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.

John C. Wetherby

Philippine Insurrection

1899 - near Imus, Luzon, Philippine Islands

Walter C. Wetzel

World War II

1945 - Birken, Germany

Roy M. Wheat

Vietnam War

1967 - along Liberty Road, Dien Ban District, Quang Nam Province, Republic of Vietnam

Jerry W. Wickam

Vietnam War

1968 - near Loc Ninh, Republic of Vietnam

John H. Wickersham

World War I

1918 - near Limey

Jacob Widmer

Indian Campaigns

1879 - Milk River, Colorado, USA

Thomas W. Wigle

World War II

1944 - Monte Frassino, Italy

Hilliard A. Wilbanks

Vietnam War

1967 - near Dalat, Republic of Vietnam

James Wiley

U.S. Civil War

1863 - Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA

Edward G. Wilkin

World War II

1945 - Siegfried Line, Germany

Raymond H. Wilkins

World War II

1943 - near Rabaul, New Britain Island, New Britain

Walter J. Will

World War II

1945 - near Eisern, Germany

Louis E. Willett

Vietnam War

1967 - Kontum Province, Republic of Vietnam

Dewayne T. Williams

Vietnam War

1968 - Quang Nam Province, Republic of Vietnam

Jack Williams

World War II

1945 - Iwo Jima, Volcano Islands

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