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685 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.

Kenneth D. Bailey

World War II

1942 - Henderson Field, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

Addison E. Baker

World War II

1943 - Ploesti, Rumania

Thomas A. Baker Jr

World War II

1944 - Saipan, Mariana Islands

Joe R. Baldonado

Korean War

1950 - Kangdong, Korea

David B. Barkeley

World War I

1918 - near Pouilly, France

Jedh C. Barker

Vietnam War

1967 - near Con Thein, Republic of Vietnam

Charles H. Barker

Korean War

1953 - Sokkogae, Korea

John A. Barnes III

Vietnam War

1967 - Dak To, Republic of Vietnam

William H. Barnes

U.S. Civil War

1864 - Chapin's Farm, Virginia, USA

John "Manila John" Basilone

World War II

1942 - Lunga Area, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

Harold William "indian joe" Bauer

World War II

1942 - Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

William B. Baugh

Korean War

1950 - along the road from Koto-ri to Hagaru-ri, Korea

Lewis K. Bausell

World War II

1944 - Peleliu Island, Palau Group

Raymond O. Beaudoin

World War II

1945 - Hamelin, Germany

William S. Beebe

U.S. Civil War

1864 - Cane River Crossing, Louisiana, USA

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