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Medal of Honor Statistics
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