Black Medal of Honor
Winners
Date: Wednesday, March 17, 2004
By: BlackAmericaWeb.com
Since its creating in 1861, the Medal of
Honor – this nation’s highest military award for bravery in action – has been
given to over 3,400 military personnel. Eighty-seven of these recipients are
black.
The first black to receive the Medal of
Honor was Sgt. William H. Carney, who was recognized for his acts of heroism
during a Civil War battle on July 18, 1863. He was a member of the 54th
Massachusetts Infantry, the historic Civil War fighting unit that was depicted
in the movie “Glory.” Wounded several times during his unit’s assault on a
Confederate fort, Carney survived the battle and the war.
The last black Medal of Honor winner was
SFC William Maud Bryant, a member of the Army’s Special Forces. For his actions
on March 24, 1969, during an encounter with elements of three enemy regiments –
a fight that lasted 34 hours – Bryant was posthumously awarded this nation’s
highest combat award. He was mortally wounded after multiple acts of bravery
that inspired his men to beat off several attacks on their position.
The African American recipients of The
Medal of Honor are listed below:
Sergeant
William Harvey Carney
Army
Contraband
Robert Blake
Navy
Seaman
Joachim Pease
Navy
Sergeant
Decatur Dorsey
Army
Landsman
William H. Brown
Navy
Landsman
Wilson Brown
Navy
Landsman
John Lawson
Navy
Engineer's Cook
James Mifflin
Navy
Private
William Henry Barnes
Army
First Sergeant
Powhatan Beaty
Army
First Sergeant
James H. Bronson
Army
Sergeant Major
Christian A. Fleetwood
Army
Private
James Gardiner(James Daniel Gardner)
Army
Sergeant
James H. Harris
Army
Sergeant Major
Thomas R. Hawkins
Army
Sergeant
Alfred B. Hilton
Army
Sergeant Major
Milton Murray Holland
Army
First Sergeant
Alexander Kelly
Army
First Sergeant
Robert A. Pinn
Army
First Sergeant
Edward Ratcliff
Army
Corporal
Miles James
Army
Corporal
Andrew J. Smith
Army
Private
Bruce Anderson
Army
Landsman
Aaron Sanderson (Aaron Anderson)
Navy
Sergeant
Emanuel Stance
Army
Seaman
John Johnson
Navy
Seaman
Joseph B. Noil
Navy
Private
Adam Paine aka: Adan Payne
Army
Private
Pompey Factor
Army
Trumpeter
Isaac Payne
Army
Sergeant
John Ward aka: John Warrior
Army
Corporal
Clinton Greaves
Army
Sergeant
Thomas Boyne
Army
Sergeant
John Denny
Army
Sergeant
Henry Johnson
Army
Cooper
William Johnson
Navy
Sergeant
George Jordan
Army
Seaman
John Smith
Navy
Sergeant
Thomas Shaw
Army
Private
Augustus Walley
Army
First Sergeant
Moses Williams
Army
Sergeant
Brent Woods
Army
Ordinary Seaman
John Davis
Navy
Ordinary Seaman
Robert Augustus Sweeney
Navy
Sergeant
Benjamin Brown
Army
Corporal
Isaiah Mays
Army
Corporal
William O. Wilson
Army
Sergeant
William McBryar
Army
Ship's Cook First Class
Daniel Atkins
Navy
Private
Dennis Bell
Army
Private
Fitz Lee
Army
Private
William H. Thompkins
Army
Private
George Henry Wanton
Army
Sergeant Major
Edward Lee Baker, Jr.
Army
Fireman First Class
Robert Penn
Navy
Seaman
Alphonse Girandy
Navy
Corporal
Freddie Stowers
Army
Private
George Watson
Army
Staff Sergeant
Ruben Rivers
Army
Captain
Charles L. Thomas
Army
First Lieutenant
John R. Fox
Army
Staff Sergeant
Edward A. Carter, Jr.
Army
First Lieutenant
Vernon J. Baker
Army
Private First Class
Willy F. James, Jr.
Army
Private First Class
William Henry Thompson
Army
Sergeant
Cornelius H. Charlton
Army
Private First Class
Milton Lee Olive, III
Army
Specialist Sixth Class
Lawrence Joel
Army
Sergeant
Donald Russell Long
Army
Private First Class
James Anderson, Jr.
Marine Corps
Sergeant First Class
Matthew Leonard
Army
First Lieutenant
Ruppert Leon Sargent
Army
Sergeant
Rodney Maxwell Davis
Marine Corps
Sergeant First Class
Webster Anderson
Army
Winnsboro, SC
Captain
Riley Leroy Pitts
Army
Specialist Fifth Class
Clarence Eugene Sasser
Army
Specialist Fifth Class
Dwight Hal Johnson
Army
Sergeant First Class
Eugene Ashley, Jr.
Army
Staff Sergeant
Clifford Chester Sims
Army
Private First Class
Ralph Henry Johnson
Marine Corps
Lieutenant Colonel
Charles Calvin Rogers
Army
First Lieutenant
John Earl Warren
Army
Private First Class
Garfield McConnell Langhorn
Army
Private First Class
Oscar Palmer Austin
Marine Corps
Private First Class
Robert Henry Jenkins, Jr.
Marine Corps
Sergeant First Class
William Maud Bryant
Army
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