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If this list is about recipients of the US Congresional Medal of Honor, why is there a list of foreign Unknowns at the bottom of the page? Have these countries' Unknown soldiers been granted Medals of Honor by the United States Congress? It looks to me like someone stumbled upon this unknown section by accident and placed the non-US unknowns there. I mean no disrespect to these soldiers, but I don't think they belong on this list. -- Jpbrenna 02:44, 27 Mar 2005 (UTC)
Ok, I checked, and General Pershing presented a medal to the Unknown Warrior in Britain on behalf of Congress. I suspect this must have been done for the other allied nations that established Unknown Soldier monuments in the 1920's as well. My mistake!-- Jpbrenna 03:12, 27 Mar 2005 (UTC)
I would like to thank those of you who have created this page to honor these brave men and women who served in the name of our country.
Could someone check the links at the bottom of this article? The link for "Unknown Soldier of France" went to the Arc de Triomphe, which doesn't seem right.
Also, the President's speech at the presentation of Paul R. Smith's award included the following statement: "I want to thank the Medal of Honor recipients who have joined us today: John Baker, Barney Barnum, Bernie Fisher, Al Rascon and Brian Thacker. Honored you all are here. "
Some of these guys seem to be omitted from the list. I will look at it when I get time, if no-one else does. Manning 05:11, July 12, 2005 (UTC)
I hate to be a nitpick but over 3000 have received the Medal of Honor. Anyone can just list the names but it would be better if those listed also had individual pages. -- Dysepsion 04:09, 24 September 2005 (UTC)
Here's my idea:
MoH citations are all PD. So, what I'm going to do is make sub-lists by conflict, or where appropriate combine conflicts, or even break down further, etc. in this format:
Name | Rank | Place of action | Date of action | Citation summary |
---|---|---|---|---|
James F. Adams | Private | Nineveh, Va. | 12 November 1864 | Capture of State flag of 14th Virginia Cavalry (C.S.A.) |
John G. B. Adams | Second Lieutenant | Fredericksburg, Va. | 13 December 1862 | Seized the 2 colors from the hands of a corporal and a lieutenant as they fell mortally wounded, and with a color in each hand advanced across the field to a point where the regiment was reformed on those colors. |
Michael Aheam | Paymaster's Steward | On board USS Kearsage, near Cherbourg, France | 19 June 1864 | Carrying out his duties courageously, PmS. Aheam exhibited marked coolness and good conduct and was highly recommended by his divisional officer for gallantry under enemy fire. |
Although my own POV is that all 3,400 or so are notable enough to warrant their own articles, I don't think that all will make it beyond this list.
Anyway, let me know what you think, oh, and 3,400 entries will take a long time to finish, so bear with me... -- Easter Monkey 09:53, 4 January 2006 (UTC)
Name | Rank | Place of action | Date of action | Citation summary |
---|---|---|---|---|
James F. Adams | Private | Nineveh, Va. | 12 November 1864 | Citation |
John G. B. Adams | Second Lieutenant | Fredericksburg, Va. | 13 December 1862 | Citation |
Michael Aheam | Paymaster's Steward | On board USS Kearsage, near Cherbourg, France | 19 June 1864 | Citation |
also of interest on the
http://www.homeofheroes.com/moh/ page is a list of all PURGED MOH recipients.
ALKIVAR
™
08:52, 5 January 2006 (UTC)
May I suggest a somewhat more complicated table format, to reduce wrapping, e.g.
Name | Rank | Place of action |
---|---|---|
Service | Date of action | |
Citation summary | ||
James F. Adams | Private | Nineveh, Va. |
U.S. Army | 12 November 1864 | |
Capture of State flag of 14th Virginia Cavalry (C.S.A.) (Full citation) | ||
John G. B. Adams | Second Lieutenant | Fredericksburg, Va. |
U.S. Army | 13 December 1862 | |
Seized the two colors from the hands of a corporal and a lieutenant as they fell mortally wounded, and with a color in each hand advanced across the field to a point where the regiment was reformed on those colors. (Full citation) | ||
Michael Aheam | Paymaster's Steward | On board USS Kearsarge, near Cherbourg, France |
U.S. Navy | 19 June 1864 | |
Carrying out his duties courageously, PmS. Aheam exhibited marked coolness and good conduct and was highly recommended by his divisional officer for gallantry under enemy fire. (Full citation) | ||
NAME | RANK | ACTIONPLACE |
SERVICE | ACTIONDATE | |
CITATION [LINK (Full citation)] | ||
(Hmm, the separator between entries didn't come out the way I expected.)
