Medal of Honor Recipients

Medal of Honor

The Medal of Honor is the United States of America's highest and most-prestigious personal military decoration that may be awarded to recognize U.S. military service members who have distinguished themselves by acts of valor.

Below is a list of OCS Alumni who have been awarded the Medal of Honor

World War II

NAME

COL John J. Tominac (1LT at time of action)

COL Charles P. Murray, Jr. (1LT at time of action)

1LT Vernon J. Baker

1LT Arnold L. Bjorklund (2LT at time of Action)

COL Orville E. Bloch (1LT at time of action)

COL Cecil H. Bolton (1LT at time of action)

* 2LT George W.G. Boyce, Jr.

MAJ Francis X. Burke (1LT at time of action)

* 2LT John E. Butts

* 2LT Dale E. Christensen

* 2LT Robert Craig

CPT James H. Fields (1LT at time of action)

LTC Almond E. Fisher (2LT at time of action)

* 2LT Thomas W. Fowler

MAJ Freeman V. Horner (SSG at time of action)

* 1LT Victor L. Kandle

* 1LT Jack L. Knight

CPT Daniel W. Lee, Sr. (2LT at time of action)

* 1LT Edgar H. Lloyd (2LT at time of action)

* 2LT Harry J. Michael

* 1LT Jimmie W. Monteith, Jr.

COL Robert B. Nett (1LT at time of action)

MAJ Carlos C. Ogden, Sr. (1LT at time of action)

* 1LT Bernard J. Ray

* 2LT Paul F. Riordan

* 1LT James E. Robinson, Jr.

* CPT Robert E. Roeder

1LT Donald K. Schwab

COL Robert S. Scott (2LT at time of action)

LTC Edward A. Silk (1LT at time of action)

* CPT Seymour W. Terry (1LT at time of action)

MAJ Charles L. Thomas (1LT at time of action)

* 2LT Robert M. Viale

* CPT Francis B. Wai

MG Keith L. Ware (LTC at time of action)

* 1LT Robert T. Waugh

1LT David C. Waybur

CPT Eli L. Whiteley (1LT at time of action)

* 2LT Thomas W. Wigle

* 2LT Raymond Zussman

Korean War

GRADUATION LOCATION / YEAR

Fort Benning 1943

Fort Benning 1942

Fort Benning 1943

Camp Columbia SWPA 1944

Fort Benning 1942

Camp Columbia SWPA 1944

Fort Benning 1942

Fort Benning 1943

Fort Knox 1943

Fort Riley 1949

Fort Benning 1943

Fort Riley 1942

Fort Benning 1942

Fort Benning 1944

Fort Benning 1942

Fort Benning 1943

Fort Sill 1943

Fort Benning 1942

Fort Benning 1943

Camp Hood 1942

Fort Benning 1943

Fort Benning 1941

Fort Benning 1942

Fort Riley 1942

Fort Benning 1943

Fort Knox 1943

NAME

* CPT Reginald B. Desiderio

* LTC Don C. Faith, Jr.

LTC Raymond Harvey (1LT at time of action)

* CPT Edward C. Krzyzowski

* 1LT Robert M. McGovern

MAJ Benjamin F. Wilson (MSG at time of action)

Vietnam War

NAME

COL Bruce P. Crandall (MAJ at time of action)

* 1LT Stephen H. Doane

COL Roger H.C. Donlon (CPT at time of action)

MAJ John J. Duffy

COL Kern W. Dunagan (CPT at time of action)

* 2LT Harold B. Durham, Jr.

* 1LT Douglas B. Fournet

LTC Harold A. Fritz (1LT at time of action)

* 1LT James A. Gardner

* 1LT Joseph X. Grant

* 1LT Loren D. Hagen

* 2LT Robert J. Hibbs

LTC Charles S. Kettles (MAJ at time of action)

* 2LT Robert R. Leisy

COL Walter J. Marm, Jr. (2LT at time of action)

* 1LT Gary L. Miller

* 1LT Robert L. Poxon

LTC Alfred V. Rascon (SP4 at time of action)

LTC Ronald E. Ray (1LT at time of action)

CPT Gary M. Rose (SGT at time of action)

* 1LT Ruppert L. Sargent

* 1LT George K. Sisler

LTC James M. Sprayberry (1LT at time of action)

MAJ James A. Taylor (1LT at time of action)

* 1LT John E. Warren, Jr.

MAJ Charles Q. Williams (2LT at time of action)

Operation Enduring Freedom

NAME

CPT Florent A. Groberg

LTC William D. Swenson (CPT at time of action)

* Died as a result of the action.

GRADUATION LOCATION / YEAR

Fort Benning 1942

Fort Benning 1943

Fort Benning 1947

Fort Sill 1943

GRADUATION LOCATION / YEAR

Fort Belvoir 1954

Fort Benning 1968

Fort Benning 1959

Fort Benning 1963

Fort Sill 1966

Fort Benning 1967

Fort Knox 1967

Fort Benning 1964

Fort Belvoir 1969

Fort Benning 1965

Fort Knox 1953

Fort Benning 1969

Fort Benning 1965

Fort Benning 1967

Fort Knox 1967

Fort Benning 1970

Fort Benning 1964

Fort Benning 1974

Fort Benning 1965

Fort Knox 1967

Fort Benning 1966

Fort Benning 1967

Fort Benning 1964

GRADUATION LOCATION / YEAR

Fort Benning 2008

Fort Benning 2002

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