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Medal of Honor
The nation's highest award for valor in combat, presented in the name of the Congress. Every man who has received it, living and dead.
3,555 Awards · 3,536 Recipients · 19 Twice awarded · 65 Living
3,536 recipients · page 26 of 36
1952
Ralph E. Pomeroy
Private First Class · Korean War
U.S. Army 1930 – 1952
1864
P
George F. Pond
Private · Civil War
U.S. Army 1844 – 1911
1863
James Pond
First Lieutenant · Civil War
U.S. Army 1838 – 1903
1864
P
William B. Poole
Quartermaster · Civil War
U.S. Navy 1833 – 1904
1944
Everett P. Pope
Captain · World War II
U.S. Marine Corps 1919 – 2009
1918
P
Thomas A. Pope
Corporal · World War I
U.S. Army 1894 – 1989
1879
John A. Poppe
Sergeant · Indian Wars
U.S. Army 1854 – 1926
1968
William David Port
Private First Class · Vietnam War
U.S. Army Posthumous
1864
P
Ambrose Porter
Sergeant · Civil War
U.S. Army 1839 – 1916
1901
David D. Porter
Colonel · Philippines
U.S. Marine Corps 1877 – 1944
1952
P
Donn Porter
Sergeant · Korean War
U.S. Army Posthumous
1863
Horace Porter
Captain · Civil War
U.S. Army 1837 – 1921
1862
John Reed Porter
Private · Civil War
U.S. Army 1838 – 1923
1870
P
Samuel Porter
Farrier · Indian Wars
U.S. Army 1843 – 1920
1865
P
William Porter
Sergeant · Civil War
U.S. Army 1842
1864
Philip S. Post
Colonel · Civil War
U.S. Army 1833 – 1895
1863
James P. Postles
Captain · Civil War
U.S. Army 1840 – 1908
1865
P
George W. Potter
Private · Civil War
U.S. Army 1843 – 1918
1863
P
Norman F. Potter
First Sergeant · Civil War
U.S. Army 1826 – 1900
1862
William Henry Powell
Major · Civil War
U.S. Army 1825 – 1904
1862
P
Albert Power
Private · Civil War
U.S. Army 1842 – 1923
1944
John Vincent Power V
First Lieutenant · World War II
U.S. Marine Corps Posthumous
1942
John James Powers
Lieutenant · World War II
U.S. Navy 1912 – 1943
1944
Leo J. Powers
Private First Class · World War II
U.S. Army 1909 – 1967
1869
Thomas Powers
Corporal · Indian Wars
U.S. Army 1846 – 1884
1865
P
Wesley J. Powers
Corporal · Civil War
U.S. Army 1845 – 1902
1969
Robert Leslie Poxon
First Lieutenant · Vietnam War
U.S. Army Posthumous
1950
James Irsley Poynter
Sergeant · Korean War
U.S. Marine Corps Posthumous
1864
P
George Prance
Captain of the Main Top · Civil War
U.S. Navy 1827 – 1885
1872
P
James N. Pratt
Blacksmith · Indian Wars
U.S. Army 1852 – 1903
1899
P
Thomas F. Prendergast
Corporal · Philippines
U.S. Marine Corps 1871 – 1913
1862
Joseph R. Prentice
Private · Civil War
U.S. Army 1838 – 1908
1944
P
Arthur M. Preston
Lieutenant · World War II
U.S. Navy 1913 – 1968
1900
P
Herbert I. Preston
Private · China Relief Expedition
U.S. Marine Corps 1876 – 1928
1864
P
John Preston
Landsman · Civil War
U.S. Navy 1841 – 1885
1864
Noble D. Preston
First Lieutenant · Civil War
U.S. Army 1842 – 1919
1864
P
Edward Price