Name | Rank | Place of action |
---|---|---|
Service | Date of action | |
James F. Adams [1] | Private | Nineveh, Va. |
U.S. Army | 12 November 1864 | |
John G. B. Adams [2] | Second Lieutenant | Fredericksburg, Va. |
U.S. Army | 13 December 1862 | |
Michael Aheam [3] | Paymaster's Steward | On board USS Kearsarge, near Cherbourg, France |
U.S. Navy | 19 June 1864 | |
NAME | RANK | ACTIONPLACE |
SERVICE | ACTIONDATE | |
I'll use the homeofheroes links instead. I think I'm going to have to spend more time and write something to semi-automate the process. -- Easter Monkey 04:05, 9 January 2006 (UTC)
1LT Baldomero Lopez, USMC needs to be added in Korea.-- ProdigySportsman 04:31, 23 March 2006 (UTC)
MoH recipient Desmond T. Doss Sr., 87, recently died on March 23 this year. He was the only conscientious objector to receive the medal. I hope no one minds, I notated this in the "notes" section. Rarelibra 19:02, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
==Charles DeGlopper==I'm pretty new to wikipedia, at least editing entries, so shouldn't there be a link (even an inactive link) to CharlesDeGlopper, the only Glider trooper rewarded an MOH? -- V. Joe 06:06, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
I once sailed on an United States MSC vessel named "PFC James Anderson, Jr." The vessel was named after a marine who received the medal for actions very similar, almost suspiciously so, to Richard Anderson (rolling onto an enemy grenade). See http://www.msc.navy.mil/inventory/citations/anderson.htm That would tell me there are two Andersons who received the Medal of Honor for actions in Vietnam. Anyone care to update the list? Thedukeofno 11:46, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
Pym and Thompson are shown as getting their medals for actions on 28 June. According to Battle of the Little Big Horn, the fighting was 25/26 June and indians retreated on 27 June. -- Beardo 22:01, 21 May 2006 (UTC)
I came to this article expecting to find someone on it from the Vietnam war (lt col Andre Lucas), but he was not on it, so I added him last night. Crockspot 19:45, 5 July 2006 (UTC)
I wrote a page scraper that pulls data from the U.S. Army Center of Military History sites. It's not perfect, the resulting lists need a lot of post-processing. I finished post-processing the Civil War list, and there were a few issues:
Jwillbur 07:48, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
Indian Wars list is complete. A few issues:
Jwillbur 19:13, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
Hey all,
I came upon this list after reading about the Marine who has been awarded the MoH. I am wondering, where's the list of MoH holders for: Grenada, Panama, Bosnia, Kosovo, Afghanistan, and the War on terrorism? - Thanks, Hos hie 01:03, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
I know that it can get very confusing, but according to the most thourough ref I've ever seen ( http://www.homeofheroes.com/moh/war/1_a_main.html), the final numbers are:
A total of 3,464 Medals of Honor have been awarded to 3,445 soldiers and civilians for 3,459 individual actions.
"Medals of Honor have been awarded to 3,464 American Soldiers."
