Congressional Medal of Honor Society

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.

Garfield M. Langhorn

Vietnam War

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

Joseph G. LaPointe Jr

Vietnam War

1969 - Quang Tin Province, Republic of Vietnam

Salvador J. Lara

World War II

1944 - Aprilia, Italy

Billy L. Lauffer

Vietnam War

1966 - near Bon Son, Binh Dinh Province, Republic of Vietnam

Robert D. Law

Vietnam War

1969 - Tinh Phuoc, Thanh Province, Republic of Vietnam

Henry W. Lawton

U.S. Civil War

1864 - Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Cornelius J. Leahy

Philippine Insurrection

1899 - near Porac, Luzon, Philippine Islands

Milton A. Lee

Vietnam War

1968 - near Phu Bai, Thua Thien Province, Republic of Vietnam

Robert R. Leisy

Vietnam War

1969 - Phuoc Long Province, Republic of Vietnam

Milo Lemert

World War I

1918 - near Bellicourt, France

Matthew Leonard

Vietnam War

1967 - near Suoi Da, Republic of Vietnam

Turney W. Leonard

World War II

1944 - Kommerscheidt, Germany

Fred F. Lester

World War II

1945 - near Hill 55-1, Oroku Peninsula, Okinawa Shima, Ryukyu Islands

George D. Libby

Korean War

1950 - near Taejon, Korea

Darrell R. Lindsey

World War II

1944 - L'Isle Adam railroad bridge over the Seine River, France

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