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Acts of valor

Wounded but Fought On

Recipients who kept fighting, leading or saving others after being wounded themselves.

250recipients

By conflict

Vietnam War74
World War II61
Korean War51
Civil War42
World War I13
Afghanistan3

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A–Z by last name
SA Stanley Taylor Adams Master Sergeant · Army Korean War · 1951 Richard Allen Anderson Lance Corporal · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1969 ✦ EA Eugene Ashley Jr. Sergeant First Class · Army Vietnam War · 1968 ✦ TA Thomas Eugene "gene" Atkins Private First Class · Army World War II · 1945 George Lovell Banks Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1863 William Earl Barber Captain · Marine Corps Korean War · 1950 Jedh Colby Barker Lance Corporal · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1967 ✦ WB William Henry Barnes Private · Army Civil War · 1864 Gary Burnell Beikirch Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1970 Roy Perez Benavidez Master Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1968 Emory Lawrence Bennett Private First Class · Army Korean War · 1951 ✦ Willibald Charles Bianchi First Lieutenant · Army World War II · 1942 ✦ David Bruce Bleak Sergeant · Army Korean War · 1952 EB Edward R. Bowman Quartermaster · Navy Civil War · 1865 MB Maurice Lee (footsie) Britt Captain · Army World War II · 1943 Deming Bronson First Lieutenant · Army World War I · 1918 BB Bobbie Evan Brown Jr. Captain · Army World War II · 1944 EB Edward Brown Jr. Corporal · Army Civil War · 1863 LB Lorenzo Dow Brown Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1877 Melvin L. Brown Private First Class · Army Korean War · 1950 ✦ WB William Maud Bryant Sergeant First Class · Army Vietnam War · 1969 ✦ FB Frederick Clarence Buck Corporal · Army Civil War · 1864 JB James Buck Quartermaster · Navy Civil War · 1862 BB Brian Leroy Buker Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1970 ✦ Lloyd Leslie "scooter" Burke First Lieutenant · Army Korean War · 1951 Tony K. Burris Sergeant First Class · Army Korean War · 1951 ✦ Robert Eugene Bush Hospital Apprentice First Class · Navy World War II · 1945 Vincent Robert Capodanno Lieutenant · Navy Vietnam War · 1967 ✦ Wayne Maurice Caron Hospital Corpsman Third Class · Navy Vietnam War · 1968 ✦ Edward Allen Carter Jr. Staff Sergeant · Army World War II · 1945 ✦ Ty Michael Carter Specialist · Army Afghanistan · 2009 Alwyn Crendall Cashe Sergeant First Class · Army Iraq · 2005 ✦ Isaac Swartwood Catlin Colonel · Army Civil War · 1864 LC Louis G. Chaput Landsman · Navy Civil War · 1864 John F. Chase Private · Army Civil War · 1863 FC Francis J. Clark Technical Sergeant · Army World War II · 1944 JC James Coey Major · Army Civil War · 1865 Ronald Leroy Coker Private First Class · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1969 ✦ Darrell Samuel Cole Sergeant · Marine Corps World War II · 1945 ✦ JC James Phillip Connor Sergeant · Army World War II · 1944 Ardie R. Copas Specialist Fourth Class · Army Vietnam War · 1970 ✦ William Merrill Corry Jr. Lieutenant Commander · Navy Interim 1920–1940 · 1920 ✦ JC John R. Crews Staff Sergeant · Army World War II · 1945 Jerry Kirt Crump Corporal · Army Korean War · 1951 KD Kenneth J. David Private First Class · Army Vietnam War · 1970 PD Paris D. Davis Captain · Army Vietnam War · 1965 George Everette "Bud" Day Major · Air Force Vietnam War · 1967 AD Arthur Frederick Defranzo Staff Sergeant · Army World War II · 1944 ✦ Charles N. Deglopper Private First Class · Army World War II · 1944 ✦ RD Reginald Benjamin Desiderio Captain · Army Korean War · 1950 ✦ ED Edward Allen Devore Jr. Specialist Fourth Class · Army Vietnam War · 1968 ✦ Richard David Dewert Hospital Corpsman · Navy Korean War · 1951 ✦ Ralph Ellis Dias Private First Class · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1969 ✦ SD Stephen Holden Doane First Lieutenant · Army Vietnam War · 1969 ✦ Roger H.C. Donlon Captain · Army Vietnam War · 1964 William Joseph "wild bill" Donovan Lieutenant Colonel · Army World War I · 1918 John Henry