This statement is FALSE for several reasons. The first is in the actual numbers: Since it was established in 1862 a total of 3,464 Medals of Honor (Army, Navy/Marine Corps, and Air Force) have been awarded for specific acts of heroism. During World War I, however, FIVE MARINES received BOTH the Army Medal of Honor and the Navy Medal of Honor for THE SAME ACTION. This means that there have actually been 3,459 SEPARATE ACTS OF VALOR THAT HAVE BEEN RECOGNIZED WITH A MEDAL OF HONOR AWARD. Of the 3,459 heroic actions, 14 were performed by men who had previously been awarded Medals of Honor for a different action (these 14 + the 5 World War I Marines comprise the 19 DOUBLE AWARDEES of the Medal of Honor). When these 14 SECOND ACTIONS by a previous Medal Recipient are subtracted from the total number of Medal of Honor actions, the statement becomes more correct if stated: "3,464 Medals of Honor have been awarded to 3,445 individual American Soldiers." There are 2 additional corrections that are required of this final sentence, however. Of the 3,445 INDIVIDUALS who have received Medals of Honor, FIVE were awarded to FOREIGN NATIONALS (the unknown soldiers of Belgium, Great Britain, France, Italy, and Rumania.)Eight civilians have received Medals of Honor including Dr. Mary Edwards Walker (the only woman to ever receive the award), one civilian scout and two civilian Naval pilots during the Civil War, and 4 civilian scouts during the Indian Campaigns (including William Cody..."Buffalo Bill").
Add to that the 911 names that were struck from the Honor Roll in 1917, 17 sailors removed, 6 civillians restored, as well as a number of conflicting or incorrect data in the Roll. However, I am willing to trust the assertation that "A total of 3,464 Medals of Honor have been awarded to 3,445 soldiers and civilians for 3,459 individual actions." enough to put it in our encyclopedia. Any thoughts? bahamut0013 ♠ ♣ 17:24, 24 November 2007 (UTC)
A tiny tweak toward accuracy is required, and I'm too much a wiki-rookie to do it. I have discovered there were actually 20 double recipients of the MOH, not 19. Five of these were duplicate awards for the same act, awarded during WWI. These went to Louis Cukela, Ernest Janson, Matej Kocak, John Joseph Kelly, and John Henry Pruitt. These five Marines were in a USMC unit under US Army command and received both Army and Navy MOHs.I remember this much from long ago, but can give no citation offhand. The other 15 won medals for two separate acts of valor. I will list them below, one per line, by name, branch, and theater[s] of action. Frank D. Baldwin, USA, Civil War & Indian Campaigns. Smedley D. Butler, USMC, Vera Cruz & Haiti John Cooper, USN, Civil War Thomas Custer, USA, Civil War Dan Daley, USMC, China Relief Expedition & Haiti Henry Hogan, USA, Indian Campaigns John King, USN, 1901, 1909 John Lafferty, USN, Civil War, 1881 Patrick Leonard, USA, Indian Campaigns John McCloy, USN, China Relief Expedition & Vera Cruz Patrick Mullen, USN, Civil War Robert Sweeney, USN, 1881, 1883 Albert Weisbogel, USN, 1874, 1876 Louis Williams, USN, 1883, 1884 William Wilson, USA, Indian Campaigns I compiled this list via Internet search, mostly within Wikipedia. I hope someone can render it into usability. ````George J. Dorner```` -Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.103.161.17 ( talk) 08:55, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
I had decided it would be good (as some have suggested on this very talk page) to ensure that every MOH recipient has a page of their own. I've put up three new articles, but one ( John Mapes Adams) was flagged for speedy deletion within hours.
Personally, I think that there's no such thing as an obscure MOH recipient, but I'm worried that some of these guys from the pre-WWI days could be ejected because they're just not as heavily documented as the more recent guys.
Anyone have suggestions to combat this?
ChrisClukey ( talk) 03:11, 25 December 2007 (UTC)
Please feel free to leave a message on my talk page if you have any questions or run into any problems. Good Luck and Happy editing.-- Kumioko ( talk) 22:21, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
19 heroes have received the award twice. Maybe we should create a list?
Pros of creating that list: 1. It's interesting to readers. When people see that the number of recipients is less than the number of medals handed out, they naturally are curious it. 2. Maybe they should get more recognition--14 had two separate acts of heroism.
Cons: 1. I could see concern that elevating some recipients could belittle the heroism of the others.
