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Medal of Honor
Three medals, side by side, consisting of an inverted 5-pointed star hanging from a light blue ribbon with 13 white stars in the center. Left medal has a laurel wreath around the star and an eagle emblem above the star; central medal has an anchor emblem attaching the medal to the ribbon; rightmost medal has a laurel wreath around the star and an emblem with wings, lightning bolts and the word "VALOR" connecting the medal to the ribbon.
All recipients
American Civil War
By surname
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Others
Other wars and conflicts
  • Korean War
  • Vietnam War
  • Post-Vietnam
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    By ethnic group
    By other criteria

    This is a complete list of those people who received the Medal of Honor for their actions during peacetime. Prior to World War II, the Medal of Honor could be awarded for actions not involving direct combat with the enemy; 193 men earned the medal in this way. Most of the peacetime medals were awarded to members of the United States Navy for rescuing or attempting to rescue someone from drowning.

    Given in the list below are the place and date of each recipient's Medal of Honor action, as well as their rank at the time of the action. A posthumous award is denoted by an asterisk after the recipient's name.

    By Name

    Name Service Rank Place of action Date of action Notes
    Adam Weissel Navy Ship's Cook USS Minnesota, Newport, R.I. Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 For rescuing from drowning Captain of the Forecastle C. Lorenze.
    Adolphus W. Greely Army Major General various Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 to Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 For his lifetime of service.
    Albert Joseph Smith Marine Corps Private Marine Barracks, Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Florida Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 For pulling a man from the wreckage of a crashed and burning seaplane.
    Albert Weisbogel Navy USS Plymouth Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 For rescuing a shipmate from drowning.
    Albert Weisbogel Navy Captain of the Mizzen Top USS Benicia Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 For rescuing a shipmate from drowning.
    Alexander Bradley Navy Landsman USS Wachusett, off Cowes, England Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 For attempting to save from drowning Landsman Philip Cassidy of the USS Wabash.
    Alexander Haure Turvelin Navy Seaman USS Trenton (1876), Toulon, France Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 For rescuing from drowning Coxswain Augustus Ohlensen.
    Alexander Parker Navy Boatswain's Mate Mare Island Naval Shipyard Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 For attempting to save a shipmate from drowning.
    Alexander Peters Navy Boatswain's Mate First Class USS Missouri Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 For attempting to rescue from drowning Ordinary Seaman Cecil C. Young.
    Alphonse Girandy Navy Seaman USS Petrel Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 For courage in firefighting efforts.
    Antonio Williams Navy Seaman USS Huron (1875) Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 For courage and fidelity during loss of USS Huron.
    August Chandron Navy Seaman Apprentice Second Class USS Quinnebaug, Alexandria, Egypt Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 For rescuing from drowning William Evans, Ordinary Seaman.
    August Holtz Navy Chief Watertender USS North Dakota Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 For heroism in fighting fire on USS North Dakota.
    August Ohmsen Navy Master-at-Arms USS Tallapoosa Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 For lifesaving efforts during sinking of USS Tallapoosa.
    August P. Teytand Navy Quartermaster Third Class USS Leyden Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 Heroism during sinking of USS Leyden.
    August Wilson Navy Boilermaker USS Puritan Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 For lifesaving heroism during boiler malfunction.
    Austin Denham Navy Seaman USS Kansas, near Greytown, Nicaragua Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 Preventing further loss of life during mass drowning.
    Charles Church Roberts Navy Machinist's Mate First Class USS North Dakota Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 For heroism in fighting fire on USS North Dakota.
    Charles Gidding Navy Seaman USS Plymouth, Navy Yard, New York Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 For trying to save one of the crew of the USS Plymouth who had fallen overboard.
    Charles H. Willey Navy Machinist USS Memphis, off Santo Domingo City, Santo Domingo Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 Lifesaving actions during loss of USS Memphis to hurricane.
    Charles Lindbergh Army Air Corps Reserve Captain from New York City to Paris, France Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 to Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 For flying the first solo non-stop flight across the Atlantic Ocean.
    Charles S. Schepke Navy Gunner's Mate First Class USS Missouri Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 For extinguishing munitions fire aboard ship.
    Christian Osepins Navy Seaman USS Fortune, Hampton Roads, Va. Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 For rescuing from drowning Gunner's Mate James Walters.
