On this page, we would like to highlight and honor the MOWW Companions that have earned the prestigious Medal of Honor.
Below, please find each companion’s photo, name, and the date(s) of when their individual heroism was on full display.
In addition, you may click the photo to be directed to the Congressional Medal of Honor Society‘s entry.
MOWW & the Medal Of Honor
To date, MOWW boasts 44 Companions that have earned the Medal of Honor!
Name: COL Cornelius C. Smith, Sr., USA
Action Date: January 1, 1891
Status: Deceased
Name: BG Charles D. Roberts, USA
Action Date: 1 July 1898
Status: Deceased
Name: ADM Oscar C. Badger II, USN
Action Date: 21 April 1914
Status: Deceased
Name: ADM Jonas H. Ingram, USN
Action Date: 22 April 1914
Status: Deceased
Name: RADM Adolphus Staton, USN
Action Date: 22 April 1914
Status: Deceased
Name: LTC Samuel I. Parker, USA
Action Date: 18-19 July 1918
Status: Deceased
Name: CPT Edward V. Rickenbacker, USA
Action Date: 25 September 1918
Status: Deceased
Name: LCDR Daniel A. J. Sullivan, USNR
Action Date: 21 May 1918
Status: Deceased
Name: LT William R. Huber, USN
Action Date: 11 June 1928
Status: Deceased
Name: RADM Thomas J. Ryan, Jr., USN
Action Date: 1 September 1923
Status: Deceased
Name: 2LT Edward C. Dahlgren, USA
Action Date: 11 February 1945
Status: Deceased
Name: CDR Samuel D. Dealey, USN (Ret)
Action Date: 26 May – 3 July 1944
Status: Deceased
Name: COL Ernest H. Dervishian, USA
Action Date: 23 May 1944
Status: Deceased
Name: Gen James H. Doolittle, USAF
Action Date: 18 April 1942
Status: Deceased
Name: 2LT Walter D. Ehlers, USA (Fmr)
Action Date: 9-10 June 1944
Status: Deceased
Name: MG Pierpont M. Hamilton, USA
Action Date: 8 November 1942
Status: Deceased
Name: MAJ Freeman V. Horner, USA
Action Date: 16 November 1944
Status: Deceased
Name: MAJ Douglas T. Jacobson, USMCR
Action Date: 26 February 1945
Status: Deceased
Name: Gen Leon W. Johnson, USAF
Action Date: 1 August 1943
Status: Deceased
Name: MGen George L. Mabry, Jr., USMC
Action Date: 20 November 1944
Status: Deceased
Name: GA Douglas MacArthur, USA
Action Date: 12 July 1941
Status: Deceased
Name: COL Joseph J. McCarthy, USMCR
Action Date: 21 February 1945
Status: Deceased
Name: MAJ Audie L. Murphy, USA
Action Date: 26 January 1945
Status: Deceased
Name: COL Charles P. Murray, Jr., USA (Ret)
Action Date: 16 December 1944
Status: Deceased
Name: Maj Everett P. Pope, USMC (Ret)
Action Date: 19 September 1944
Status: Deceased
Name: CPT Carlton R. Rouh, USA
Action Date: 15 September 1944
Status: Deceased
Name: COL Robert S. Scott, USA
Action Date: 29 July 1943
Status: Deceased
Name: Col John L. Smith, USMC
Action Date: August 1942
Status: Deceased
Name: CAPT George L. Street III, USN
Action Date: 14 April 1945
Status: Deceased
Name: GEN Jonathan M. Wainwright IV, USA
Action Date: 7 May 1942
Status: Deceased
Name: BG William H. Wilbur, USA
Action Date: 8 November 1942
Status: Deceased
Name: LTC Jay Zeamer, Jr., USA (Ret)
Action Date: 16 June 1943
Status: Deceased
Name: COL William E. Barber, USA
Action Date: 28 November – 2 December 1950
Status: Deceased
Name: MG William F. Dean, USA
Action Date: 20 July 1950
Status: Deceased
Name: LTJG Thomas J. Hudner, Jr., USN (Ret)
Action Date: 4 December 1950
Status: Deceased
Name: COL Lewis L. “Red” Millett, USA
Action Date: 7 February 1951
Status: Deceased
Name: COL Ralph H. Puckett, Jr., USA (Ret)
Action Date: 25-26 November 1950
Status: Deceased
Name: MAJ Frederick E. Ferguson, USAR (Ret)
Action Date: 31 January 1968
Status: **Living**
Name: Col Bernard F. Fisher, USAF (Ret)
Action Date: 10 March 1966
Status: Deceased
Name: LTG Robert F. Foley, USA (Ret)
Action Date: 5 November 1966
Status: **Living**
Name: CAPT Thomas G. Kelley, USN (Ret)
Action Date: 15 June 1969
Status: **Living**
Name: MGen James E. Livingston, USMC
Action Date: 2 May 1968
Status: **Living**
Name: MSG Allen J. Lynch, USA (Ret)
Action Date: 15 December 1967
Status: **Living**
Name: COL Walter J. Marm, Jr., USA
Action Date: 14 November 1965
Status: **Living**
Name: CPT Gary M. Rose, USA (Ret)
Action Date: 11-14 September 1970
Status: **Living**
We would like to thank the hard-working individuals at the Congressional Medal of Honor Society for being the custodians of the information detailed on this page.