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.

John P. McVeane

U.S. Civil War

1863 - Fredericksburg Heights, Virginia, USA

John J. McVeigh

World War II

1944 - near Brest, France

Edgar L. McWethy Jr.

Vietnam War

1967 - Binh Dinh Province, Republic of Vietnam

William A. McWhorter

World War II

1944 - Leyte, Philippine Islands

Leroy A. Mendonca

Korean War

1951 - near Chich-on, Korea

Joseph F. Merrell

World War II

1945 - near Lohe, Germany

Harold O. Messerschmidt

World War II

1944 - near Radden, France

James I. Mestrovitch

World War I

1918 - Fismette, France

William E. Metzger Jr.

World War II

1944 - Saarbrucken, Germany

Harry J. Michael

World War II

1945 - near Neiderzerf, Germany

Don L. Michael

Vietnam War

1967 - Republic of Vietnam

Gary L. Miller

Vietnam War

1969 - Binh Duong Province, Republic of Vietnam

Robert J. Miller

War on Terrorism (Afghanistan)

2008 - Konar Province, Afghanistan

Andrew Miller

World War II

1944 - Woippy, France, through Metz to Kerprich Hemmersdorf, Germany, France & Germany

George W. Miller

Indian Campaigns

1868 - Vicinity of the Black Mountains, Arizona, USA

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