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 H. Willis

World War II

1945 - Iwo Jima, Volcano Islands

Alfred L. Wilson

World War II

1944 - near Bezange la Petite, France

Robert L. Wilson

World War II

1944 - Tinian Island, Mariana Islands

Richard G. Wilson

Korean War

1950 - near Opari, Korea

George D. Wilson

U.S. Civil War

1862 - Georgia

David F. Winder

Vietnam War

1970 - Republic of Vietnam

William G. Windrich

Korean War

1950 - vinicity of Yudam-ni, Korea

Joseph Witcome

Indian Campaigns

1868 - Vicinity of the Black Mountains, Arizona, USA

Frank P. Witek

World War II

1944 - Finegayen, Guam, Mariana Islands

Nels T. Wold

World War I

1918 - near Cheppy, France

Bryant H. Womack

Korean War

1952 - near Sokso-ri, Korea

William H. Woodall

U.S. Civil War

1865 - Deatonsville (Sailor's Creek), Virginia, USA

Zachariah Woodall

Indian Campaigns

1874 - Washita River, Texas, USA

Howard E. Woodford

World War II

1945 - near Tabio, Luzon, Philippine Islands

Kenneth L. Worley

Vietnam War

1968 - Bo Ban, Quang Nam Province, Republic of Vietnam

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