Thoughts? Agnamus ( talk) 05:17, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
the list is quite silly and repetitive. Can't the main page be used instead? NPOV-V-NOR 18:52, 10 October 2008 (UTC)
I totally agree that the Victoria Cross similar to the US MOH. It's the highest military decoration awarded by both governments for Valor. But to say that US MOH and the French Legion of Honor are, is just crazy! Yes they are the highest ranking decoration awarded by both governments, but the US MOH is a military only medal, while the French LOH is state order, in which it is awarded to both civilians & military personnel and it primarily not awarded for valor. Plus the French LOH has been awarded to military units as a unit award, they have even gone as far as awarding it to French cities. In my option the way that the French Legion of Honor has been awarded, really devalues the awarded. Unlike the prestige of the US MOH & UK VC. 131.6.84.110
Anyone know more about this? http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/1418557/US-honours-Briton-in-Afghan-raid.html
Ydorb ( talk) 17:12, 10 June 2009 (UTC)
On the sidebar of the page, it allows users to search for congressional medal of honor winners by ethnicity. Almost every racial category is named, even groups that are arguably not an ethnic group like "Puerto Rican". Now it however does not list "white" recipients of the medal. Why is this? -Preceding unsigned comment added by Napkin65 ( talk • contribs) 20:18, 2 June 2010 (UTC)
Rather than a simple listing of recipients, this article goes into unreferenced and off-topic discussion of the wars themselves. Specifically, the Korean War talks about "police action" and desire of Congress to avoid declaring war. Similar discussions are sprinkled about. Rather than seeking to rewrite these sections -- and thereby step on some editor toes -- I've tagged the article. Perhaps I can get to it later, but I hope other editors will take a look and clean up some of the POV stuff. Thanks. -- S. Rich ( talk) 07:48, 1 December 2010 (UTC)
The article mentions the first African-American and female recipients. Is it appropriate to mention the first recipient of a particular race, but to leave out other races? Unless the first Hispanic, Pacific Islander, Asian, and Native American recipients are included, perhaps the mention of the first African American recipient should be deleted. Kerry ( talk) 02:45, 13 September 2013 (UTC)
Is it possible to create a column about when did each recipient receive the medal?-- The Traditionalist ( talk) 01:29, 2 January 2017 (UTC)
Is there a reason why we have articles called List of Korean War Medal of Honor recipients and List of Medal of Honor recipients for the Vietnam War? Since the majority of subarticles of the latter format I suggest moving the former to List of Medal of Honor recipients for the Korean War. A few others would need to be renamed to be consistent, including List of Medal of Honor recipients (Veracruz). Reywas92 Talk 01:42, 15 April 2019 (UTC)
The United States Army Center of Military History has deleted most MofH material from their website see https://history.army.mil/moh/index.html which states:
The President, in the name of Congress, has awarded more than 3,400 Medals of Honor to our nation's bravest Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, Marines, and Coast Guardsmen since the decoration's creation in 1861. For information on Medal of Honor recipients visit the Congressional Medal of Honor Society; or for specific issues email the U.S. Army Human Resources Command, Awards and Decorations Branch ( usarmy.knox.hrc.mbx.tagd-awards@mail.mil)
A Brief History of the Medal of Honor
Please do not contact CMH ANSWERS regarding Medal of Honor issues.
The Centre of Military History Medal of Honor material was mainly from the 1979 US Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs Medal of Honor ‘green’ book and was updated except to add 116 late and post-Vietnam awards. The 39 references to the Centre of Military History need to be deleted.
My thanks to the Centre of Military History for hosting the 1979 US Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs Medal of Honor ‘green’ book online for many years. I support the decision to cease hoisting this material now that there are other reputable websites which have more information and more illustrations. Anthony Staunton ( talk) 00:06, 25 September 2021 (UTC)
I'm just adding this name in hopes it will soon be included. 71.94.64.100 ( talk) 14:38, 17 December 2021 (UTC)
see above - This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Army Center of Military History.
The United States Army Center of Military History was one of the earliest websites that hosted MofH material. With so many specific sites documenting MofH awards It decided to cease such hosting.
