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.

William M. Bryant

Vietnam War

1969 - Long Khanh Province, Republic of Vietnam

George A. Buchanan

U.S. Civil War

1864 - Chapin's Farm, Virginia, USA

Denis Buckley

U.S. Civil War

1864 - Peach Tree Creek, Georgia, USA

Brian L. Buker

Vietnam War

1970 - Chau Doc Province, Republic of Vietnam

Robert C. Burke

Vietnam War

1968 - Le Nam 1, Go Nai Island, Quang Nam Province (southern), Republic of Vietnam

John M. Burns

U.S. Civil War

1864 - Fort Morgan, Mobile Bay, Alabama, USA

Elmer J. Burr

World War II

1942 - Buna, New Guinea

Tony K. Burris

Korean War

1951 - Mundung-ni, Korea

John E. Butts

World War II

1944 - Normandy, France

Joseph A. Cable

Indian Campaigns

1876 - Cedar Creek, etc., Montana, USA

William R. Caddy

World War II

1945 - Iwo Jima, Volcano Islands

Daniel J. Callaghan

World War II

1942 - Iron Bottom Sound, Savo Island, Solomon Islands

George H. Cannon

World War II

1941 - Sand Island, Midway Islands

Vincent R. Capodanno

Vietnam War

1967 - Quang Tin Province, Republic of Vietnam

Horace Capron Jr.

U.S. Civil War

1862 - Chickahominy & Ashland, Virginia, USA

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