Coxswain · Civil War
U.S. Navy 1840
1969
William Raymond Prom
Lance Corporal · Vietnam War
U.S. Marine Corps Posthumous
1865
P
George Province
Ordinary Seaman · Civil War
U.S. Navy 1842
1969
Robert Joseph Pruden
Staff Sergeant · Vietnam War
U.S. Army Posthumous
1918
P
John H. Pruitt Twice awarded
Corporal · World War I
U.S. Army · U.S. Marine Corps 1896 – 1918
1944
Ernest W. Prussman
Private First Class · World War II
U.S. Army Posthumous
1944
Donald Dale Pucket
First Lieutenant · World War II
U.S. Army Posthumous
1950
Ralph Puckett Jr
First Lieutenant · Korean War
U.S. Army 1926 – 2024
1862
Hiram W. Purcell
Sergeant · Civil War
U.S. Army 1837 – 1918
1863
P
James J. Purman
Lieutenant · Civil War
U.S. Army 1841 – 1915
1871
Hugh Purvis
Private · Korean Campaign 1871
U.S. Marine Corps 1846 – 1922
1864
Edgar P. Putnam
Sergeant · Civil War
U.S. Army 1844 – 1921
1863
P
Winthrop D. Putnam
Corporal · Civil War
U.S. Army 1837 – 1907
1876
P
James Pym
Private · Indian Wars
U.S. Army 1852 – 1893
1865
P
George Pyne
Seaman · Civil War
U.S. Navy 1841
1862
Matthew S. Quay
Colonel · Civil War
U.S. Army 1833 – 1904
1898
John H. Quick
Sergeant · Spanish-American War
U.S. Marine Corps 1870 – 1922
1902
Q
Joseph Quick
Coxswain · Interim 1901-1916
U.S. Navy 1877 – 1969
1862
James Quinlan
Major · Civil War
U.S. Army 1833 – 1906
1898
Q
Alexander M. Quinn
Sergeant · Spanish-American War
U.S. Army 1866 – 1906
1899
Q
Peter H. Quinn
Private · Philippines
U.S. Army 1873 – 1934
1968
Laszlo Rabel
Staff Sergeant · Vietnam War
U.S. Army Posthumous
1869
R
John Raerick
Private · Indian Wars
U.S. Army 1844 – 1902
1862
Peter F. Rafferty
Private · Civil War
U.S. Army 1845 – 1910
1890
R
Theodore Ragnar
First Sergeant · Indian Wars
U.S. Army 1856 – 1943
1944
R
Lawson P. Ramage
Commander · World War II
U.S. Navy 1909 – 1990
1951
George Henry Ramer
Second Lieutenant · Korean War
U.S. Marine Corps Posthumous
1861
Charles F. Rand
Private · Civil War
U.S. Army 1839 – 1908
1872
R
William Rankin
Private · Indian Wars
U.S. Army 1836 – 1916
1865
R
John Rannahan
Corporal · Civil War
U.S. Marine Corps 1836 – 1892
1864
George E. Ranney
Assistant Surgeon · Civil War
U.S. Army 1839 – 1915
1862
R
Myron H. Ranney
Private · Civil War
U.S. Army 1846 – 1910
1864
R
Alfred Ransbottom
First Sergeant · Civil War
U.S. Army 1831 – 1893
1966
Alfred V. Rascon Living
Specialist Fourth Class · Vietnam War
U.S. Army Living
1864
R
Edward Ratcliff
First Sergeant · Civil War
U.S. Army 1835 – 1915
1865
Jacob F. Raub
Assistant Surgeon · Civil War
U.S. Army 1840 – 1906
1944
Bernard J. Ray
First Lieutenant · World War II
U.S. Army 1921 – 1944
1899
R
Charles W. Ray
Sergeant · Philippines
U.S. Army 1872 – 1959
1969
David Robert Ray
Hospital Corpsman Second Class · Vietnam War
U.S. Navy Posthumous
1966
Ronald E. Ray Living
First Lieutenant · Vietnam War
U.S. Army Living
1863
