| * Ashley, Eugene Jr. Beikirch, Gary B. Benavidez, Roy P. *Bryant, William M. *Buker, Brian L. Cavaiani, Jon R. Dix, Drew D. Donlon, Roger H. C. *Gordon, Gary *Hagen, Loren D. |
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*Hosking, Charles E. Jr. Howard, Robert L. *Kedenburg, John J. Miller, Franklin D. *Shugart, Randall *Sisler, George K. *Versace, Humbert R. Williams, Charles Q. *Yntema, Gordon D. Zabitosky, Fred W. |
| * Indicates a posthumous award | ||
The
president, in the name of Congress, has awarded more than 3,400 Medals of
Honor since the decoration's creation in 1861. For years, the citations
highlighting these acts of bravery and heroism resided in dusty archives and
only sporadically were printed. The U.S. Senate ordered the citations compiled
and printed in 1973, and later updated and reprinted in 1979. Listed here,
duplicated from the congressional compilation, are the citations for the 20
members of Special Forces who were recipients of the Medal for actions in Vietnam and
Somalia. Some minor misspelling and other errors are duplicated
from the official government volume, in all probability the
result of the original transcriptions. A complete listing of MOH
citations can be found at the U.S. Army Center of Military
History web site, | ||
