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Medal of Honor

highest award for valor by an individual serving in the Armed Forces of the United States

7 dated entries naming Medal of Honor, drawn from 7 separate years between 1863 CE and 2012 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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19th century

  • 1863March 25 – U.S. Army Private Jacob Parrott, a soldier in "Andrews' Raiders", becomes the first person to receive the Medal of Honor, presented by U.S. Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton to six of the Raiders. Parrott is followed that day by six others.source
  • 1889May 11 – Wham Paymaster robbery: An attack upon a U.S. Army paymaster and escort in the Arizona Territory results in the theft of over $28,000, and the award of two Medals of Honor.source

20th century

  • 1928March 21 – Charles Lindbergh is presented with the Medal of Honor for his first transatlantic flight.source
  • 1944October 25 – WWII: USS Tang is sunk in the Formosa Strait by one of her own torpedoes. Medal of Honor-winning submarine ace Richard O'Kane becomes a prisoner of war.source
  • 1945January 26 – WWII: 19-year-old U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Audie Murphy sees action at Holtzwihr, France, for which is awarded the Medal of Honor.source
  • 1993September 27 – Jimmy Doolittle, 96, American military general, aviation pioneer and recipient of the Medal of Honor.source

21st century

  • 2012December 17 – Daniel Inouye, 88, American politician, Senator from Hawaii (since 1963), President pro tempore (since 2010), Medal of Honor recipient, respiratory failure.source

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