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MEDAL OF HONOR BREAKDOWN
(By War and Service as of 10 October 2003)
Action Total Army Navy Marine Air Force Coast Guard
Posthumous Civil War
1,520
1,195
308
17
0
0
25
Indian Wars 18611898
428
428
0
0
0
0
6
Korea 1871
15
0
9
6
0
0
0
Spanish American War
109
30
64
15
0
0
0
Philippines Samoa
91
70
12
9
0
0
1
Boxer Rebellion
59
4
22
33
0
0
1
Vera Cruz 1914
55
0
46
9
0
0
0
Haiti 1915
6
0
0
6
0
0
0
Dominican Republic
3
0
0
3
0
0
0
Haiti 1919-1920
2
0
0
2
0
0
0
Nicaragua 19271933
2
0
0
2
0
0
0
Peacetime 1865-1870
12
0
12
0
0
0
0
Peacetime 18711898
103
0
101
2
0
0
0
Peacetime 18991911
51
1
48
2
0
0
0
Peacetime 19151916
8
0
8
0
0
0
1
Peacetime 1920-1940
18
2
15
1
0
0
4
World War I
124
96
21
7
0
0
32
World War II
440
301
57
81
0
1
250
Korean War
131
78
7
42
4
0
93
Vietnam War
244
155
15
57
12
0
150
Somalia 1993
2
2
0
0
0
0
2
Unknown Soldiers
9
0
0
0
0
0
9
Total
3,431
2,362
745
294
16
1
574
These totals 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. The total number of Medal of Honor recipients is 3,409.
Total Medals of Honor awarded: 3,459
Total number of Medal of Honor recipients: 3,440
Total number of double recipients: 19
Total number of enlisted personnel: 2,553
As of 10 October 2003, there are 134 living Medal of Honor recipients. Source: Congressional Medal of Honor Society, 40 Patriots Point Rd, Mt Pleasant SC 29464
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