Medal of Honor

The Naval Academy honors seventy-three recipients of the Medal of Honor in Memorial Hall on a plaque. Twenty-one of these men were killed in the action for which they received the award; two others were later lost in combat or an operational accident.

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Orion Perseus Howe

Class of 1870

May 19, 1863

Vicksburg, Mississippi

Frank Friday Fletcher

Class of 1875

April 21-22, 1914

Vera Cruz, Mexico

William Rees Rush

Class of 1877

April 21-22, 1914

Vera Cruz, Mexico

Harry McLaren Pickney Huse

Class of 1878

April 21-22, 1914

Vera Cruz, Mexico

Edwin Alexander Anderson

Class of 1882

April 21-22, 1914

Vera Cruz, Mexico

Harry Leroy Hawthorne

Class of 1882

December 29, 1890

Wounded Knee Creek, South Dakota

Henry Lakin Simpson

Class of 1882

October 31, 1877

Monrovia, Liberia

Richmond Pearson Hobson

Class of 1887

June 2, 1898

Santiago Harbor, Cuba

Herman Osman Stickney

Class of 1888

April 21-22, 1914

Vera Cruz, Mexico

William Kelly Harrison

Class of 1889

April 21-22, 1914

Vera Cruz, Mexico

Albertus Wright Catlin

Class of 1890

April 22, 1914

Vera Cruz, Mexico

William Adger Moffett

Class of 1890

April 21-22, 1914

Vera Cruz, Mexico

Wendell Cushing Neville

Class of 1890

April 21-22, 1914

Vera Cruz, Mexico

Rufus Zenas Johnston

Class of 1895

April 21-22, 1914

Vera Cruz, Mexico

Allen Buchanan

Class of 1899

April 21-22, 1914

Vera Cruz, Mexico

Guy Wilkinson Stuart Castle

Class of 1901

April 21-22, 1914

Vera Cruz, Mexico

Julius Curtis Townsend

Class of 1902

April 22, 1914

Vera Cruz, Mexico

Adolphus Staton

Class of 1902

April 22, 1914

Vera Cruz, Mexico

James Patrick Lannon

Class of 1902

April 22, 1914

Vera Cruz, Mexico

Richard Wainwright, Jr.

Class of 1902

April 21-22, 1914

Vera Cruz, Mexico

Frederick Vallette McNair, Jr.

Class of 1903

April 22, 1914

Vera Cruz, Mexico

Frank Jack Fletcher

Class of 1906

April 21-22, 1914

Vera Cruz, Mexico

Charles Conway Hartigan

Class of 1906

April 22, 1914

Vera Cruz, Mexico

Isaac Campbell Kidd

Class of 1906

December 7, 1941

Pearl Harbor, Territory of Hawaii

★ Posthumous award

Willis Winter Bradley, Jr.

Class of 1907

July 23, 1917

George McCall Courts

Class of 1907

April 21-22, 1914

Vera Cruz, Mexico

Jonas Howard Ingram

Class of 1907

April 22, 1914

Vera Cruz, Mexico

Claud Ashton Jones

Class of 1907

August 29, 1916

Santo Domingo City, Dominican Republic

Franklin Van Valkenburgh

Class of 1909

December 7, 1941

Pearl Harbor, Territory of Hawaii

★ Posthumous award

Theodore Stark Wilkinson, Jr.

Class of 1909

April 21-22, 1914

Vera Cruz, Mexico

Walter Atlee Edwards

Class of 1910

December 16, 1922

Sea of Marmora, Turkey

William Merrill Corry, Jr.

