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.

Raymond L. Knight

World War II

1945 - Northern Po Valley, Italy

Noah O. Knight

Korean War

1951 - near Kowang-San, Korea

Matej Kocak

World War I

1918 - Soissons, France

Matej Kocak

World War I

1918 - Soissons, France

John K. Koelsch

Korean War

1951 - near Wonsan, Korea

Richard E. Kraus

World War II

1944 - Peleliu Island, Palau Islands

Leonard M. Kravitz

Korean War

1951 - Yangyong, Korea

Wendelin Kreher

Indian Campaigns

1876 - Cedar Creek, etc., Montana, USA

Anton L. Krotiak

World War II

1945 - Balete Pass, Luzon, Philippine Islands

Edward C. Krzyzowski

Korean War

1951 - near Tondul, Korea

Robert T. Kuroda

World War II

1944 - near Bruyeres, France

Darwin K. Kyle

Korean War

1951 - near Kamil-ni, Korea

James D. la Belle

World War II

1945 - Iwo Jima, Volcano Islands

William Laing

U.S. Civil War

1864 - Chapin's Farm, Virginia, USA

Garfield M. Langhorn

Vietnam War

1969 - near Plei Djereng, Pleiku Province, Republic of Vietnam

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