Most, if not all references to the United States Army Center of Military History are now invalid. Anthony Staunton ( talk) 22:03, 17 December 2021 (UTC)
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If this list is about recipients of the US Congresional Medal of Honor, why is there a list of foreign Unknowns at the bottom of the page? Have these countries' Unknown soldiers been granted Medals of Honor by the United States Congress? It looks to me like someone stumbled upon this unknown section by accident and placed the non-US unknowns there. I mean no disrespect to these soldiers, but I don't think they belong on this list. -- Jpbrenna 02:44, 27 Mar 2005 (UTC)
Ok, I checked, and General Pershing presented a medal to the Unknown Warrior in Britain on behalf of Congress. I suspect this must have been done for the other allied nations that established Unknown Soldier monuments in the 1920's as well. My mistake!-- Jpbrenna 03:12, 27 Mar 2005 (UTC)
I would like to thank those of you who have created this page to honor these brave men and women who served in the name of our country.
Could someone check the links at the bottom of this article? The link for "Unknown Soldier of France" went to the Arc de Triomphe, which doesn't seem right.
Also, the President's speech at the presentation of Paul R. Smith's award included the following statement: "I want to thank the Medal of Honor recipients who have joined us today: John Baker, Barney Barnum, Bernie Fisher, Al Rascon and Brian Thacker. Honored you all are here. "
Some of these guys seem to be omitted from the list. I will look at it when I get time, if no-one else does. Manning 05:11, July 12, 2005 (UTC)
I hate to be a nitpick but over 3000 have received the Medal of Honor. Anyone can just list the names but it would be better if those listed also had individual pages. -- Dysepsion 04:09, 24 September 2005 (UTC)
Here's my idea:
MoH citations are all PD. So, what I'm going to do is make sub-lists by conflict, or where appropriate combine conflicts, or even break down further, etc. in this format:
Name | Rank | Place of action | Date of action | Citation summary |
---|---|---|---|---|
James F. Adams | Private | Nineveh, Va. | 12 November 1864 | Capture of State flag of 14th Virginia Cavalry (C.S.A.) |
John G. B. Adams | Second Lieutenant | Fredericksburg, Va. | 13 December 1862 | Seized the 2 colors from the hands of a corporal and a lieutenant as they fell mortally wounded, and with a color in each hand advanced across the field to a point where the regiment was reformed on those colors. |
Michael Aheam | Paymaster's Steward | On board USS Kearsage, near Cherbourg, France | 19 June 1864 | Carrying out his duties courageously, PmS. Aheam exhibited marked coolness and good conduct and was highly recommended by his divisional officer for gallantry under enemy fire. |
Although my own POV is that all 3,400 or so are notable enough to warrant their own articles, I don't think that all will make it beyond this list.
Anyway, let me know what you think, oh, and 3,400 entries will take a long time to finish, so bear with me... -- Easter Monkey 09:53, 4 January 2006 (UTC)
Name | Rank | Place of action | Date of action | Citation summary |
---|---|---|---|---|
James F. Adams | Private | Nineveh, Va. | 12 November 1864 | Citation |
John G. B. Adams | Second Lieutenant | Fredericksburg, Va. | 13 December 1862 | Citation |
Michael Aheam | Paymaster's Steward | On board USS Kearsage, near Cherbourg, France | 19 June 1864 | Citation |
also of interest on the
http://www.homeofheroes.com/moh/ page is a list of all PURGED MOH recipients.
ALKIVAR
™
08:52, 5 January 2006 (UTC)
May I suggest a somewhat more complicated table format, to reduce wrapping, e.g.
Name | Rank | Place of action |
---|---|---|
Service | Date of action | |
Citation summary | ||
James F. Adams | Private | Nineveh, Va. |
U.S. Army | 12 November 1864 | |
Capture of State flag of 14th Virginia Cavalry (C.S.A.) (Full citation) | ||
John G. B. Adams | Second Lieutenant | Fredericksburg, Va. |
U.S. Army | 13 December 1862 | |
Seized the two colors from the hands of a corporal and a lieutenant as they fell mortally wounded, and with a color in each hand advanced across the field to a point where the regiment was reformed on those colors. (Full citation) | ||
Michael Aheam | Paymaster's Steward | On board USS Kearsarge, near Cherbourg, France |
U.S. Navy | 19 June 1864 | |
Carrying out his duties courageously, PmS. Aheam exhibited marked coolness and good conduct and was highly recommended by his divisional officer for gallantry under enemy fire. (Full citation) | ||
NAME | RANK | ACTIONPLACE |
SERVICE | ACTIONDATE | |
CITATION [LINK (Full citation)] | ||
(Hmm, the separator between entries didn't come out the way I expected.)