    Christopher Fowler Navy Quartermaster USS Fortune, Point Zapotitlan, Mexico Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 Displayed valorous conduct when ship's boat capsized, drowning part of crew.
    Claud Ashton Jones Navy Commander USS Memphis, off Santo Domingo City, Santo Domingo Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 Died at his post in boiler room while attempting to save USS Memphis from destruction by hurricane.
    Daniel Atkins Navy Ship's Cook First Class USS Cushing Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 For attempting to save from drowning Ensign Joseph C. Breckenridge.
    David Harrington Navy First Class Fireman USS Tallapoosa Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 Remained in engine room of his sinking ship until waist deep water extinguished boiler fires, then opened safety valves.
    David M. Buchanan Navy Apprentice USS Saratoga, off Battery, New York Harbor Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 Saved Apprentice Robert Lee Robey from drowning at risk of his own life.
    Demetri Corahorgi Navy Fireman First Class USS Iowa Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 Extraordinary heroism saving ship after boiler explosion.
    Edward Alvin Clary Navy Watertender USS Hopkins Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 Extraordinary heroism in line of duty during accident to ship's boiler.
    Edward Barrett Navy Second Class Fireman USS Alaska, Callao Bay, Peru Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 Saved USS Alaska from catastrophe by preventing boiler explosion.
    Edward Floyd Navy Boilermaker USS Iowa Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 Extraordinary heroism saving ship after boiler explosion.
    Edward Maddin Navy Ordinary Seaman USS Franklin, Lisbon, Portugal Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 For rescuing a shipmate from drowning.
    Edward William Boers Navy Seaman USS Bennington Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 Extraordinary heroism while minimizing loss of life and material damage while saving his ship after a boiler explosion.
    Emil Fredericksen Navy Watertender USS Bennington, San Diego, Calif. Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31
    Emile Lejeune Navy Seaman USS Plymouth, Port Royal, S.C. Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 For rescuing a citizen from drowning.
    Ernest H. Bjorkman Navy Ordinary Seaman USS Leyden Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 For heroism during sinking of USS Leyden.
    Eugene P. Smith Navy Chief Watertender USS Decatur Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 For entering compartments immediately following an explosion and rescuing injured shipmates.
    Floyd Bennett Navy Machinist over the Arctic Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 For his part in what was thought to be the first successful heavier-than-air flight to the North Pole and back.
    Francis Moore Navy Boatswain's Mate USS Portsmouth, Washington Navy Yard Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 For attempting to rescue from drowning Thomas Duncan, carpenter and calker.
    Frank Du Moulin Navy Apprentice USS Sabine, New London Harbor Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 For jumping overboard and saving Apprentice D'Orsay from drowning.
    Frank E. Hill Navy Ship's Cook First Class USS Bennington, San Diego, Calif. Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31
    Frank W. Crilley Navy Chief Gunner's Mate wreck site of the USS F-4, off Honolulu, Hawaii Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 For rescuing a fellow diver who had become tangled in the wreckage and trapped underwater.
    Frederick Behne Navy Fireman First Class USS Iowa Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 Extraordinary heroism saving ship after boiler explosion.
    George Breeman Navy Seaman USS Kearsarge (BB-5) Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 For actions after the accidental ignition of gunpowder.
    George F. Brock Navy Carpenter's Mate Second Class USS Bennington, San Diego, Calif. Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31
    George Hill Navy Chief Quarter Gunner USS Kansas, near Greytown, Nicaragua Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 Preventing further loss of life during mass drowning.
    George Holt Navy Quarter Gunner USS Plymouth, Hamburg Harbor Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 For rescuing from drowning one of a party who was thrown from a shore boat.
    George Huber Wheeler Navy Shipfitter First Class Coquimbo, Chile Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31
    George Low Navy Seaman USS Tennessee, New Orleans, La. Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 For rescuing from drowning N. P. Petersen, Gunner's Mate.
    George W. Cutter Navy Landsman USS Powhatan, Norfolk, Va. Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 For assisting in rescuing a shipmate from drowning.
    George Willis Navy Coxswain USS Tigress, off the coast of Greenland Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 Singlehanded furled loose fore topgallant sail, preventing damage to ship.
    Harry D. Fadden Navy Coxswain USS Adams Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 For rescuing O.C. Hawthorne, Landsman for training, from drowning.
    Harry Lipscomb Navy Watertender USS North Dakota Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 For heroism in fighting fire on USS North Dakota.
