Distinguished himself on January 9, 1970 while serving as an armored personnel carrier commander with Company B, 4th Battalion, 23d Infantry, 25th Infantry Division, during a combat operation against a North Vietnamese Army […]
Citations in Medal of Honor:
LT Orlando Henderson Petty
Lieutenant Orlando Henderson Petty. Rank and organization: Lieutenant (Medical Corps), USNRF. Born: 20 February 1874, Harrison, Ohio. Appointed from: Pennsylvania. Citation: For extraordinary heroism while serving with the 5th Regiment, […]
LT Jackson Charles Pharris
LIEUTENANT JACKSON CHARLES PHARRIS, U.S. Navy, U.S.S. CALIFORNIA. For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty while attached to the […]
SGT Richard A Pittman
Sergeant Richard A. Pittman, (then L/Cpl.), U.S. Marine Corps, Company 1, 3d Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division (Rein) FMF. Place and date: near the Demilitarized Zone, Republic of Vietnam, […]
SGT George C Platt
GEORGE C. PLATT, PRIVATE, Troop H, 6th U.S. Cavalry. At Fairfield, Pa., 3 July 63 1895. He seized the regimental flag upon the death of the standard bearer in a […]
MAJ Stephen W Pless
Major (then Captain) STEPHEN W. PLESS: U.S. Marine Corps, VMD-6, Mag-36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing. Near Quang Ngai, Republic of vietnam, 19 August 1967. For Conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at […]
CAPT Everett P Pope
Captain EVERETT P. POPE, United States Marine Corps: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty while serving as Commanding […]
Thomas A Pope
CORPORAL THOMAS A. POPE, U.S. Army, Company E, 131st Infantry, 33d Division. Place and date: At Hamel, France, 4 July 1918. His company was advancing behind the tanks when it […]
CAPT Horace Porter
Captain Horace Porter. Rank and organization: Captain, Ordnance Department, U.S. Army. Place and date: At Chickamauga, Ga., 20 September 1863. Entered service at: Harrisburgh, Pa. Born: 15 April 1837, Huntington, […]
Kenneth B Potter
Kenneth B. Potter United States Army: For extraordinary heroism in action on 14 April 1945, at Heroldsberg, Germany. Major Potter led his Battalion in a bold offensive operation against an […]