For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of life above and beyond the call of duty in action. On 9 April 1943 in the vicinity of Fondouk, Tunisia, Pvt. Booker, while engaged in action against the enemy, carried a light machine gun and a box of ammunition over 200 yards of open ground. Van Thomas Barfoot. Details. Rank: Second Lieutenant (rank at time of action: Technical Sergeant) Conflict/Era: World War II. Unit/Command: 3d Platoon, Company L 3d Battalion, 157th Infantry, 45th Infantry Division. Military Service Branch: U.S. Army. Medal of Honor Action Date: May 23, 1944. Unit/Command: 2d Battalion, 29th Quartermaster Regiment. Military Service Branch: U.S. Army. Medal of Honor Action Date: March 8, 1943. Medal of Honor Action Place: Near Porlock Harbor, New Guinea. Citation. For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty: Private George Watson distinguished Died: March 1, 1945, Iwo Jima, Volcano Islands. Buried: Calvary Cemetery (MH) (8-9), Dayton, OH, United States. U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Corporal Tony Stein was posthumously presented the Medal of Honor for military valor during World War II. During this conflict 464 United States military personnel received the Medal of Honor, 266 of them posthumously. Seventeen of these were Japanese-Americans fighting in both Europe and the Pacific. Additionally, the only recipient for the United States Coast Guard received the Medal for his actions during this war. Conflict/Era: World War II; Unit/Command: 3d Platoon, Company G, 2d Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division; Military Service Branch: U.S. Naval Reserve Force; Medal of Honor Action Date: May 2, 1945; Medal of Honor Action Place: Okinawa Jima, Ryukyu Islands The White House - presented by President William J. Clinton to his family. Born: August 14, 1920, Salinas, Monterey County, CA, United States. Died: April 22, 1945, near Tendola, Italy. Buried: Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery (A-2734), Los Angeles, CA, United States. U.S. Army Private Joe Hayashi was posthumously presented the Medal of Honor Born: May 14, 1904, Boston, Suffolk County, MA, United States. Died: March 18, 1964. Buried: Holy Cross College Cemetery, Worcester, MA, United States. Location of Medal: College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA. U.S. Naval Reserve Lieutenant Commander (Chaplain Corps) Joseph Timothy O'Callahan was presented the Medal of Honor for military John Cary "Red" Morgan (August 24, 1914 – January 17, 1991) was a United States Army Air Forces pilot in World War II who received the Medal of Honor for his actions during a 1943 bombing run over Germany, which also inspired the character of 2nd Lieutenant Jesse Bishop in the novel and film Twelve O'Clock High . 1 of 8 | . FILE - Hershel “Woody” Williams, center, the sole surviving U.S. Marine to be awarded the Medal of Honor during World War II, poses with fellow Marines at the Charles E. Shelton Freedom Memorial at Smothers Park, Saturday, April 6, 2019, in Owensboro, Ky. Williams, the last remaining Medal of Honor recipient from World War II, died Wednesday, June 29, 2022 He was 98. fKOk.