William H. Raymond
Corporal · Civil War
U.S. Army 1844 – 1916
1864
R
Charles Read
Ordinary Seaman · Civil War
U.S. Navy 1837 – 1865
1865
R
Charles A. Read
Coxswain · Civil War
U.S. Navy 1840
1864
R
George E. Read
Seaman · Civil War
U.S. Navy 1838 – 1910
1865
R
Morton A. Read
Lieutenant · Civil War
U.S. Army 1843 – 1921
1965
Frank Stanley Reasoner
First Lieutenant · Vietnam War
U.S. Marine Corps Posthumous
1865
R
George F. Rebmann
Sergeant · Civil War
U.S. Army 1840 – 1918
1950
Mitchell Red Cloud Jr
Corporal · Korean War
U.S. Army 1924 – 1950
1862
William H. Reddick
Corporal · Civil War
U.S. Army 1840 – 1903
1863
R
Axel H. Reed
Sergeant · Civil War
U.S. Army 1835 – 1917
1863
Charles W. Reed
Bugler · Civil War
U.S. Army 1842 – 1926
1864
R
George W. Reed
Private · Civil War
U.S. Army 1831 – 1906
1868
R
James C. Reed
Private · Indian Wars
U.S. Army 1833
1863
R
William Reed
Private · Civil War
U.S. Army 1839 – 1918
1865
R
Charles A. Reeder
Private · Civil War
U.S. Army 1843 – 1902
1950
R
Robert Dale Reem
Second Lieutenant · Korean War
U.S. Marine Corps Posthumous
1943
James W. Reese
Private · World War II
U.S. Army 1920 – 1943
1945
John N. Reese Jr
Private First Class · World War II
U.S. Army Posthumous
1941
Thomas James Reeves
Chief Radioman · World War II
U.S. Navy 1895 – 1941
1862
R
Jeremiah Regan
Quartermaster · Civil War
U.S. Navy 1832
1873
R
Patrick Regan
Ordinary Seaman · Interim 1866-1898
U.S. Navy 1852
1918
Patrick Regan
Second Lieutenant · World War I
U.S. Army 1882 – 1943
1914
R
George Reid
Major · Mexico
U.S. Marine Corps 1876 – 1961
1910
Patrick Reid
Chief Watertender · Interim 1901-1916
U.S. Navy 1875 – 1924
Ralph E. Pomeroy
Private First Class · Korean War
U.S. Army 1930 – 1952
1864
P
George F. Pond
Private · Civil War
U.S. Army 1844 – 1911
1863
James Pond
First Lieutenant · Civil War
U.S. Army 1838 – 1903
1864
P
William B. Poole
Quartermaster · Civil War
U.S. Navy 1833 – 1904
1944
John A. Poppe
Sergeant · Indian Wars
U.S. Army 1854 – 1926
1968
William David Port
Private First Class · Vietnam War
U.S. Army Posthumous
1864
P
Ambrose Porter
Sergeant · Civil War
U.S. Army 1839 – 1916
1901
David D. Porter
Colonel · Philippines
U.S. Marine Corps 1877 – 1944
1952
P
Donn Porter
Sergeant · Korean War
U.S. Army Posthumous
1863
Horace Porter
Captain · Civil War
U.S. Army 1837 – 1921
1862
John Reed Porter
Private · Civil War
U.S. Army 1838 – 1923
1870
P
Samuel Porter
Farrier · Indian Wars
U.S. Army 1843 – 1920
1865
P
William Porter
Sergeant · Civil War
U.S. Army 1842
1864
Philip S. Post
Colonel · Civil War
U.S. Army 1833 – 1895
1863
James P. Postles
Captain · Civil War
U.S. Army 1840 – 1908
1865
P
George W. Potter
Private · Civil War
U.S. Army 1843 – 1918
1863
P
Norman F. Potter
First Sergeant · Civil War
U.S. Army 1826 – 1900
1862
William Henry Powell
Major · Civil War
U.S. Army 1825 – 1904
