Who are double recipients of the medal of honor?

Answer 1

Nineteen men have been awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor twice. Because of changes to the law it was no longer possible for one person to receive a second award of the Congressional Medal of Honor.

Five members of the Marine Corps received the Medal twice for the same action during World War I. The dual awards were processed through both the Army and the Navy.

They were:

• GySgt Charles F. Hoffman (6 June 1918)

  aka: Ernest August Janson

• Sgt Louis Cukela (18 July 1918)
• Sgt Matej Kocak Kia (18 July 1918)
• Pvt John Joseph Kelly (3 Oct 1918)
• Cpl John Henry Pruitt KIA (3 Oct 1918

Seven men received the Medal for separate actions during the same War or period.

They were:

• 2d Lt. Thomas Ward Custer (3 April 1865 & 6 April 1865)
• Pvt Henry Hogan (21 Oct 1876 & 30 Sep 1877)
• Sgt. William Wilson (28 Mar 1872 & 29 Sep 1872)
• O/Seaman Robert A. Sweeney (26 OCt 1881 & 20 Dec 1883) non combat awards
• Cpt/MT Albert Weisbogel (11 Jan 1874 & 27 Apr 1876) non-combat awards
• Cpt/H Louis Williams (16 Mar 1883 & 13 Jun 1884) non-combat awards

  aka Ludwig Andreas Olsen

• Watertender John King (29 May 1901) non-combat award

Seven men won two awards for separate actions during different wars or periods.

They were:

• Frank Dwight Baldwin (12 July 1864 & 8 Nov 1874)
• John Cooper (5 Aug 1864 & 26 Apr 1865 non-combat award)

  aka: John Laver Mather

• John Lafferty (25 May 1864 & 14 Sep 1881 non-combat award)

  aka: John Laverty

• Patrick Mullen (17 Mar 1865 & 1 May 1865 non-combat award)
• Daniel Joseph Daly (14 Aug 1900 & 24 Oct 1915)
• John McCloy (20 Jun 1900 & 22 Apr 1914)
• Smedley Darlington Butler (22 Apr 1914 & 17 Nov 1915)

Answer 2

There are about seventeen military personnal over the years who have received multiple awards of the Medal of Honor. In World War II, General of the Army Douglas MacArthur received two- one from the Army and one from the Navy. During the Indian Wars in the USA, General George Custer's brother (Tom) received two, also.

Answer 3

The Medal of Honor has never been awarded more than twice to a single person. Nineteen men have been awarded the Medal twice. Five of them received both the Army Medal and the Navy Medal for the same act, all in WWI. These five were Marines, serving in the Marine Brigade which made up one half of the infantry component of the US 2nd Division.

No one has earned a second Medal of Honor for two different actions since Marines Dan Daly and Smedley Butler ("Old Gimlet Eye") both earned a second Medal in Haiti in 1915. These are the only two Marines who earned two Medals of Honor for two different actions.

Answer 4

No one has received the MOH three times, but 19 have been awarded it twice

Answer 5

http://www.homeofheroes.com/moh/history/history_double.html This link will answer the question of double awardees of the Medal of Honor. Rob Lillis, GMC(SW) USN-Retired

Answer 6

Dan Daily and Smedley Butler are what Marines are taught in bootcamp, but it is actually 7 Marines. Those two were awarded for two different confilcts.

Answer 7

Approximately seventeen people have received multiple Medals of Honor. General of the Army received two during WWII< One from the Army and one from the Navy.

Answer 8

19 people have been double recipients of the Medal of Honor, including General of the Army Douglas Macarthur and Lieutenant Thomas Custer, brother of George Armstrong Custer.

Answer 9

Dan Daley USMC

Smedley Butler USMC