Name | Rank | Place of action |
---|---|---|
Service | Date of action | |
James F. Adams [1] | Private | Nineveh, Va. |
U.S. Army | 12 November 1864 | |
John G. B. Adams [2] | Second Lieutenant | Fredericksburg, Va. |
U.S. Army | 13 December 1862 | |
Michael Aheam [3] | Paymaster's Steward | On board USS Kearsarge, near Cherbourg, France |
U.S. Navy | 19 June 1864 | |
NAME | RANK | ACTIONPLACE |
SERVICE | ACTIONDATE | |
I'll use the homeofheroes links instead. I think I'm going to have to spend more time and write something to semi-automate the process. -- Easter Monkey 04:05, 9 January 2006 (UTC)
1LT Baldomero Lopez, USMC needs to be added in Korea.-- ProdigySportsman 04:31, 23 March 2006 (UTC)
MoH recipient Desmond T. Doss Sr., 87, recently died on March 23 this year. He was the only conscientious objector to receive the medal. I hope no one minds, I notated this in the "notes" section. Rarelibra 19:02, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
==Charles DeGlopper==I'm pretty new to wikipedia, at least editing entries, so shouldn't there be a link (even an inactive link) to CharlesDeGlopper, the only Glider trooper rewarded an MOH? -- V. Joe 06:06, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
I once sailed on an United States MSC vessel named "PFC James Anderson, Jr." The vessel was named after a marine who received the medal for actions very similar, almost suspiciously so, to Richard Anderson (rolling onto an enemy grenade). See http://www.msc.navy.mil/inventory/citations/anderson.htm That would tell me there are two Andersons who received the Medal of Honor for actions in Vietnam. Anyone care to update the list? Thedukeofno 11:46, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
Pym and Thompson are shown as getting their medals for actions on 28 June. According to Battle of the Little Big Horn, the fighting was 25/26 June and indians retreated on 27 June. -- Beardo 22:01, 21 May 2006 (UTC)
I came to this article expecting to find someone on it from the Vietnam war (lt col Andre Lucas), but he was not on it, so I added him last night. Crockspot 19:45, 5 July 2006 (UTC)
I wrote a page scraper that pulls data from the U.S. Army Center of Military History sites. It's not perfect, the resulting lists need a lot of post-processing. I finished post-processing the Civil War list, and there were a few issues:
Jwillbur 07:48, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
Indian Wars list is complete. A few issues:
Jwillbur 19:13, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
Hey all,
I came upon this list after reading about the Marine who has been awarded the MoH. I am wondering, where's the list of MoH holders for: Grenada, Panama, Bosnia, Kosovo, Afghanistan, and the War on terrorism? - Thanks, Hos hie 01:03, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
I know that it can get very confusing, but according to the most thourough ref I've ever seen ( http://www.homeofheroes.com/moh/war/1_a_main.html), the final numbers are:
A total of 3,464 Medals of Honor have been awarded to 3,445 soldiers and civilians for 3,459 individual actions.
"Medals of Honor have been awarded to 3,464 American Soldiers."
