Medal of Honor Recipients: 1979-2005

Abstract

The Medal of Honor is the nation's highest award for military valor. Since its inception in 1863, 3,461 Medals of Honor have been awarded to a total of 3,442 individuals (there have been 19 double recipients). In 1979, the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee issued the committee print, Medal of Honor Recipients: 1863- 1978, which lists recipients and provides the full text of the citations describing the actions that resulted in the awarding of the Medal. This report describes and discusses changes to the list of recipients of the Medal since the release of the committee print. For further information, see CRS Report 95-519, Medal of Honor: History and Issues, by David F. Burrelli. This report will be updated as new recipients are named.

Open PDF

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 12, 2006
Accession Number
ADA474624

Entities

People

  • Julissa Gomez-granger

Organizations

  • Library of Congress

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Personnel
  • Artillery
  • Automatic Weapons
  • Civil War
  • Gunfire
  • Health Services
  • Law
  • Machine Guns
  • Medical Personnel
  • National Security
  • Navy
  • Prisoners Of War
  • Small Arms
  • Submachine Guns
  • United States
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Library and Information Science/ Studies, Southeast Asia Studies, Bibliography of Vietnam and Lao Studies.