Corporal · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1969 ✦ Charles Bedford Morris Staff Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1966 JM John Morris Corporal · Marine Corps Interim 1871–1899 · 1881 WM William Morse Seaman · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1880 LM Louis C. Mosher Second Lieutenant · Army Philippine Insurrection · 1913 EM Edward J. Moskala Private First Class · Army World War II · 1945 ✦ DM Donald Raymond Moyer Sergeant First Class · Army Korean War · 1951 ✦ PM Patrick Mullen Boatswain's Mate · Navy Interim 1865–1870 · 1865 HM Hugh Patrick Mullin Seaman · Navy Interim 1899–1910 · 1899 Douglas Albert Munro Signalman First Class · Coast Guard World War II · 1942 ✦ FM Frederick Coleman Murphy Private First Class · Army World War II · 1945 ✦ DN David Paul Nash Private First Class · Army Vietnam War · 1968 ✦ JN James J. Nash Private · Army Spanish-American War · 1898 GN George Henry Nee Private · Army Spanish-American War · 1898 HN Hugh Reavis Nelson Jr. Captain · Army Vietnam War · 1966 ✦ MN Marcellus J. Newman Private · Army Civil War · 1864 DN Daniel Noble Landsman · Navy Civil War · 1864 Joseph B. Noil Seaman · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1872 JN J. W. Norris Landsman · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1883 Thomas Rolland Norris Lieutenant · Navy Vietnam War · 1972 Michael Joseph Novosel Chief Warrant Officer · Army Vietnam War · 1969 JO James Francis O'Conner Landsman Engineer's Force · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1880 Eugene Arnold Obregon Private First Class · Marine Corps Korean War · 1950 ✦ Milton Lee Olive III Private First Class · Army Vietnam War · 1965 ✦ FO Francis Edward Ormsbee Jr. Chief Machinist's Mate · Navy World War I · 1918 CO Charles Alvin Orr Private · Army Civil War · 1864 JO John Osborne Seaman · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1876 Weedon Edward Osborne Lieutenant, j.g. · Navy World War I · 1918 ✦ CO Christian Osepins Seaman · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1882 LP Loron F. Packard Private · Army Civil War · 1863 John Upshur dennis Page Lieutenant Colonel · Army Korean War · 1950 ✦ AP Alexander Parker Boatswain's Mate · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1876 William Russell Parnell First Lieutenant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1877 LP Laverne Parrish Technician Fourth Grade · Army World War II · 1945 ✦ Joe Calvin Paul Lance Corporal · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1965 ✦ TP Thomas Patrick Payne Sergeant First Class · Army Iraq · 2015 AP Alexander Peters Boatswain's Mate First Class · Navy Interim 1899–1910 · 1904 GP George J. Peters Private · Army World War II · 1945 ✦ Orlando Henderson Petty Lieutenant · Navy World War I · 1918 HP Herman Pfisterer Musician · Army Spanish-American War · 1898 Jackson Charles Pharris Gunner · Navy World War II · 1941 Jimmy Wayne Phipps Private First Class · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1969 ✦ Francis Junior Pierce Pharmacist's Mate First Class · Navy World War II · 1945 Larry Stanley Pierce Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1965 ✦ William Hart Pitsenbarger Airmen First Class · Air Force Vietnam War · 1966 ✦ John Albert Pittman Sergeant · Army Korean War · 1950 Richard Allan Pittman Sergeant · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1966 HP Henry E. Plant Corporal · Army Civil War · 1865 Stephen Wesley Pless Major · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1967 AP Alfred Polond Private · Army Spanish-American War · 1898 GP George F. Pond Private · Army Civil War · 1864 WP William David Port Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1968 ✦ JP Joseph Rollin Prentice Private · Army Civil War · 1862 Arthur Murray Preston Lieutenant Commander · Navy World War II · 1944 JQ Joseph Quick Coxswain · Navy Interim 1899–1910 · 1902 AQ Alexander M. Quinn Sergeant · Army Spanish-American War · 1898 Alfred V. Rascon Special Fourth Class · Army Vietnam War · 1966 Charles Wellington Reed Bugler · Army Civil War · 1863 NR Norman W. Ressler Corporal · Army Spanish-American War · 1898 Charles Howard Roan Private First Class · Marine Corps World War II · 1944 ✦ AR Anund Charles Roark Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1968 ✦ Charles Duval Roberts Second Lieutenant · Army Spanish-American War · 1898 James William Robinson Jr. Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1966 ✦ TR Thomas Robinson Captain of the Afterguard · Navy Interim 1865–1870 · 1866 Louis Richard Rocco Warrant Officer · Army Vietnam War · 1970 Donald Kirby Ross Warrant Machinist · Navy World War II · 1941 JR Johannes Rouning Ordinary Seaman · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1882 Donald Jack Ruhl Private First Class · Marine Corps World War II · 1945 ✦ Alejandro Renteria Ruiz Private First Class · Army World War II · 1945 JR John Russell Seaman · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1880 RR Richard Ryan Ordinary Seaman · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1876 Thomas John Ryan Jr. Ensign · Navy Interim 1920–1940 · 1923 Leslie H. Sabo Jr. Specialist Fourth Class · Army Vietnam War · 1970 ✦ JS Joseph John Sadowski Sergeant · Army World War II · 1944 ✦ Hector Santiago-Colon Specialist Fourth Class · Army Vietnam War · 1968 ✦ IS Isaac B. Sapp Seaman Engineer's Force · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1871 RS Ruppert Leon Sargent First Lieutenant · Army Vietnam War · 1967 ✦ PS Patrick Scanlan Private · Army Civil War · 1864 Christian Franklin Schilt First Lieutenant · Marine Corps Nicaragua 1927–1933 · 1928 OS Oscar Schmidt Jr. Chief Gunner's Mate · Navy World War I · 1918 WS William Schmidt Private · Army Civil War · 1863 JS John P. Schnitzer Wagoner · Army Indian Campaigns · 1882 Dan Dwain Schoonover Corporal · Army Korean War · 1953 ✦ MS Martin Schwenk Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1863 PS Patrick Shanahan Chief Boatswain's Mate · Navy Interim 1899–1910 · 1899 Daniel John Shea Private First Class · Army Vietnam War · 1969 ✦ GS George Mathews Shelton Private · Army Philippine Insurrection · 1900 William Shemin Sergeant · Army World War I · 1918 ✦ WS Warren Julius Shepherd Corporal · Army Spanish-American War · 1898 Ronald J. Shurer II Staff Sergeant · Army Afghanistan · 2008 JS John Otto Siegel Boatswain's Mate Second Class · Navy World War I · 1918 HS Henry Simpson Fireman First Class · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1877 Walter Keith Singleton Sergeant · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1967 ✦ George Kenton Sisler First Lieutenant · Army Vietnam War · 1967 ✦ John Oscar Skinner Contract Surgeon · Army Indian Campaigns · 1873 Britt Kelly Slabinski Senior Chief · Navy Afghanistan · 2002 HS Henry C. Slusher Private · Army Civil War · 1863 AS Albert Joseph Smith Private · Marine Corps Interim 1920–1940 · 1921 CS Charles H. Smith Coxswain · Navy Civil War · 1862 ES Eugene P. Smith Chief Watertender · Navy Interim 1915–1916 · 1915