Question: When was the rank of the Medal of Honor recipient with initial P for World War II soldier born on July 16 , 1918 established ?

text: List of Medal of Honor recipients for World War II
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This is a list of Medal of Honor recipients for World War II. The Medal of Honor was created during the American Civil War and is the highest military decoration presented by the United States government to a member of its armed forces. The recipient must have distinguished themselves at the risk of their own life above and beyond the call of duty in action against an enemy of the United States or an opposing foreign force. Due to the nature of this medal, it is commonly presented posthumously. World War II, or the Second World War, was a global military conflict, the joining of what had initially been two separate conflicts. The first began in Asia in 1937 as the Second Sino-Japanese War; the other began in Europe in 1939 with the German and Soviet invasion of Poland. This global conflict split the majority of the world's nations into two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers. The United States was drawn into World War II on December 8, 1941, a day after the Axis-member Japan launched a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor in Honolulu that killed almost 2,500 people in what was considered the biggest peacetime loss on American soil inflicted by foreign people at that time. For actions during World War II, 472 United States military personnel received the Medal of Honor. Seventeen of these were Japanese-Americans fighting in both Europe and the Pacific, many of which were upgraded from Distinguished Service Crosses during the Clinton administration. Additionally, Douglas Albert Munro was the only serviceman from the United States Coast Guard in United States military history to receive the Medal for his actions during the war. The earliest action for which a U.S. serviceman earned a World War II Medal of Honor was the attack on Pearl Harbor, for which 17 U.S. servicemen were awarded a Medal, although they did so while engaged in military operations involving conflict with an opposing foreign force rather than enemy since the United States was neutral during the events of December 7, 1941.
Name Service Rank Place of action Date of action
Mitchell Paige Marine Corps Platoon Sergeant Battle of Guadalcanal , Solomon Islands October 26 , 1942
John J. Parle † Navy Ensign aboard a landing ship , USS LST 375 , off Sicily July 9 , 1943 - July 10 , 1943
Laverne Parrish † Army Technician Fourth Grade Binalonan , Luzon , Philippines January 18 , 1945 - January 24 , 1945
Harl Pease , Jr. † Air Forces Captain near Rabaul , New Britain August 6 , 1942 - August 7 , 1942
Forrest E. Peden † Army Technician Fifth Grade near Biesheim , France February 3 , 1945
Jack J. Pendleton † Army Staff Sergeant Bardenberg , Germany October 12 , 1944
Frank D. Peregory † Army Technical Sergeant Grandcampe , France June 8 , 1944
Manuel Perez , Jr. † Army Private First Class Fort William McKinley , Luzon , Philippines February 13 , 1945
George J. Peters † Army Private near Fluren , Germany March 24 , 1945
George Peterson † Army Staff Sergeant near Eisern , Germany March 30 , 1945
Oscar V. Peterson † Navy Chief Watertender USS Neosho , Battle of the Coral Sea May 7 , 1942
Frank J. Petrarca † Army Private First Class Horseshoe Hill , New Georgia , Solomon Islands July 27 , 1943
Jackson C. Pharris Navy Gunner Pearl Harbor , Territory of Hawaii December 7 , 1941
Wesley Phelps † Marine Corps Private First Class Battle of Peleliu , Palau Islands October 4 , 1944
George Phillips † Marine Corps Private Iwo Jima , Volcano Islands March 14 , 1945
Francis J . Pierce Navy Pharmacist 's Mate First class Iwo Jima March 15 , 1945 - March 16 , 1945
John J. Pinder , Jr. † Army Technician Fifth Grade near Colleville-sur-Mer , France June 6 , 1944
Everett P. Pope Marine Corps Captain Peleliu Island , Palau group September 19 , 1944 - September 20 , 1944
John V. Power † Marine Corps First Lieutenant Namur Island , Kwajalein Atoll , Marshall Islands February 1 , 1944
John J . Powers † Navy Lieutenant over the Coral Sea and adjacent waters May 4 , 1942 - May 8 , 1942