Medal of Honor
Recipients
The first Medals of Honor (Army version) were awarded and presented to six Union soldiers ("Andrews Raiders") on March 25, 1863, by Secretary of War Edwin Stanton, in his office of the War Department.

Medal of Honor

Section Title: Recipients
Table Section Text: The first Medals of Honor (Army version) were awarded and presented to six Union soldiers ("Andrews Raiders") on March 25, 1863, by Secretary of War Edwin Stanton, in his office of the War Department.

Conflict	Date	Medal count (3,522)	List article

Civil War	1861–1865	1,523	American Civil War Medal of Honor recipients

Indian Wars	1865–1891	426	Medal of Honor recipients for the Indian Wars

Korean Expedition	1871	15	Medal of Honor recipients in Korea

Spanish–American War	1898	110	Medal of Honor recipients for the Spanish–American War

Second Samoan Civil War	1899	4	Medal of Honor recipients for the Samoan Civil War

Philippine–American War	1899–1902	86	Philippine–American War Medal of Honor recipients

Boxer Rebellion	1899–1901	59	Medal of Honor recipients for the Boxer Rebellion

Occupation of Veracruz	1914	56	Medal of Honor recipients for Veracruz

United States occupation of Haiti	1915–1934	8	Medal of Honor recipients for Haiti

Dominican Republic Occupation	1916–1924	3	Medal of Honor recipients for the Occupation of the Dominican Republic

World War I	1914–1918	126	Medal of Honor recipients for World War I

Occupation of Nicaragua	1912–1933	2	Medal of Honor recipients for Occupation of Nicaragua

World War II	1939–1945	472	Medal of Honor recipients for World War II

Korean War	1950–1953	145	Korean War Medal of Honor recipients

Vietnam War	1955–1975	261	Medal of Honor recipients for the Vietnam War

USS Liberty incident	1967	1	Medal of Honor recipients for the USS Liberty incident

Battle of Mogadishu	1993	2	Medal of Honor recipients for the Battle of Mogadishu

Iraq War	2003–2011	5	Medal of Honor recipients for the Iraq War

War in Afghanistan	2001–2014	17	Medal of Honor recipients for the War in Afghanistan

Peacetime	193	Medal of Honor recipients during peacetime

Unknown soldiers	9	Unknown Medal of Honor recipients

Sentence(s)

According to the Medal of Honor there have been 3,522 Medals of Honor awarded, with less than half of them awarded for actions during the American Civil War.

final_sentence: According to the Medal of Honor there have been 3,522 Medals of Honor awarded, with less than half of them awarded for actions during the American Civil War.