William Harvey Carney
William Harvey Carney( February 29, 1840 – December 9, 1908) was an African American soldier during the American Civil War.
Born as a slave, he was awarded the Medal of Honor in 1900 for his gallantry in saving the regimental colors( American flag) during the Battle of Fort Wagner in 1863.
The action for which he received the Medal of Honor preceded any other African American Medal of Honor recipient; however, his medal was actually one of the very last to be awarded for Civil War service.
African Americans received the Medal of Honor as early as April 1865.
Félix Conde Falcón
Félix Modesto Conde Falcón (February 28, 1938 – April 4, 1969) was a United States Army soldier and a recipient of the Medal of Honor.
Born in Juncos, Puerto Rico, he joined the United States Army in April 1963 in Chicago, Illinois.
He was killed during combat operations in Ap Tan Hoa, South Vietnam, on April 4, 1969.
He was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor by President Barack Obama in a March 18, 2014 ceremony in the White House.
The award comes through the Defense Authorization Act which called for a review of Jewish American and Hispanic American veterans from World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War to ensure that no prejudice was shown to those deserving the Medal of Honor.
Charles H. Coolidge
Charles Henry Coolidge( born August 4, 1921) is a former United States Army technical sergeant and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration for valor—the Medal of Honor—for his heroism in France during World War II.
As of 2019, he is one of only two living Medal of Honor recipients of the war.
In addition, he is the only surviving Army soldier to have received the Medal of Honor during the Second World War, and is the only surviving Medal of Honor recipient from the European theater of the war.
James Thayer (Medal of Honor)
James Thayer( 1853–1886) was a United States Navy sailor and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor.
Born in 1853 in Ireland, Thayer immigrated to the United States and joined the Navy from Pennsylvania.
By November 16, 1879, he was serving as a ship's corporal on the.
On that day, while" Constitution" was at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Virginia, he rescued a young shipmate from drowning.
For this action, he was awarded the Medal of Honor five years later, on October 18, 1884.
Thayer's official Medal of Honor citation reads:
For rescuing from drowning a boy serving with him on the U.S.S." Constitution", at the Navy Yard, Norfolk, Va., 16 November 1879.
Robert Blake (Medal of Honor)
Robert Blake was a Union Navy sailor during the American Civil War and a recipient of America's highest military decoration, the Medal of Honor.
Blake was the second African American to perform a Medal of Honor action; William Harvey Carney was the first.
Blake was the first African American to actually" receive" a Medal of Honor- his was presented to him in 1864, while Carney did not receive his until 1900.
But, because Carney's Medal of Honor action occurred first, Carney, not Blake, is usually credited with being the first African American Medal of Honor recipient.
Patrick Thomas Leonard
Patrick Thomas Leonard( 1828 – March 1, 1905) was a United States Army sergeant who received the Medal of Honor during the Indian Wars.
Until 1984, it was believed that Leonard was a double recipient of the Medal of Honor.
However, another Irishman, Patrick James Leonard had also received the Medal of Honor.
Medal of Honor (film)
Medal of Honor  is a 2009 Romanian drama film directed by Călin Peter Netzer.
The plot revolves around a retiree who is mistakenly awarded a military distinction.
Former Romanian president Ion Iliescu plays himself in the film.
Călin Peter Netzer
Călin Peter Netzer (born 1 May 1975) is a Romanian film director who won the Golden Bear at the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival.
Born in Petroșani to a family of Romanian and German origins, Netzer emigrated with his family to West Germany in 1983.
In 1994, he returned to Romania in order to study film direction at the Academy of Theatre and Film in Bucharest.
His first feature film, "Maria" (2003), won the Special Prize of the Jury at the Locarno International Film Festival, among other prizes at this and other film festivals.
"Poziția copiluluiChild's Pose", 2013), his third feature film, won him the Golden Bear at the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival.
The film has been selected as the Romanian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 86th Academy Awards.
John Lucy
John Lucy( born 1859, date of death unknown) was a United States Navy sailor and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor.
Born in 1859 in New York City, New York, Lucy joined the Navy from that state.
By July 9, 1876, he was serving as a second class boy on the training ship.
On that day, he" displayed heroic conduct" during a fire at the Castle Garden immigration facility in Manhattan.
For this action, he was awarded the Medal of Honor weeks later, on July 27.
Lucy's official Medal of Honor citation reads:
Displayed heroic conduct while serving on board the U.S. Training Ship" Minnesota" on the occasion of the burning of Castle Garden at New York, 9 July 1876.
As Lucy was not more than 17 years old at the time of the incident, he is one of the youngest Medal of Honor recipients in history.
Thomas Smith (Medal of Honor, 1878)
Thomas Smith( born 1856, date of death unknown) was a United States Navy sailor and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor.
Born in 1856 in Ireland, Smith emigrated to the United States and joined the Navy from Virginia.
By October 1, 1878, he was serving as a seaman on the.
On that day, while" Enterprise" was off the coast of Pará, Brazil, he rescued Coxswain William Kent from drowning.
For this action, he was awarded the Medal of Honor.
Smith's official Medal of Honor citation reads:
For rescuing from drowning William Kent, coxswain of the U.S.S." Enterprise", off Para, Brazil, 1 October 1878.

Question: Where was the director of film Medal Of Honor (Film) born?
Answer: Petroșani