Dorman Seaman · Navy Civil War · 1863 James C. Dozier First Lieutenant · Army World War I · 1918 JD John J. Duffy Major · Army Vietnam War · 1972 RD Ray E. Duke Sergeant First Class · Army Korean War · 1951 ✦ KD Kern Wayne Dunagan Major · Army Vietnam War · 1969 PD Parker Francis Dunn Private First Class · Army World War I · 1918 ✦ HD Harold Bascom Durham Jr. Second Lieutenant · Army Vietnam War · 1967 ✦ JD John W. Dutko Private First Class · Army World War II · 1944 ✦ JE Junior Dean Edwards Sergeant First Class · Army Korean War · 1951 ✦ Walter David Ehlers Staff Sergeant · Army World War II · 1944 WE William Ellis First Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1865 Ray E. Eubanks Sergeant · Army World War II · 1944 ✦ Donald Ward Evans Jr. Specialist Fourth Class · Army Vietnam War · 1967 ✦ Don Carlos Faith Jr. Lieutenant Colonel · Army Korean War · 1950 ✦ Eugene W. Ferris First Lieutenant & Adjutant · Army Civil War · 1865 John William Finn Lieutenant · Navy World War II · 1941 Robert Franklin Foley Captain · Army Vietnam War · 1966 AF Alexander A. Forman Corporal · Army Civil War · 1862 Samuel S. French Private · Army Civil War · 1862 Harold Arthur Fritz Captain · Army Vietnam War · 1969 DF Dennis M. Fujii Specialist Five · Army Vietnam War · 1971 Marcario Garcia Staff Sergeant · Army World War II · 1944 HG Harry Garland Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1877 JG John Gary Gertsch Staff Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1969 ✦ Eduardo Corral Gomez Sergeant · Army Korean War · 1950 ✦ Alfredo "Freddy" Gonzalez Sergeant · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1968 ✦ Henry Seymour Hall Second Lieutenant & Captain · Army Civil War · 1863 William David Halyburton Jr. Pharmacist'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 ✦ RH Roy W. Harmon Sergeant · Army World War II · 1944 ✦ JH James Lindell Harris Second Lieutenant · Army World War II · 1944 ✦ RH Robert Willard Hartsock Staff Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1969 ✦ Raymond Harvey Captain · Army Korean War · 1951 MH Marcus M. Haskell Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1862 Louis James Hauge Jr. Corporal · Marine Corps World War II · 1945 ✦ JH John Druse "bud" Hawk Sergeant · Army World War II · 1944 Frederick F. Henry First Lieutenant · Army Korean War · 1950 ✦ Rodolfo Perez Hernandez Corporal · Army Korean War · 1951 Rufus Geddie Herring Lieutenant, j.g. · Navy World War II · 1945 JH John Noble Holcomb Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1968 ✦ Joe Ronnie Hooper Staff Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1968 CH Charles F. Hopkins Corporal · Army Civil War · 1862 JH John Hyland Seaman · Navy Civil War · 1864 Robert Ronald Ingram Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class · Navy Vietnam War · 1966 Daniel K. Inouye First Lieutenant · Army World War II · 1945 Jack Howard Jacobs First Lieutenant · Army Vietnam War · 1968 Lawrence Joel Specialist Sixth Class · Army Vietnam War · 1965 Henry Johnson Private · Army World War I · 1918 ✦ JJ Joseph Esrey Johnson First Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1864 WJ William P. Johnston Landsman · Navy Civil War · 1864 JJ John E. Jones Quartermaster · Navy Civil War · 1864 William Atkinson Jones III Colonel · Air Force Vietnam War · 1968 ✦ KK Kenneth Michael Kays Private First Class · Army Vietnam War · 1970 Miguel Keith Lance Corporal · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1970 ✦ JK Jonah Edward high Kelley Staff Sergeant · Army World War II · 1945 ✦ JK John D. Kelly Corporal · Army World War II · 1944 ✦ Charles S. Kettles Major · Army Vietnam War · 1967 TK Truman Kimbro Technician Fourth Grade · Army World War II · 1944 ✦ EK Edward Charles Krzyzowski Captain · Army Korean War · 1951 ✦ Joseph Guy LaPointe Jr. Specialist Fourth Class · Army Vietnam War · 1969 ✦ SL Salvador J. Lara Private First Class · Army World War II · 1944 ✦ DL Daniel Warnel Lee Sr. First Lieutenant · Army World War II · 1944 Hubert Louis Lee Master Sergeant · Army Korean War · 1951

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