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·        The first award of the Medal of Honor was made March 25, 1863, to Private Jacob Parrott, and five others.  Since then there have been:

·        3,461 Medals of Honor Awarded

·        For 3,456 separate acts of heroism

·       Performed by 3,442 individuals (including 9 “Unknowns”)

·        Today, there are 111 living Recipients of the Medal of Honor.

·        46% of the living Recipients earned their Medals more than 50 years ago while serving in WWII (36) or Korea (15).

·        There are 60 living recipients who performed actions in Vietnam

·        The youngest Recipient is Gordon R. Roberts, age 55. He was born June 14th, 1950.

The most recent Medal of Honor given was for actions in Korea between 1950-1953. Tibor "Ted" Rubin received the award on September 23, 2005. For more info:
http://www.army.mil/medalofhonor/rubin

Before that, the medal was awarded posthumously to the family of Sgt. 1st Class Paul R. Smith on April 4, 2005. This was for his actions in Iraq in 2003 and he is the only one so honored for actions there. For more info: http://www.army.mil/medalofhonor/

Before that, the Medal of Honor was awarded posthumously to Army Sergeants Gordon and Shughart for action in Somalia in 1993.  There were no awards of the Medal of Honor during Grenada, Panama, Lebanon, or Desert Storm.


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