Question: How many active duty members are in the branch of the earliest-born World War II Medal of Honor recipient ?

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
William R. Caddy † Marine Corps Private First Class Iwo Jima , Volcano Islands March 3 , 1945
Daniel J. Callaghan † Navy Rear Admiral Naval Battle of Guadalcanal , Savo Island November 12 , 1942 - November 13 , 1942
Jose Calugas Army Sergeant Culis , Bataan Province , Philippines January 16 , 1942
George H. Cannon † Marine Corps First Lieutenant Sand Island , Midway Islands December 7 , 1941
Pedro Cano † Army Private Schevenhütte , Germany December 2 , 1944 - December 3 , 1944
Alvin P. Carey † Army Staff Sergeant near Plougastel , Brittany , France August 23 , 1944
Charles F. Carey , Jr. † Army Technical Sergeant Rimling , France January 8 , 1945 - January 9 , 1945
Chris Carr Army Sergeant near Guignola , Italy October 1 , 1944 - October 2 , 1944
Horace S. Carswell , Jr. † Air Forces Major over the South China Sea October 26 , 1944
Edward A. Carter , Jr. † Army Staff Sergeant near Speyer , Germany March 23 , 1945
Anthony Casamento Marine Corps Corporal Guadalcanal , Solomon Islands November 1 , 1942
Frederick W. Castle † Air Forces Brigadier General Germany December 24 , 1944
Justice M. Chambers Marine Corps Lieutenant Colonel Iwo Jima , Volcano Islands February 19 , 1945 - February 22 , 1945
Ralph Cheli † Air Forces Major near Wewak , New Guinea August 18 , 1943
Ernest Childers Army Second Lieutenant Oliveto , Italy September 22 , 1943
Clyde L. Choate Army Staff Sergeant near Bruyeres , France October 25 , 1944
Dale E. Christensen † Army Second Lieutenant Driniumor River , New Guinea July 16 , 1944 - July 19 , 1944
Herbert F. Christian † Army Private near Valmontone , Italy June 2 , 1944 - June 3 , 1944
Joseph J. Cicchetti † Army Private First Class South Manila , Luzon , Philippines February 9 , 1945
Francis J. Clark Army Technical Sergeant near Kalborn , Luxembourg and near Sevenig , Germany September 12 , 1944 and September 17 , 1944