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.

Erwin R. Bleckley

World War I

1918 - near Binarville, France

John P. Bobo

Vietnam War

1967 - Quang Tri Province, Republic of Vietnam

Alexander "sandy" Bonnyman Jr.

World War II

1943 - Betio Island, Tarawa Atoll, Gilbert Islands

Robert D. Booker

World War II

1943 - near Fondouk, Tunisia

William J. Bordelon

World War II

1943 - Tarawa, Gilbert Islands

Hammett L. Bowen Jr.

Vietnam War

1969 - Binh Duong Province, Republic of Vietnam

George W. Boyce Jr.

World War II

1944 - near Afua, New Guinea

Abram B. Brant

Indian Campaigns

1876 - Little Big Horn, Montana, USA

Frank Bratling

Indian Campaigns

1873 - Fort Selden, New Mexico, USA

Henry Breault

Interim 1920 - 1940

1923 - Limon Bay, Canal Zone, Panama

Nelson V. Brittin

Korean War

1951 - Yonggong-ni, Korea

Leonard C. Brostrom

World War II

1944 - near Dagami, Leyte, Philippine Islands

Melvin L. Brown

Korean War

1950 - Kasan, Korea

Morris Brown Jr.

U.S. Civil War

1863 - Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA

Daniel D. Bruce

Vietnam War

1969 - Fire Support Base Tomahawk, Quang Nam Province, Republic of Vietnam

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