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.

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

John E. Warren Jr.

Vietnam War

1969 - Tay Ninh Province, Republic of Vietnam

Lewis G. Watkins

Korean War

1952 - Korea

Travis E. Watkins

Korean War

1950 - near Yongsan, Korea

George Watson

World War II

1943 - Near Porlock Harbor, New Guinea

Charles J. Watters

Vietnam War

1967 - Hill 875, near Dak To, Kontum Province, Republic of Vietnam

Robert T. Waugh

World War II

1944 - Hill 79 near Tremensucli, Italy

David C. Waybur

World War II

1943 - near Agrigento, Sicily, Sicily

Dale E. Wayrynen

Vietnam War

1967 - near Duc Pho, Quang Ngai Province, Republic of Vietnam

Lester W. Weber

Vietnam War

1969 - Bo Ban area, Hieu Duc District, Quang Nam Province, Republic of Vietnam

Ellis R. Weicht

World War II

1944 - St. Hippolyte, France

Henry S. Wells

U.S. Civil War

1864 - Chapin's Farm, Virginia, USA

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