All Medal of Honor Winners

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-41 Items- Complete list of Medal of Honor winners since its inception. Photos are included for almost every Medal of Honor winner. Winners of the Medal of Honor in every year are listed here alphabetically, but you can sort this Medal of Honor list by any column. Items on this list include Albert Weisbogel and Louis Williams.-41 Items-You can use this factual list to create a new one, just like this one, to start your own.
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  • Aaron Anderson

    Aaron Anderson

    Medal of Honor
    Aaron Anderson or Sanderson (1811 – January 9, 1886) was a Union Navy sailor during the American Civil War and a recipient of America's highest military decoration, the Medal of Honor. He was born in North Carolina and later lived in Pennsylvania where he worked as a cook until he joined the Navy at age 52. He was assigned to the USS Wyandank where he participated in blocking Confederate forces from getting supplies along the Potomac River. Shortly before the war ended he participated in a mission to attack a group of Confederate troops attempting to get supplies. In the process they came under heavy fire which destroyed many of their weapons and severely damaged their boats. For his actions he was presented with the Medal of Honor. A short time later he left at the end of his enlistment and little else is known about him after he left the Navy.
  • Adam Paine

    Adam Paine

    Medal of Honor
    Adam Paine, or Adam Payne, (1843 – January 1, 1877) was a Black Seminole who served as a United States Army Indian Scout and received America's highest military decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in the Indian Wars of the western United States.
  • Albert Weisbogel

    Albert Weisbogel

    Medal of Honor
    Albert Weisbogel (1844 – May 27, 1919) was a 19th-century United States Navy sailor. He was twice awarded America's highest military decoration, the Medal of Honor, for peacetime actions (for which he would now be awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal). He is one of only 19 people to be awarded two Medals of Honor, and one of only 14 to be awarded the Medal twice for two separate actions.
  • Alexander Kelly

    Alexander Kelly

    Medal of Honor
    Alexander Kelly (April 7, 1840 – June 19, 1907) was an African American coal miner and native of Pennsylvania who fought with the Union Army as a member of the 6th United States Colored Infantry Regiment during the American Civil War. He was awarded his nation's highest military decoration—the U.S. Medal of Honor—for his gallantry in the Battle of Chaffin's Farm, Virginia on September 29, 1864.
  • Alfred B. Hilton

    Alfred B. Hilton

    Medal of Honor
    Alfred B. Hilton (1842 – October 21, 1864) was an African American Union Army soldier during the American Civil War and a recipient of America's highest military decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions at the Battle of Chaffin's Farm.
  • Alphonse Girandy

    Alphonse Girandy

    Medal of Honor
    Alphonse Girandy (January 21, 1868 – April 3, 1941) was a United States Navy sailor and a recipient of America's highest military decoration, the Medal of Honor.