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Congressional Medal of Honor Society

681 Medal of Honor Recipients who have Fallen in Service (KIA, Wounds, Illness)

Many Medal of Honor Recipients have died while in service. Some died during the moment of valor that resulting in the Medal of Honor. Others died later, during combat actions, as prisoners of war, or fell due to wounds or illness. We remember them below.

Aquilla James "big red" Dyess

World War II

1944 - Namur Island, Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands

Junior D. Edwards

Korean War

1951 - Changbong-ni, Korea

Henry A. Eilers

Interim 1871 - 1899

1892 - Fort McHenry, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Henry T. Elrod

World War II

1941 - Wake Island

Gerald L. Endl

World War II

1944 - near Anamo, New Guinea

Thomas English

U.S. Civil War

1865 - Fort Fisher, North Carolina, USA

Glenn H. English Jr.

Vietnam War

1970 - Phu My District, Republic of Vietnam

John Enright

Interim 1871 - 1899

1886 - off Ensenada, Mexico

Harold G. Epperson

World War II

1944 - Saipan Island, Mariana Islands

John Essebagger Jr.

Korean War

1951 - Popsu-dong, Korea

Michael J. Estocin

Vietnam War

1967 - Haiphong, North Vietnam

Richard L. Etchberger

Vietnam War

1968 - Phou Pha Thi, Laos

Ray E. Eubanks

World War II

1944 - Noemfoor Island, Dutch New Guinea

Ernest Edwin "Chief" Evans

World War II

1944 - off Samar, Philippine Islands

Rodney J. Evans

Vietnam War

1969 - Tay Ninh Province, Republic of Vietnam

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