Class of 1910

October 2, 1920

Hartford, Connecticut

★ Posthumous award

Mervyn Sharp Bennion

Class of 1910

December 7, 1941

Pearl Harbor, Territory of Hawaii

★ Posthumous award

Oscar Charles Badger, II

Class of 1911

April 21-22, 1914

Vera Cruz, Mexico

Daniel Judson Callaghan

Class of 1911

November 12-13, 1942

Naval Battle of Guadalcanal

★ Posthumous award

Paul Frederick Foster

Class of 1911

April 21-22, 1914

Vera Cruz, Mexico

George Maus Lowry

Class of 1911

April 21-22, 1914

Vera Cruz, Mexico

Norman Scott

Class of 1911

Battle of Savo Island & Naval Battle of Guadalcanal

★ Posthumous award

Hugh Carroll Frazer

Class of 1912

April 22, 1914

Vera Cruz, Mexico

Richard Evelyn Byrd

Class of 1912

May 9, 1926

North Pole

Edward Orrick McDonnell

Class of 1912

April 21-22, 1914

Vera Cruz, Mexico

Robert Webster Cary, Jr.

Class of 1914

January 21, 1915

Albert Harold Rooks

Class of 1914

February 4-27, 1942

★ Posthumous award

Edouard Victor Michael Izac

Class of 1915

May 21, 1918

Cassin Young

Class of 1916

December 7, 1941

Pearl Harbor, Territory of Hawaii

★ Posthumous award

Thomas John Ryan, Jr.

Class of 1921

September 1, 1923

Yokohama, Japan

Samuel Glenn Fuqua

Class of 1923

December 7, 1941

Pearl Harbor, Territory of Hawaii

John Philip Cromwell

Class of 1924

November 19, 1943

Off Truk Lagoon, Pacific Ocean

★ Posthumous award

Henry Clay Drexler

Class of 1924

October 20, 1924

Off Virginia, Atlantic Ocean

★ Posthumous award

Herbert Emery Schonland

Class of 1925

November 12-13, 1942

Naval Battle of Guadalcanal

Howard Walter Gilmore

Class of 1926

February 7, 1943

Off Solomon Islands, Pacific Ocean

★ Posthumous award

Carlton Barmore Hutchins

Class of 1926

February 2, 1938

Off California, Pacific Ocean

★ Posthumous award

Bruce Avery Van Voorhis

Class of 1929

July 6, 1943

Kapingamarangi Atoll, Pacific Ocean

★ Posthumous award

Harold William Bauer

Class of 1930

May 10 - November 14, 1942

Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

★ Posthumous award

Samuel David Dealey

Class of 1930

June 6-10, 1944

Tawi Tawi, Philippines

★ Posthumous award

Lawson Patterson Ramage

Class of 1931

July 31, 1944

Pacific Ocean

Richard Nott Antrim

Class of 1931

April 1942

Makassar, Celebes, Netherlands East Indies

Ernest Edwin Evans

Class of 1931

October 25, 1944

Battle Off Samar

★ Posthumous award

Bruce McCandless

Class of 1932

November 12-13, 1942

Naval Battle of Guadalcanal

John Duncan Bulkeley

Class of 1933

December 7, 1941 - April 10, 1942

Philippines

David McCampbell

Class of 1933

June 19, 1944 & October 24, 1944

Philippine Sea

George Fleming Davis

Class of 1934

January 6, 1945

Lingayen Gulf

★ Posthumous award

Richard Hetherington O'Kane

Class of 1934

October 23-24, 1944

Philippines

Milton Ernest Ricketts

Class of 1935

May 8, 1942

Battle of the Coral Sea

★ Posthumous award

Eugene Bennett Fluckey

Class of 1935

December 19, 1944 - February 15, 1945

Along coast of China

John James Powers

Class of 1935

May 8, 1942

Battle of the Coral Sea

★ Posthumous award

Edward Henry O'Hare

Class of 1937

February 20, 1942

Near Rabaul, Pacific Ocean

George Levick Street, IIi

Class of 1937

April 14, 1945

Quelpart Island, Korea

Richard Miles McCool, Jr.

Class of 1945

June 10-11, 1945

Off Okinawa, Pacific Ocean

Thomas Jerome Hudner, Jr.

Class of 1947

December 4, 1950

Chosin Reservoir, Korea

James Bond Stockdale

Class of 1947

September 9, 1965 - February 12, 1973

Hanoi, Vietnam

Baldomero Lopez

Class of 1948

September 15, 1950

Inchon, Korea

★ Posthumous award

Robert Dale Reem

Class of 1948

November 6, 1950

Chinhung-ni, Korea

★ Posthumous award