| War |
Totals |
Army |
Navy |
Marine Corps |
Air Force |
Coast Guard |
Posthumous |
| Civil War |
1522 |
1198 |
307 |
17 |
0 |
0 |
32 |
| Indian Campaigns |
426 |
426 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
13 |
| Korea 1871 |
15 |
0 |
9 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Spanish American |
110 |
31 |
64 |
15 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| Samoa |
4 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Philippine Insurrection |
80 |
69 |
5 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
| Philippine Outlaws |
6 |
1 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Boxer Rebellion |
59 |
4 |
22 |
33 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| Mexican Campaign |
56 |
1 |
46 |
9 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Haiti |
6 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Dominican Republic |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| World War I |
124 |
95 |
21 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
33 |
| Haiti 1919-1920 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Nicaraguan Campaign |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| World War II |
464 |
324 |
57 |
82 |
0 |
1 |
266 |
| Korean War |
133 |
80 |
7 |
42 |
4 |
0 |
95 |
| Vietnam |
246 |
160 |
16 |
57 |
13 |
0 |
154 |
| Somalia |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
| Afghanistan |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| Iraq |
4 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
| Non-Combat |
193 |
3 |
185 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
| Unknowns |
9 |
9 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
| Grand Totals |
3467 |
2402 |
747 |
297 |
17 |
1 |
620 |
These figures reflect the total number of Medals of Honor awarded. Nineteen men received a second award - 14 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.
Source: Congressional Medal of Honor Society, 40 Patriots Point Rd., Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464
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