1862
P
Albert Power
Private · Civil War
U.S. Army 1842 – 1923
1944
John Vincent Power V
First Lieutenant · World War II
U.S. Marine Corps Posthumous
1942
John James Powers
Lieutenant · World War II
U.S. Navy 1912 – 1943
1944
Leo J. Powers
Private First Class · World War II
U.S. Army 1909 – 1967
1869
Thomas Powers
Corporal · Indian Wars
U.S. Army 1846 – 1884
1865
P
Wesley J. Powers
Corporal · Civil War
U.S. Army 1845 – 1902
1969
Robert Leslie Poxon
First Lieutenant · Vietnam War
U.S. Army Posthumous
1950
James Irsley Poynter
Sergeant · Korean War
U.S. Marine Corps Posthumous
1864
P
George Prance
Captain of the Main Top · Civil War
U.S. Navy 1827 – 1885
1872
P
James N. Pratt
Blacksmith · Indian Wars
U.S. Army 1852 – 1903
1899
P
Thomas F. Prendergast
Corporal · Philippines
U.S. Marine Corps 1871 – 1913
1862
Joseph R. Prentice
Private · Civil War
U.S. Army 1838 – 1908
1944
P
Arthur M. Preston
Lieutenant · World War II
U.S. Navy 1913 – 1968
1900
P
Herbert I. Preston
Private · China Relief Expedition
U.S. Marine Corps 1876 – 1928
1864
P
John Preston
Landsman · Civil War
U.S. Navy 1841 – 1885
1864
Noble D. Preston
First Lieutenant · Civil War
U.S. Army 1842 – 1919
1864
P
Edward Price
Coxswain · Civil War
U.S. Navy 1840
1969
William Raymond Prom
Lance Corporal · Vietnam War
U.S. Marine Corps Posthumous
1865
P
George Province
Ordinary Seaman · Civil War
U.S. Navy 1842
1969
Robert Joseph Pruden
Staff Sergeant · Vietnam War
U.S. Army Posthumous
1918
P
John H. Pruitt Twice awarded
Corporal · World War I
U.S. Army · U.S. Marine Corps 1896 – 1918
1944
Ernest W. Prussman
Private First Class · World War II
U.S. Army Posthumous
1944
Donald Dale Pucket
First Lieutenant · World War II
U.S. Army Posthumous
1950
Ralph Puckett Jr
First Lieutenant · Korean War
U.S. Army 1926 – 2024
1862
Hiram W. Purcell
Sergeant · Civil War
U.S. Army 1837 – 1918
1863
P
James J. Purman
Lieutenant · Civil War
U.S. Army 1841 – 1915
1871
Hugh Purvis
Private · Korean Campaign 1871
U.S. Marine Corps 1846 – 1922
1864
Edgar P. Putnam
Sergeant · Civil War
U.S. Army 1844 – 1921
1863
P
Winthrop D. Putnam
Corporal · Civil War
U.S. Army 1837 – 1907
1876
P
James Pym
Private · Indian Wars
U.S. Army 1852 – 1893
1865
P
George Pyne
Seaman · Civil War
U.S. Navy 1841
1862
Matthew S. Quay
Colonel · Civil War
U.S. Army 1833 – 1904
1898
John H. Quick
Sergeant · Spanish-American War
U.S. Marine Corps 1870 – 1922
1902
Q
Joseph Quick
Coxswain · Interim 1901-1916
U.S. Navy 1877 – 1969
1862
James Quinlan
Major · Civil War
U.S. Army 1833 – 1906
1898
Q
Alexander M. Quinn
Sergeant · Spanish-American War
U.S. Army 1866 – 1906
1899
Q
Peter H. Quinn
Private · Philippines
U.S. Army 1873 – 1934
1968
Laszlo Rabel
Staff Sergeant · Vietnam War
U.S. Army Posthumous
1869
R
John Raerick
Private · Indian Wars
U.S. Army 1844 – 1902
1862
Peter F. Rafferty
Private · Civil War
