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Medal of Honor - United States Army Medical Department Recipients
Army Medical Corps World War II
CIVIL WAR
William R. D. Blackwood
Joseph K. Corson
Richard Curran
Andrew Davidson
Gabriel Grant
George E. Ranney
Jacob F. Raub
J. (James) Harry Thompson
Dr. Mary E. Walker
INDIAN WARS
William C. Bryan
Oscar Burkard
Bernard J. D. Irwin
John O. Skinner
Henry R. Tilton
Leonard Wood
SPANISH AMERICAN WAR
James Robb Church
PHILIPPINE INSURRECTION
George W. Mathews
George F. Shiels
Paul F. Straub
WORLD WAR I
Pfc. Charles D. Barger
Pfc. Jesse N. Funk
WORLD WAR II
Pfc. Desmond T. Doss
Pvt. Harold A. Garman
Pfc. Lloyd C. Hawks *
Cpl. Thomas J. Kelly
Pvt. William D. McGee *
Pfc. Frederick C. Murphy *
Tech. 5th Grade James K. Okubo
Tech. 4th Grade Laverne Parrish *
Pfc. Frank J. Petrarca *
CPT Ben L. Salomon
Tech. 5th Grade Alfred L. Wilson *
KOREAN WAR
Sgt. David B. Bleak
Pfc. Richard G. Wilson *
Pfc. Bryant E. Womack *
VIETNAM
Sgt. Gary B. Beikirch
Cpl. Thomas W. Bennett *
Maj. Patrick H. Brady
Sp4c. Donald W. Evans, Jr. *
Sp5c. Charles C. Hagemeister
Sp5c. Lawrence Joel
Pfc. Kenneth M. Kays
Sp4c. Joseph G. LaPointe, Jr. *
Sp4c. Thomas J. McMahon *
Sp5c. Edgar L. McWethy, Jr. *
Pfc. James H. Monroe *
CWO Michael J. Novosel
Sp4c. Alfred V. Rascon
WO1 Louis R. Rocco
Sp5c. Clarence E. Sasser
Pfc. Daniel J. Shea *
Pfc. David F. Winder *
* Posthumous Award
William R. D. Blackwood
Rank and organization: Surgeon, 48th Pennsylvania Infantry.
Place and date: At Petersburg, Va., 2 April 1865.
Entered service at: Philadelphia, Pa.
Born: 12 May 1838, Ireland.
Date of issue: 21 July 1897.
Citation: Removed severely wounded officers and soldiers from the field while under a heavy fire from the enemy, exposing himself beyond the call of duty, thus furnishing an example of most distinguished gallantry.
Joseph K. Corson
Rank and organization: Assistant Surgeon, 6th Pennsylvania Reserves (35th Pennsylvania Volunteers).
Place and date: Near Bristoe Station, Va., 14 October 1863.
Entered service at: Philadelphia, Pa.
Born: 26 November 1836, Plymouth Meeting, Montgomery County, Pa.
Date of issue: 13 May 1899.
Citation: With one companion returned in the face of the enemy's heavy artillery fire and removed to a place of safety a severely wounded soldier who had been left behind as the regiment fell back.
Richard Curran
Rank and organization: Assistant Surgeon, 33d New York Infantry.
Place and date: At Antietam, Md., 17 September 1862.
Entered service at: Seneca Falls, N.Y.
Born: 4 January 1838, Ireland.
Date of issue: 30 March 1898.
Citation: Voluntarily exposed himself to great danger by going to the fighting line there succoring the wounded and helpless and conducting them to the field hospital.
Andrew Davidson
Rank and organization: Assistant Surgeon, 47th Ohio Infantry.
Place and date: At Vicksburg, Miss., 3 May 1863.
Entered service at: Cincinnati, Ohio.
Birth: Middlebury, Vt.
Date of issue: 17 October 1892.
Citation: Voluntarily attempted to run the enemy's batteries.
Gabriel Grant
Rank and organization: Surgeon, U.S. Volunteers.
Place and date: At Fair Oaks, Va., 1 June 1862.
Entered service at: New York.
Born: Newark, N.J.
Date of issue: 21 July 1897.
Citation: Removed severely wounded officers and soldiers from the field while under a heavy fire from the enemy, exposing himself beyond the call of duty, thus furnishing an example of most distinguished gallantry.
George E. Ranney
Rank and organization: Assistant Surgeon, 2d Michigan Cavalry.
Place and date: At Resaca, Ga., 14 May 1864.
Entered service at: Detroit, Mich.
Born: 13 June 1839, Batavia, N.Y.
Date of issue: 24 April 1901.
Citation: At great personal risk, went to the aid of a wounded soldier, Pvt. Charles W. Baker, lying under heavy fire between the lines, and with the aid of an orderly carried him to a place of safety.
Jacob F. Raub
Rank and organization: Assistant Surgeon, 210th Pennsylvania Infantry.
Place and date: At Hatchers Run, Va., 5 February 1865.
Entered service at: Weaversville, Pa.
Born: 13 May 1840, Raubsville Northhampton County, Pa.
Date of issue: 20 April 1896.
Citation. Discovering a flank movement by the enemy, appraised the commanding general at great peril, and though a noncombatant voluntarily participated with the troops in repelling this attack.
J. (James) Harry Thompson
Rank and organization: Surgeon, U.S. Volunteers.
Place and date: At New Bern, N.C., 14 March 1862.
Entered service at: New York.
Birth: England.
Date of issue: 11 November 1870.
Citation: Voluntarily reconnoitered the enemy's position and
carried orders under the hottest fire.
Dr. Mary E. Walker
Rank and organization: Contract Acting Assistant Surgeon (civilian), U. S. Army.
Places and dates: Battle of Bull Run, July 21, 1861; Patent Office Hospital, Washington, D.C., October 1861; Chattanooga, Tenn., following Battle of Chickomauga,
September 1863; Prisoner of War, April 10, 1864-August 12, 1864, Richmond, Va.; Battle of Atlanta, September 1864.
Entered service at: Louisville, Ky.
Born: 26 November 1832, Oswego County, N.Y.
Citation: Whereas it appears from official reports that Dr. Mary E. Walker, a graduate of medicine, "has rendered valuable service to the Government, and her efforts have been earnest and untiring in a variety of ways," and that she was assigned to duty and served as an assistant surgeon in charge of female prisoners at Louisville, Ky., upon the recommendation of Major-Generals Sherman and Thomas, and faithfully served as contract surgeon in the service of the United States, and has devoted herself with much patriotic zeal to the sick and wounded soldiers, both in the field and hospitals, to the detriment of her own health, and has also endured hardships as a prisoner of war four months in a Southern prison while acting as contract surgeon; and Whereas by reason of her not being a commissioned officer in the military service, a brevet or honorary rank cannot, under existing laws, be conferred upon her; and Whereas in the opinion of the President an honorable recognition of her services and sufferings should be made: It is ordered, That a testimonial thereof shall be hereby made and given to the said Dr. Mary E. Walker, and that the usual medal of honor for
meritorious services be given her.
Given under my hand in the city of Washington, D.C., this 11th day of November, A.D. 1865.
Andrew Johnson, President
(Medal rescinded 1917 along with 910 others, restored by President Carter 10 June 1977.)
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