    Heinrich Behnke Navy Seaman First Class USS Iowa Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 Extraordinary heroism saving ship after boiler explosion.
    Henry A. Eilers Navy Gunner's Mate USS Philadelphia, Fort McHenry, Baltimore, Md. Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 Stamping out burning particles of prematurely exploded cartridge in powder magazine.
    Henry Breault Navy Torpedoman Second Class USS O-5 Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 For rescuing another sailor when submarine O-5 sank.
    Henry C. Courtney Navy Seaman USS Portsmouth, Washington Navy Yard Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 For rescuing from drowning Charles Taliaferro, Jack-of-the-Dust.
    Henry J. Manning Navy Quartermaster USS New Hampshire, off Coasters Harbor Island, near Newport, R.I. Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 For attempting to rescue from drowning Jabez Smith, Second Class Musician.
    Henry Simpson Navy First Class Fireman USS Essex, Monrovia, Liberia Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 For rescuing from drowning Ordinary Seaman John W. Powers.
    Henry Thompson Navy Seaman Mare Island, California Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 For rescuing a man from drowning.
    Henry Williams Navy Carpenter's Mate USS Constitution Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 For going over the stern during a heavy gale and performing important carpenter's work upon the rudder.
    Hugh King Navy Ordinary Seaman USS Iroquois, Delaware River Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 For rescuing one of the crew of the USS Iroquois from drowning.
    Hugh Miller Navy Boatswain's Mate USS Quinnebaug, Alexandria, Egypt Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 For assisting in rescuing a shipmate from drowning.
    Isaac L. Fasseur Navy Ordinary Seaman USS Lackawanna, Callao, Peru Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 For rescuing from drowning William Cruise.
    Isacc Sapp Navy Seaman USS Shenandoah, Villefranche Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 For assisting in saving from drowning Seaman Charles Prince.
    Isidor Nordstrom Navy Chief Boatswain USS Kearsarge (BB-5) Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31
    J. W. Norris Navy Landsman USS Jamestown, New York Navy Yard Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 For rescuing A. A. George from drowning.
    James A. Stewart Marine Corps Corporal USS Plymouth, harbor of Villefranche, France Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 For rescuing from drowning Midshipman Osterhaus.
    James Benson Navy Seaman USS Ossipee Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 For attempting to save from drowning Landsman John K. Smith.
    James Carey Navy Seaman USS Huron (1862) Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 For saving 3 shipmates from drowning.
    James F. O'Conner Navy Landsman USS Jean Sands, opposite the Norfolk Navy Yard Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 For rescuing from drowning a young girl who had fallen overboard.
    James F. Sullivan Navy Boatswain's Mate USS New Hampshire, Newport, R.I. Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 For rescuing from drowning Third Class Boy Francis T. Price.
    James Harper McDonald Navy Chief Metalsmith USS Squalus Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 For his actions as a diver in rescuing the crew of the sunken USS Squalus.
    James Horton Navy Captain of the Top USS Constitution Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 For going over the stern during a heavy gale and cutting the fastenings of the ship's rudder chains.
    James M. Trout Navy Second Class Fireman USS Frolic, Montevideo Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 For attempting to save a shipmate from drowning.
    James Smith Navy Seaman USS Kansas, near Greytown, Nicaragua Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 Preventing further loss of life during mass drowning.
    James Thayer Navy Ship's Corporal Naval Station Norfolk Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 For rescuing from drowning a boy serving with him on the USS Constitution.
    Jeremiah Troy Navy Chief Boatswain's Mate USS New Hampshire, Newport, R.I. Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 For rescuing from drowning Third Class Boy Francis T. Price.
    Johannes J. Johannessen Navy Chief Watertender USS Iowa Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 Extraordinary heroism saving ship after boiler explosion.
    Johannes Rouning Navy Ordinary Seaman USS Fortune, Hampton Roads, Va. Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 For rescuing from drowning Gunner's Mate James Walters.
    John Brown Navy Captain of the Afterguard off Eastport, Maine Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 For rescuing from drowning James Rose and John Russell, seamen of the USS Winooski.
    John Costello Navy Ordinary Seaman USS Hartford, Philadelphia, Pa. Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 For rescuing from drowning a Landsman of the USS Hartford.
    John Davis Navy Ordinary Seaman USS Trenton (1876), Toulon, France Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 Jumping overboard, Davis rescued Augustus Ohlensen, coxswain, from drowning.
