Medal of Honor

The first Medal of Honor presentation took place in 1863.  Since then and as of July 3, 2024, there have been 3,538 Medals of Honor awarded.

(For a short video of a behind the scenes look at what goes into the award presentation at the White House check out this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nt53GPz9dmE)

(For a condensed history of the Medal of Honor, narrated by Gary Sinise, click here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=MaGxvjdgK2o its about 48 minutes long.)

This does not include those revoked by the 1916 review board but it does include 19 double awards and those awarded to the unknown soldiers.

Below is a recap by era, war/conflict:

Civil War	1,525
Indian Campaigns	426
Korea 1871	15
Spanish American War	110
Philippine Insurrection	80
Samoan Campaign	4
China Relief Aka Boxer Rebellion	59
Philippines 1911	6
Mexican Campaign Aka Vera  Cruz	56
Haitian Campaign	6
Dominican Campaign	3
World War I	126
2nd Haitian Campaign	2
2nd Nicaraguan Campaign	2
Interim Awards (3 time periods)	193
World War II	472
Korean War	146
Vietnam	268
Somalia	2
War on Terror	28
Unknowns	9

Sadly, since the passing of Mr. Paul Bucha, only 60 of these men are still with us today. Mr. Bucha passed on 31 July 2024.

We have set up two options on this site for locating the burial locations of our nations Medal of Honor Recipients.  The first is by state which will take you to the page for the state that the Recipient is buried in.  That page will include GPS information when it is available and a link to a Google map to help you locate the grave.  If you have a GPS listing for a grave that we do not have posted, please send it to us in a N 34.1854, W -118.1486 format.

The second option is an alphabetical listing which will eventually list all the names of those who have passed with a link to the state page for their burial state.  Both of these listings are a work in progress.

Questions or comments?  Please contact us.