List of Medal of Honor recipients for World War II

Columns: Name | Service | Rank | Place of action | Date of action | Notes
Mervyn S. Bennion † | Navy | Captain | West Virginia , Pearl Harbor | December 7 , 1941 | While mortally wounded , he remained in command of his ship . For conspicuous devotion to duty , extraordinary courage , and complete disregard of his own life , he was awarded the Medal of Honor | Charles J. Berry † | Marine Corps | Corporal | Iwo Jima , Volcano Islands | March 3 , 1945 | He landed on Iwo Jima on D-Day , February 19 , 1945 , and was killed in action on March 3 , 1945 , during the action which earned him the Medal of Honor | Vito R. Bertoldo | Army | Master Sergeant | Hatten , France | January 9 , 1945 - January 10 , 1945 | In Hatten , France , he manned a machine gun in defense of a command post being attacked by a numerically superior German force . When evacuation became necessary , he voluntarily stayed behind to cover the withdrawal . The next morning he moved to another command post , and again defended it against a continued assault by strong German forces and voluntarily covered the withdrawal of friendly forces when the post was abandoned . For these actions , he was awarded the Medal of Honor one year later , on January 10 , 1946 | Arthur O. Beyer | Army | Corporal | near Arloncourt , Belgium | January 15 , 1945 | Near Arloncourt , Belgium , he used hand grenades and his carbine to single-handedly destroy two German machine gun positions before working his way through a honey-combed series of enemy foxholes - killing and capturing German soldiers as he went . For these actions , he was awarded the Medal of Honor by President Harry Truman seven months later , on August 30 , 1945 | Willibald C. Bianchi † | Army | First Lieutenant | near Bagac , Bataan Province , Philippines | February 3 , 1942 | After the action near Bagac in the Bataan Province , Bianchi was among the troops captured by the Japanese at the fall of Bataan , on April 9 , 1942 . He was part of the Bataan Death March , and was imprisoned in several Japanese prisoner of war camps , enduring horrible conditions . He was known for his compassion and efforts to better the lot of his fellow prisoners by bartering with their captors for extra food and medicine . On January 9 , 1945 , while imprisoned in an unmarked Japanese prison ship , Bianchi was killed instantly when an American plane , unaware that the ship contained American prisoners , dropped a 1,000-pound bomb in the cargo hold | Melvin E. Biddle | Army | Private First Class | near Soy , Belgium | December 23 , 1944 - December 24 , 1944 | When presenting the medal to Biddle , Truman whispered People do n't believe me when I tell them that I 'd rather have one of these than be President . Biddle was decorated with 17 other soldiers that served in the Eastern Theater of Operations

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11 Japanese aircraft | New Windsor , New York | August 1 , 1943 | February 11 , 1920 | The Silver Star Medal