
| War |
Totals |
Army |
Navy |
Marines |
Air Force |
Coast Guard |
Posthumous |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Civil War |
1522 | 1198 | 307 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 32 |
Indian Campaigns |
426 | 426 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
Korea 1871 |
15 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Spanish American |
110 | 31 | 64 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Samoa |
4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Philippine Insurrection |
80 | 69 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Philippine Outlaws |
6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Boxer Rebellion |
59 | 4 | 22 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Mexican Campaign |
56 | 1 | 46 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Haiti |
6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Dominican Republic |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
World War I |
124 | 95 | 21 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 33 |
Haiti 1919-1920 |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Nicaraguan Campaign |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
World War II |
464 | 324 | 57 | 82 | 0 | 1 | 266 |
Korean War |
133 | 80 | 7 | 42 | 4 | 0 | 95 |
Vietnam |
246 | 160 | 16 | 57 | 13 | 0 | 154 |
Somalia |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Afghanistan |
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Iraq |
4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Non-Combat |
193 | 3 | 185 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Unknowns |
9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| GRAND TOTALS | 3468 | 2403 | 747 | 297 | 17 | 1 | 621 |
These figures reflect the total number of Medals of Honor awarded. Nineteen (19) men received a second
award: fourteen of these men received two separate Medals for two separate actions; five received both the Navy and the Army Medals
of Honor for the same action.
Source:Congressional Medal of Honor Society, 40 Patriots Point Rd, Mt
Pleasant SC 29464