Medal of Honor

From USNA Virtual Memorial Hall
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The Naval Academy honors seventy-three recipients of the Medal of Honor in Memorial Hall on a plaque. Twenty-one of these men were killed in the action for which they received the award; two others were later lost in combat or an operational accident.



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Orion Perseus Howe

Class of 1870

May 19, 1863

Vicksburg, Mississippi


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Frank Friday Fletcher

Class of 1875

April 21-22, 1914

Vera Cruz, Mexico


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William Rees Rush

Class of 1877

April 21-22, 1914

Vera Cruz, Mexico


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Harry McLaren Pickney Huse

Class of 1878

April 21-22, 1914

Vera Cruz, Mexico


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Edwin Alexander Anderson

Class of 1882

April 21-22, 1914

Vera Cruz, Mexico


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Harry Leroy Hawthorne

Class of 1882

December 29, 1890

Wounded Knee Creek, South Dakota


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Henry Lakin Simpson

Class of 1882

October 31, 1877

Monrovia, Liberia


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Richmond Pearson Hobson

Class of 1887

June 2, 1898

Santiago Harbor, Cuba


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Herman Osman Stickney

Class of 1888

April 21-22, 1914

Vera Cruz, Mexico


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William Kelly Harrison

Class of 1889

April 21-22, 1914

Vera Cruz, Mexico


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Albertus Wright Catlin

Class of 1890

April 22, 1914

Vera Cruz, Mexico


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William Adger Moffett

Class of 1890

April 21-22, 1914

Vera Cruz, Mexico


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Wendell Cushing Neville

Class of 1890

April 21-22, 1914

Vera Cruz, Mexico


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Rufus Zenas Johnston

Class of 1895

April 21-22, 1914

Vera Cruz, Mexico


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Allen Buchanan

Class of 1899

April 21-22, 1914

Vera Cruz, Mexico


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Guy Wilkinson Stuart Castle

Class of 1901

April 21-22, 1914

Vera Cruz, Mexico


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Julius Curtis Townsend

Class of 1902

April 22, 1914

Vera Cruz, Mexico


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Adolphus Staton

Class of 1902

April 22, 1914

Vera Cruz, Mexico


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James Patrick Lannon

Class of 1902

April 22, 1914

Vera Cruz, Mexico


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Richard Wainwright, Jr.

Class of 1902

April 21-22, 1914

Vera Cruz, Mexico


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Frederick Vallette McNair, Jr.

Class of 1903

April 22, 1914

Vera Cruz, Mexico


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Frank Jack Fletcher

Class of 1906

April 21-22, 1914

Vera Cruz, Mexico


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Charles Conway Hartigan

Class of 1906

April 22, 1914

Vera Cruz, Mexico


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Isaac Campbell Kidd

Class of 1906

December 7, 1941

Pearl Harbor, Territory of Hawaii

Posthumous award


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Willis Winter Bradley, Jr.

Class of 1907

July 23, 1917


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George McCall Courts

Class of 1907

April 21-22, 1914

Vera Cruz, Mexico


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Jonas Howard Ingram

Class of 1907

April 22, 1914

Vera Cruz, Mexico


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Claud Ashton Jones

Class of 1907

August 29, 1916

Santo Domingo City, Dominican Republic


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Franklin Van Valkenburgh

Class of 1909

December 7, 1941

Pearl Harbor, Territory of Hawaii

Posthumous award


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Theodore Stark Wilkinson, Jr.

Class of 1909

April 21-22, 1914

Vera Cruz, Mexico


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Walter Atlee Edwards

Class of 1910

December 16, 1922

Sea of Marmora, Turkey


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William Merrill Corry, Jr.