This statement is FALSE for several reasons. The first is in the actual numbers: Since it was established in 1862 a total of 3,464 Medals of Honor (Army, Navy/Marine Corps, and Air Force) have been awarded for specific acts of heroism. During World War I, however, FIVE MARINES received BOTH the Army Medal of Honor and the Navy Medal of Honor for THE SAME ACTION. This means that there have actually been 3,459 SEPARATE ACTS OF VALOR THAT HAVE BEEN RECOGNIZED WITH A MEDAL OF HONOR AWARD. Of the 3,459 heroic actions, 14 were performed by men who had previously been awarded Medals of Honor for a different action (these 14 + the 5 World War I Marines comprise the 19 DOUBLE AWARDEES of the Medal of Honor). When these 14 SECOND ACTIONS by a previous Medal Recipient are subtracted from the total number of Medal of Honor actions, the statement becomes more correct if stated: "3,464 Medals of Honor have been awarded to 3,445 individual American Soldiers." There are 2 additional corrections that are required of this final sentence, however. Of the 3,445 INDIVIDUALS who have received Medals of Honor, FIVE were awarded to FOREIGN NATIONALS (the unknown soldiers of Belgium, Great Britain, France, Italy, and Rumania.)Eight civilians have received Medals of Honor including Dr. Mary Edwards Walker (the only woman to ever receive the award), one civilian scout and two civilian Naval pilots during the Civil War, and 4 civilian scouts during the Indian Campaigns (including William Cody..."Buffalo Bill").
Add to that the 911 names that were struck from the Honor Roll in 1917, 17 sailors removed, 6 civillians restored, as well as a number of conflicting or incorrect data in the Roll. However, I am willing to trust the assertation that "A total of 3,464 Medals of Honor have been awarded to 3,445 soldiers and civilians for 3,459 individual actions." enough to put it in our encyclopedia. Any thoughts? bahamut0013 ♠ ♣ 17:24, 24 November 2007 (UTC)
A tiny tweak toward accuracy is required, and I'm too much a wiki-rookie to do it. I have discovered there were actually 20 double recipients of the MOH, not 19. Five of these were duplicate awards for the same act, awarded during WWI. These went to Louis Cukela, Ernest Janson, Matej Kocak, John Joseph Kelly, and John Henry Pruitt. These five Marines were in a USMC unit under US Army command and received both Army and Navy MOHs.I remember this much from long ago, but can give no citation offhand. The other 15 won medals for two separate acts of valor. I will list them below, one per line, by name, branch, and theater[s] of action. Frank D. Baldwin, USA, Civil War & Indian Campaigns. Smedley D. Butler, USMC, Vera Cruz & Haiti John Cooper, USN, Civil War Thomas Custer, USA, Civil War Dan Daley, USMC, China Relief Expedition & Haiti Henry Hogan, USA, Indian Campaigns John King, USN, 1901, 1909 John Lafferty, USN, Civil War, 1881 Patrick Leonard, USA, Indian Campaigns John McCloy, USN, China Relief Expedition & Vera Cruz Patrick Mullen, USN, Civil War Robert Sweeney, USN, 1881, 1883 Albert Weisbogel, USN, 1874, 1876 Louis Williams, USN, 1883, 1884 William Wilson, USA, Indian Campaigns I compiled this list via Internet search, mostly within Wikipedia. I hope someone can render it into usability. ````George J. Dorner```` -Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.103.161.17 ( talk) 08:55, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
I had decided it would be good (as some have suggested on this very talk page) to ensure that every MOH recipient has a page of their own. I've put up three new articles, but one ( John Mapes Adams) was flagged for speedy deletion within hours.
Personally, I think that there's no such thing as an obscure MOH recipient, but I'm worried that some of these guys from the pre-WWI days could be ejected because they're just not as heavily documented as the more recent guys.
Anyone have suggestions to combat this?
ChrisClukey ( talk) 03:11, 25 December 2007 (UTC)
Please feel free to leave a message on my talk page if you have any questions or run into any problems. Good Luck and Happy editing.-- Kumioko ( talk) 22:21, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
19 heroes have received the award twice. Maybe we should create a list?
Pros of creating that list: 1. It's interesting to readers. When people see that the number of recipients is less than the number of medals handed out, they naturally are curious it. 2. Maybe they should get more recognition--14 had two separate acts of heroism.
Cons: 1. I could see concern that elevating some recipients could belittle the heroism of the others.
