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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.

Bruce A. van Voorhis

World War II

1943 - Greenwich Island, Solomon Islands

Leon R. Vance Jr.

World War II

1944 - over Wimereaux, France

Miguel A. Vera

Korean War

1952 - Chorwon, Korea

Humbert Roque "Rocky" Versace

Vietnam War

1963 - An Xuyen Province, Republic of Vietnam

Robert M. Viale

World War II

1945 - Manila, Luzon, Philippine Islands

Ysmael R. Villegas

World War II

1945 - Villa Verde Trail, Luzon, Philippine Islands

Joseph Vittori

Korean War

1951 - Hill 749, Korea

Francis B. Wai

World War II

1944 - Red Beach, Leyte, Philippine Islands

Kenneth N. Walker

World War II

1943 - over Rabaul, New Britain, New Britain

Herman C. Wallace

World War II

1945 - near Prumzurley, Germany

John S. Walmsley Jr.

Korean War

1951 - near Yangdok, Korea

William G. Walsh

World War II

1945 - Iwo Jima, Volcano Islands

James R. Ward

World War II

1941 - Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Territory, USA

Keith L. Ware

World War II

1944 - near Sigolsheim, France

Henry F. Warner

World War II

1944 - near Dom Butgenbach, Belgium

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