    John Dempsey Navy Seaman USS Kearsarge (1861), Shanghai, China Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31
    John Enright Navy Landsman USS Ranger, off Ensenada, Mexico Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31
    John Everetts Navy Gunner's Mate Third Class USS Cushing Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 For attempting to save from drowning Ensign Joseph C. Breckenridge.
    John F. Auer Navy Ordinary Seaman Apprentice USS Lancaster, Marseille, France Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 For rescuing from drowning a French boy who had fallen from a pier.
    John Flannagan Navy Boatswain's Mate USS Supply Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 For rescuing from drowning Seaman David Walsh.
    John Handran Navy Seaman USS Franklin, Lisbon, Portugal Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 For rescuing from drowning one of the crew of the USS Franklin.
    John Hayden Navy Apprentice USS Saratoga, off the Battery, New York Harbor Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 For assisting in the rescue from drowning of R. L. Robey.
    John Henry Helms Marine Corps Sergeant USS Chicago, Montevideo, Uruguay Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 For rescuing from drowning Ship's Cook Ishi Tomizi.
    John J. Clausey Navy Chief Gunner's Mate USS Bennington, San Diego, Calif. Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31
    John Johnson Navy Seaman USS Kansas near Greytown, Nicaragua Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 Preventing further loss of life during mass drowning.
    John King Navy Watertender USS Salem Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 For heroism during a boiler accident.
    John King Navy Watertender USS Vicksburg Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 For heroism during a boiler accident. One of only 19 two-time Medal of Honor recipients.
    John Lafferty Navy First Class Fireman USS Alaska, Callao Bay, Peru Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 Second award; previously received a Medal of Honor for actions during the Civil War.
    John Lucy Navy Second Class Boy USS Minnesota, Castle Garden, New York Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31
    John McCarton Navy Ship's Printer USS New Hampshire, off Coasters Harbor Island, near Newport, R.I. Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 For attempting to rescue from drowning Jabez Smith, Second Class Musician.
    John Mihalowski Navy Torpedoman First Class USS Squalus Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 For his actions as a diver in rescuing the crew of the sunken USS Squalus.
    John Millmore Navy Ordinary Seaman USS Essex, Monrovia, Liberia Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 For rescuing from drowning Ordinary Seaman John W. Powers.
    John Morris Marine Corps Corporal USS Lancaster, Villefranche, France Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 For rescuing from drowning Ordinary Seaman Robert Blizzard.
    John O'Neal Navy Boatswain's Mate USS Kansas, near Greytown, Nicaragua Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 Preventing further loss of life during mass drowning.
    John Osborne Navy Seaman USS Juniata, Philadelphia, Pa. Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 For rescuing from drowning an enlisted boy of the USS Juniata.
    John Robinson Navy Captain of the Hold Pensacola Bay, Florida Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31
    John Russell Navy Seaman USS Trenton (1876), Genoa, Italy Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 For rescuing from drowning Ordinary Seaman Hans Paulsen.
    John Smith Navy Seaman USS Shenandoah, off Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 For rescuing from drowning First Class Fireman James Grady.
    John W. Magee Navy Second Class Fireman USS Tallapoosa Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31
    Joseph B. Noil Navy Seaman USS Powhatan, Norfolk, Va. Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 For saving Boatswain J. C. Walton from drowning.
    Joseph H. Davis Navy Landsman Dale, off the wharf at Norfolk, Va. Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 For rescuing from drowning Ordinary Seaman John Norman.
    Joseph Matthews Navy Captain of the Top USS Constitution Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 For going over the stern during a heavy gale and cutting the fastenings of the ship's rudder chains.
    Joseph Quick Navy Coxswain Yokohama, Japan Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 For rescuing a shipmate from drowning.
    Karl Westa Navy Chief Machinist's Mate USS North Dakota Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 For heroism in fighting fire on USS North Dakota.
    Loddie Stupka Navy Fireman First Class USS Leyden Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 For heroism during sinking of USS Leyden.
    Louis Fred Pfeifer Marine Corps Private USS Petrel Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 Served as Louis F. Theis during first enlistment.
    Louis Williams Navy Captain of the Hold USS Lackawanna, Honolulu, Hawaii Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 For rescuing from drowning Landsman Thomas Moran.
    Louis Williams Navy USS Lackawanna, Callao, Peru Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 For rescuing from drowning William Cruise.
