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.

Truman O. Olson

World War II

1944 - near Cisterna di Littoria, Italy

Bruno R. Orig

Korean War

1951 - vicinity of Chipyong-ni, Korea

Weedon E. Osborne

World War I

1918 - Bouresches, France

Kazuo Otani

World War II

1944 - near Pieve Di S. Luce, Italy

David G. Ouellet

Vietnam War

1967 - Mekong River, Republic of Vietnam

Joseph R. Ouellette

Korean War

1950 - near Yongsan, Korea

Robert A. Owens

World War II

1943 - Cape Torokina, Bougainville Island, Solomon Islands

Joseph W. Ozbourn

World War II

1944 - Tinian Island, Marianas Islands

John U. Page

Korean War

1950 - near Chosin Reservoir, Korea

John J. Parle

World War II

1943 - Sicily, Sicily

Laverne Parrish

World War II

1945 - Binalonan, Luzon, Philippine Islands

Joe C. Paul

Vietnam War

1965 - near Chu Lai, Republic of Vietnam

Harl Pease Jr

World War II

1942 - near Rabaul, New Britian, New Britain

Forrest E. Peden

World War II

1945 - near Biesheim, France

Mike C. Pena

Korean War

1950 - Waegwan, Korea

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