U.S. Army 1845 – 1910
1890
R
Theodore Ragnar
First Sergeant · Indian Wars
U.S. Army 1856 – 1943
1944
R
Lawson P. Ramage
Commander · World War II
U.S. Navy 1909 – 1990
1951
George Henry Ramer
Second Lieutenant · Korean War
U.S. Marine Corps Posthumous
1861
Charles F. Rand
Private · Civil War
U.S. Army 1839 – 1908
1872
R
William Rankin
Private · Indian Wars
U.S. Army 1836 – 1916
1865
R
John Rannahan
Corporal · Civil War
U.S. Marine Corps 1836 – 1892
1864
George E. Ranney
Assistant Surgeon · Civil War
U.S. Army 1839 – 1915
1862
R
Myron H. Ranney
Private · Civil War
U.S. Army 1846 – 1910
1864
R
Alfred Ransbottom
First Sergeant · Civil War
U.S. Army 1831 – 1893
1966
Alfred V. Rascon Living
Specialist Fourth Class · Vietnam War
U.S. Army Living
1864
R
Edward Ratcliff
First Sergeant · Civil War
U.S. Army 1835 – 1915
1865
Jacob F. Raub
Assistant Surgeon · Civil War
U.S. Army 1840 – 1906
1944
Bernard J. Ray
First Lieutenant · World War II
U.S. Army 1921 – 1944
1899
R
Charles W. Ray
Sergeant · Philippines
U.S. Army 1872 – 1959
1969
David Robert Ray
Hospital Corpsman Second Class · Vietnam War
U.S. Navy Posthumous
1966
Ronald E. Ray Living
First Lieutenant · Vietnam War
U.S. Army Living
1863
William H. Raymond
Corporal · Civil War
U.S. Army 1844 – 1916
1864
R
Charles Read
Ordinary Seaman · Civil War
U.S. Navy 1837 – 1865
1865
R
Charles A. Read
Coxswain · Civil War
U.S. Navy 1840
1864
R
George E. Read
Seaman · Civil War
U.S. Navy 1838 – 1910
1865
R
Morton A. Read
Lieutenant · Civil War
U.S. Army 1843 – 1921
1965
Frank Stanley Reasoner
First Lieutenant · Vietnam War
U.S. Marine Corps Posthumous
1865
R
George F. Rebmann
Sergeant · Civil War
U.S. Army 1840 – 1918
1950
Mitchell Red Cloud Jr
Corporal · Korean War
U.S. Army 1924 – 1950
1862
William H. Reddick
Corporal · Civil War
U.S. Army 1840 – 1903
1863
R
Axel H. Reed
Sergeant · Civil War
U.S. Army 1835 – 1917
1863
Charles W. Reed
Bugler · Civil War
U.S. Army 1842 – 1926
1864
R
George W. Reed
Private · Civil War
U.S. Army 1831 – 1906
1868
R
James C. Reed
Private · Indian Wars
U.S. Army 1833
1863
R
William Reed
Private · Civil War
U.S. Army 1839 – 1918
1865
R
Charles A. Reeder
Private · Civil War
U.S. Army 1843 – 1902
1950
R
Robert Dale Reem
Second Lieutenant · Korean War
U.S. Marine Corps Posthumous
1943
James W. Reese
Private · World War II
U.S. Army 1920 – 1943
1945
John N. Reese Jr
Private First Class · World War II
U.S. Army Posthumous
1941
Thomas James Reeves
Chief Radioman · World War II
U.S. Navy 1895 – 1941
1862
R
Jeremiah Regan
Quartermaster · Civil War
U.S. Navy 1832
1873
R
Patrick Regan
Ordinary Seaman · Interim 1866-1898
U.S. Navy 1852
1918
Patrick Regan
Second Lieutenant · World War I
U.S. Army 1882 – 1943
1914
R
George Reid
Major · Mexico
U.S. Marine Corps 1876 – 1961
1910
Patrick Reid
Chief Watertender · Interim 1901-1916
U.S. Navy 1875 – 1924