    Luovi Halling Navy Boatswain's Mate First Class USS Missouri Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 For attempting to rescue from drowning Ordinary Seaman Cecil C. Young.
    Matthew Gillick Navy Boatswain's Mate USS Lancaster, Marseille, France Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 For rescuing from drowning a French boy who had fallen from a pier.
    Michael Connolly Navy Ordinary Seaman USS Plymouth, Halifax Harbor, Nova Scotia Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 Acting gallantly, Connolly succeeding in rescuing a citizen from drowning on this date.
    Michael Deneef Navy Captain of the Top USS Swatara, Para, Brazil Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31
    Michael Thornton Navy Seaman USS Leyden, near Boston, Mass. Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 For rescuing from drowning Landsman Michael Drennan.
    Michael Walsh Navy Chief Machinist USS Leyden Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 For heroism during sinking of USS Leyden.
    Mons Monssen Navy Chief Gunner's Mate USS Missouri Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31
    Orson Leon Crandall Navy Chief Boatswain's Mate USS Squalus Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 For his actions as a diver in rescuing the crew of the sunken USS Squalus.
    Oscar Frederick Nelson Navy Machinist's Mate First Class USS Bennington, San Diego, Calif. Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31
    Otto Diller Schmidt Navy Seaman USS Bennington, San Diego, Calif. Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31
    Patrick Francis Bresnahan Navy Watertender USS Iowa Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 Extraordinary heroism saving ship after boiler explosion.
    Patrick J. Kyle Navy Landsman USS Quinnebaug, Port Mahon, Minorca Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 For rescuing a shipmate from drowning.
    Patrick Regan Navy Ordinary Seaman USS Pensacola, harbor of Coquimbor, Chile Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31
    Patrick Reid Navy Chief Watertender USS North Dakota Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 For heroism in fighting fire on USS North Dakota.
    Paul Tobin Navy Landsman USS Plymouth, Hamburg Harbor Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 For rescuing from drowning one of a party who was thrown from a shore boat.
    Philip Moore Navy Seaman USS Trenton (1876), Genoa, Italy Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 For rescuing from drowning Ordinary Seaman Hans Paulsen.
    Rade Grbitch Navy Seaman USS Bennington, San Diego, Calif. Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31
    Raymond E. Davis Navy Quartermaster Third Class USS Bennington Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31
    Richard Bates Navy Seaman off Eastport, Maine Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 For rescuing from drowning James Rose and John Russell, seamen of the USS Winooski.
    Richard E. Byrd, Jr. Navy Commander over the Arctic Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 For leading what was thought to be the first successful heavier-than-air flight to the North Pole and back.
    Richard H. Taylor Navy Quartermaster USS Nipsic, Apia, Samoa Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31
    Richard Pile Navy Ordinary Seaman USS Kansas, near Greytown, Nicaragua Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 Preventing further loss of life during mass drowning.
    Richard Ryan Navy Ordinary Seaman USS Hartford, Norfolk, Va. Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 For rescuing a shipmate from drowning.
    Robert Augustus Sweeney Navy Ordinary Seaman USS Kearsarge (1861), at Hampton Roads, Va. Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 For assisting in saving a shipmate from drowning.
    Robert Augustus Sweeney Navy USS Jamestown, New York Navy Yard Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 For rescuing from drowning A. A. George.
    Robert Earl Bonney Navy Chief Watertender USS Hopkins Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31
    Robert Edward Cox Navy Chief Gunner's Mate USS Missouri, off Pensacola, Fla. Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31
    Robert Klein Navy Chief Carpenter's Mate USS Raleigh Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31
    Robert Webster Cary Navy Ensign USS San Diego Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31
    Telesforo Trinidad Navy Fireman Second Class USS San Diego Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31
    Thomas Burke Navy Seaman off Eastport, Maine Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 For rescuing from drowning James Rose and John Russell, seamen of the USS Winooski.
    Thomas Cahey Navy Seaman USS Petrel Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31
    Thomas Cramen Navy Boatswain's Mate USS Portsmouth, Washington Navy Yard Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 For rescuing from drowning Charles Taliaferro, Jack-of-the-Dust.
    Thomas Eadie Navy Chief Gunner's Mate USS S-4 wreck site, off Provincetown, Mass. Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 For rescuing a fellow diver who had become trapped underwater.
    Thomas J. Ryan Navy Ensign Yokohama, Japan Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 For rescuing a woman from the burning Grand Hotel, following an earthquake.