Thoughts? Agnamus ( talk) 05:17, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
the list is quite silly and repetitive. Can't the main page be used instead? NPOV-V-NOR 18:52, 10 October 2008 (UTC)
I totally agree that the Victoria Cross similar to the US MOH. It's the highest military decoration awarded by both governments for Valor. But to say that US MOH and the French Legion of Honor are, is just crazy! Yes they are the highest ranking decoration awarded by both governments, but the US MOH is a military only medal, while the French LOH is state order, in which it is awarded to both civilians & military personnel and it primarily not awarded for valor. Plus the French LOH has been awarded to military units as a unit award, they have even gone as far as awarding it to French cities. In my option the way that the French Legion of Honor has been awarded, really devalues the awarded. Unlike the prestige of the US MOH & UK VC. 131.6.84.110
Anyone know more about this? http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/1418557/US-honours-Briton-in-Afghan-raid.html
Ydorb ( talk) 17:12, 10 June 2009 (UTC)
On the sidebar of the page, it allows users to search for congressional medal of honor winners by ethnicity. Almost every racial category is named, even groups that are arguably not an ethnic group like "Puerto Rican". Now it however does not list "white" recipients of the medal. Why is this? -Preceding unsigned comment added by Napkin65 ( talk • contribs) 20:18, 2 June 2010 (UTC)
Rather than a simple listing of recipients, this article goes into unreferenced and off-topic discussion of the wars themselves. Specifically, the Korean War talks about "police action" and desire of Congress to avoid declaring war. Similar discussions are sprinkled about. Rather than seeking to rewrite these sections -- and thereby step on some editor toes -- I've tagged the article. Perhaps I can get to it later, but I hope other editors will take a look and clean up some of the POV stuff. Thanks. -- S. Rich ( talk) 07:48, 1 December 2010 (UTC)
The article mentions the first African-American and female recipients. Is it appropriate to mention the first recipient of a particular race, but to leave out other races? Unless the first Hispanic, Pacific Islander, Asian, and Native American recipients are included, perhaps the mention of the first African American recipient should be deleted. Kerry ( talk) 02:45, 13 September 2013 (UTC)
Is it possible to create a column about when did each recipient receive the medal?-- The Traditionalist ( talk) 01:29, 2 January 2017 (UTC)
Is there a reason why we have articles called List of Korean War Medal of Honor recipients and List of Medal of Honor recipients for the Vietnam War? Since the majority of subarticles of the latter format I suggest moving the former to List of Medal of Honor recipients for the Korean War. A few others would need to be renamed to be consistent, including List of Medal of Honor recipients (Veracruz). Reywas92 Talk 01:42, 15 April 2019 (UTC)
The United States Army Center of Military History has deleted most MofH material from their website see https://history.army.mil/moh/index.html which states:
The President, in the name of Congress, has awarded more than 3,400 Medals of Honor to our nation's bravest Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, Marines, and Coast Guardsmen since the decoration's creation in 1861. For information on Medal of Honor recipients visit the Congressional Medal of Honor Society; or for specific issues email the U.S. Army Human Resources Command, Awards and Decorations Branch ( usarmy.knox.hrc.mbx.tagd-awards@mail.mil)
A Brief History of the Medal of Honor
Please do not contact CMH ANSWERS regarding Medal of Honor issues.
The Centre of Military History Medal of Honor material was mainly from the 1979 US Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs Medal of Honor ‘green’ book and was updated except to add 116 late and post-Vietnam awards. The 39 references to the Centre of Military History need to be deleted.
My thanks to the Centre of Military History for hosting the 1979 US Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs Medal of Honor ‘green’ book online for many years. I support the decision to cease hoisting this material now that there are other reputable websites which have more information and more illustrations. Anthony Staunton ( talk) 00:06, 25 September 2021 (UTC)
I'm just adding this name in hopes it will soon be included. 71.94.64.100 ( talk) 14:38, 17 December 2021 (UTC)
see above - This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Army Center of Military History.
The United States Army Center of Military History was one of the earliest websites that hosted MofH material. With so many specific sites documenting MofH awards It decided to cease such hosting.
Most, if not all references to the United States Army Center of Military History are now invalid. Anthony Staunton ( talk) 22:03, 17 December 2021 (UTC)