Class of 1910

October 2, 1920

Hartford, Connecticut

Posthumous award


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Mervyn Sharp Bennion

Class of 1910

December 7, 1941

Pearl Harbor, Territory of Hawaii

Posthumous award


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Oscar Charles Badger, II

Class of 1911

April 21-22, 1914

Vera Cruz, Mexico


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Daniel Judson Callaghan

Class of 1911

November 12-13, 1942

Naval Battle of Guadalcanal

Posthumous award


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Paul Frederick Foster

Class of 1911

April 21-22, 1914

Vera Cruz, Mexico


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George Maus Lowry

Class of 1911

April 21-22, 1914

Vera Cruz, Mexico


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Norman Scott

Class of 1911

Battle of Savo Island & Naval Battle of Guadalcanal

Posthumous award


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Hugh Carroll Frazer

Class of 1912

April 22, 1914

Vera Cruz, Mexico


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Richard Evelyn Byrd

Class of 1912

May 9, 1926

North Pole


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Edward Orrick McDonnell

Class of 1912

April 21-22, 1914

Vera Cruz, Mexico


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Robert Webster Cary, Jr.

Class of 1914

January 21, 1915


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Albert Harold Rooks

Class of 1914

February 4-27, 1942

Posthumous award


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Edouard Victor Michael Izac

Class of 1915

May 21, 1918


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Cassin Young

Class of 1916

December 7, 1941

Pearl Harbor, Territory of Hawaii

Posthumous award


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Thomas John Ryan, Jr.

Class of 1921

September 1, 1923

Yokohama, Japan


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Samuel Glenn Fuqua

Class of 1923

December 7, 1941

Pearl Harbor, Territory of Hawaii


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John Philip Cromwell

Class of 1924

November 19, 1943

Off Truk Lagoon, Pacific Ocean

Posthumous award


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Henry Clay Drexler

Class of 1924

October 20, 1924

Off Virginia, Atlantic Ocean

Posthumous award


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Herbert Emery Schonland

Class of 1925

November 12-13, 1942

Naval Battle of Guadalcanal


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Howard Walter Gilmore

Class of 1926

February 7, 1943

Off Solomon Islands, Pacific Ocean

Posthumous award


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Carlton Barmore Hutchins

Class of 1926

February 2, 1938

Off California, Pacific Ocean

Posthumous award


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Bruce Avery Van Voorhis

Class of 1929

July 6, 1943

Kapingamarangi Atoll, Pacific Ocean

Posthumous award


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Harold William Bauer

Class of 1930

May 10 - November 14, 1942

Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

Posthumous award


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Samuel David Dealey

Class of 1930

June 6-10, 1944

Tawi Tawi, Philippines

Posthumous award


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Lawson Patterson Ramage

Class of 1931

July 31, 1944

Pacific Ocean


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Richard Nott Antrim

Class of 1931

April 1942

Makassar, Celebes, Netherlands East Indies


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Ernest Edwin Evans

Class of 1931

October 25, 1944

Battle Off Samar

Posthumous award


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Bruce McCandless

Class of 1932

November 12-13, 1942

Naval Battle of Guadalcanal


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John Duncan Bulkeley

Class of 1933

December 7, 1941 - April 10, 1942

Philippines


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David McCampbell

Class of 1933

June 19, 1944 & October 24, 1944

Philippine Sea


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George Fleming Davis

Class of 1934

January 6, 1945

Lingayen Gulf

Posthumous award


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Richard Hetherington O'Kane

Class of 1934

October 23-24, 1944

Philippines


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Milton Ernest Ricketts

Class of 1935

May 8, 1942

Battle of the Coral Sea

Posthumous award


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Eugene Bennett Fluckey

Class of 1935

December 19, 1944 - February 15, 1945

Along coast of China


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John James Powers

Class of 1935

May 8, 1942

Battle of the Coral Sea

Posthumous award


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Edward Henry O'Hare

Class of 1937

February 20, 1942

Near Rabaul, Pacific Ocean


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George Levick Street, IIi

Class of 1937

April 14, 1945

Quelpart Island, Korea


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Richard Miles McCool, Jr.

Class of 1945

June 10-11, 1945

Off Okinawa, Pacific Ocean


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Thomas Jerome Hudner, Jr.

Class of 1947

December 4, 1950

Chosin Reservoir, Korea


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James Bond Stockdale

Class of 1947

September 9, 1965 - February 12, 1973

Hanoi, Vietnam


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Baldomero Lopez

Class of 1948

September 15, 1950

Inchon, Korea

Posthumous award


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Robert Dale Reem

Class of 1948

November 6, 1950

Chinhung-ni, Korea

Posthumous award