    Thomas Kersey Navy Ordinary Seaman USS Plymouth, Navy Yard, New York Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 For rescuing from drowning one of the crew of the USS Plymouth.
    Thomas Lakin Navy Seaman USS Narragansett, Navy Yard, Mare Island, Calif. Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 For rescuing two shipmates from drowning.
    Thomas Mitchell Navy Landsman USS Richmond, Shanghai, China Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 For rescuing from drowning First Class Boy M. F. Caulan.
    Thomas Robinson Navy Captain of the Afterguard off New Orleans, Louisiana Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 For efforts to save from drowning Wellington Brocar, Landsman, of the USS Tallapoosa.
    Thomas Smith Navy Seaman USS Enterprise, off Para, Brazil Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 For rescuing from drowning Coxswain William Kent.
    Thomas Stanton Navy Chief Machinist's Mate USS North Dakota Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 For heroism in fighting fire on USS North Dakota.
    W. H. Belpitt Navy Captain of the Afterguard USS Monocacy, Foochow, China Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 For rescuing from drowning a Chinese man whose canoe had capsized.
    Walter Atlee Edwards Navy Lieutenant Commander USS Bainbridge, Sea of Marmora, Turkey Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 For leading the rescue of passengers on the French military transport Vinh-Long.
    Walter Elmore Navy Landsman USS Gettysburg Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 For saving from drowning Wallace Febrey, Landsman.
    Wilhelm Smith Navy Gunner's Mate First Class USS New York Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 For entering a compartment filled with gases and rescuing a shipmate.
    William Ahern Navy Watertender USS Puritan Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 For lifesaving heroism during boiler malfunction.
    William Anderson Navy Coxswain USS Powhatan Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 For rescuing from drowning W. H. Moffatt, First Class Boy.
    William B. Stacy Navy Seaman harbor of Cape Haiten For rescuing from drowning one of the crew of the USS Rhode Island.
    William Badders Navy Chief Machinist's Mate USS Squalus Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 For his actions as a diver in rescuing the crew of the sunken USS Squalus.
    William Corey Navy Landsman USS Plymouth, Navy Yard, New York Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 Heroic attempt to save life of shipmate fallen overboard from aloft.
    William E. Snyder Navy Chief Electrician USS Birmingham, Hampton Roads, Va. Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 For rescuing from drowning Seaman G.H. Kephart.
    William Halford Navy Coxswain Pacific Ocean Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31
    William Henry Gowan Navy Boatswain's Mate Coquimbo, Chile Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31
    William J. Creelman Navy Landsman USS Maine Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 Heroic attempt to save life at sea.
    William Johnson Navy Cooper USS Adams, Navy Yard, Mare Island, Calif. Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 For rescuing from drowning Daniel W. Kloppen, a workman.
    William Lowell Hill Navy Captain of the Top USS Minnesota, Newport, R.I. Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 For rescuing from drowning William Mulcahy, Third Class Boy.
    William Morse Navy Seaman USS Shenandoah, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 For rescuing from drowning First Class Fireman James Grady.
    William Russel Huber Navy Machinist's Mate USS Bruce, Naval Shipyard, Norfolk, Va. Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31
    William Sadler Navy Captain of the Top USS Saratoga, off Coasters Harbor Island, R.I. Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 For rescuing from drowning Second Class Boy Frank Gallagher.
    William Sidney Shacklette Navy Hospital Steward USS Bennington, San Diego, Calif. Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31
    William Sweeney Navy Landsman USS Jean Sands, opposite the Norfolk Navy Yard Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 For rescuing from drowning a young girl who had fallen overboard.
    Willie Cronan Navy Boatswain's Mate USS Bennington, San Diego, Calif. Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31
    Carleton B. Hutchins* Navy Lieutenant off the coast of southern California Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31
    George Robert Cholister* Navy Boatswain's Mate First Class USS Trenton (CL-11) Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31
    George William Rud* Navy Chief Machinist's Mate USS Memphis, off Santo Domingo City, Santo Domingo Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31
    Henry Clay Drexler* Navy Ensign USS Trenton (CL-11) Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31
    William M. Corry, Jr.* Navy Lieutenant Commander near Hartford, Connecticut Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 For attempting to rescue a fellow officer from a burning plane. Died from burns 4 days later.
    • N.B. An asterisk in the citation indicates that the award was given posthumously.
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