List of foreign-born Medal of Honor recipients

The Medal of Honor was created during the American Civil War. It 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. Due to the nature of this medal it is commonly presented after the recipient has been killed (posthumously).

Although Medals of Honor can be presented only to members of the U.S. armed forces it is not required to be a U.S. citizen. Since the American Civil War hundreds of people born outside the United States have received the medal. The most recent of these recipients being Leslie H. Sabo, Jr.. He received his medal in May 2012 for actions performed during the Vietnam War. The large number of foreign-born recipients during the 19th and early 20th centuries was likely due to immigration waves from Europe.

American Civil War

Image	Name	Country of birth	Rank	Branch	Place of action	Date of action	Notes/Reference
	Frederick Alber	Germany	Private	Army	Spotsylvania County, Virginia	May 12, 1864
	James Allen	Ireland	Private	Army	South Mountain, Maryland	September 14, 1862
	Robert Anderson	Ireland	Quartermaster	Navy	On board the USS Crusader and the USS Keokuk	1863
	William J. Archinal	Germany	Corporal	Army	Vicksburg, Mississippi	May 22, 1863
	Charles Asten	Canada	Quarter Gunner	Navy	On board the USS Signal	May 5, 1864
	James Avery	Scotland, United Kingdom	Seaman	Navy	Mobile Bay, Alabama	August 5, 1864
	David L. Bass	Ireland	Seaman	Navy	Fort Fisher, North Carolina	January 15, 1865
	Philip Baybutt	England, United Kingdom	Private	Army	Luray, Virginia	September 24, 1864
	Philip Bazaar	Chile	Ordinary Seaman	Navy	Fort Fisher, North Carolina	January 15, 1865
	Jean J. Beaufort	France	Corporal	Army	Port Hudson, Louisiana	May 20, 1863
	William R. D. Blackwood	Ireland	Surgeon	Army	Petersburg, Virginia	April 2, 1865
	Nicholas Boquet	Germany	Private	Army	Battle of Wilson's Creek, Missouri	August 10, 1861
	Thomas Bourne	England, United Kingdom	Seaman	Navy	On board the USS Varuna	April 24, 1862
	Thomas W. Bradley	England, United Kingdom	Sergeant	Army	Chancellorsville, Virginia	May 3, 1863
	James H. Burbank	Netherlands	Sergeant	Army	Blackwater River	October 3, 1862
	Joseph Burger	Austria	Private	Army	Nolensville, Tennessee	February 15, 1863
	Albert Burton	England, United Kingdom	Seaman	Navy	Fort Fisher, North Carolina	January 15, 1865
	William Campbell	Ireland	Private	Army	Vicksburg, Mississippi	May 22, 1863
	Orlando E. Caruana	Malta	Private	Army	South Mountain, Maryland	September 14, 1862
	Ovila Cayer	Canada	Private	Army	Battle of the Weldon Railroad, Virginia	August 19, 1864
	Abraham Cohn	Germany	Sergeant Major	Army	Wilderness, Virginia and Petersburg, Virginia	May 6 and July 30, 1864
	Charles H. T. Collis	Ireland	Colonel	Army	Petersburg, Virginia	December 13, 1862
	Sam Collyer	France	First Sergeant	Army	Petersburg, Virginia	July 30, 1864	Born as Walter Jamieson
	Thomas Connor	Ireland	Ordinary Seaman	Navy	Fort Fisher, North Carolina	January 15, 1865
	James Connors	Ireland	Private	Army	Battle of Fisher's Hill, Virginia	September 22, 1864
	John L. M. Cooper	Ireland	Coxswain	Navy	Mobile Bay, Alabama Mobile, Alabama	August 5, 1864 April 26, 1865	Double MOH recipient
	Thomas E. Corcoran	Ireland	Landman	Navy	Vicksburg, Mississippi	May 27, 1863
	John Creed	Ireland	Private	Army	Battle of Fisher's Hill, Virginia	September 22, 1864
	James E. Croft	England, United Kingdom	Private	Army	Allatoona, Georgia	October 5, 1864
	Richard J. Curran	Ireland	Assistant Surgeon	Army	Antietam, Maryland	September 17, 1862
	John Dempster	Scotland, United Kingdom	Coxswain	Navy	On board the USS New Ironsides	December 24–25, 1864 and January 13–15, 1865
	Luigi P. di Cesnola	Italy	Colonel	Army	Aldie, Virginia	June 17, 1863
	David Dickie	Scotland, United Kingdom	Sergeant	Army	Vicksburg, Mississippi	May 22, 1863
	Hubert Dilger	Germany	Captain	Army	Chancellorsville, Virginia	May 2, 1863
	William Ellis	England, United Kingdom	First Sergeant	Army	Dardanelle, Arkansas	January 14, 1865
	Richard Enderlin	Germany	Musician	Army	Gettysburg, Pennsylvania	July 1–3, 1863
	Edmund English	Ireland	First Sergeant	Army	Wilderness, Virginia	May 6, 1864
	Thomas Evans	Wales, United Kingdom	Private	Army	Piedmont, Virginia	June 5, 1864
	John M. Farquhar	Scotland, United Kingdom	Sergeant Major	Army	Battle of Stones River, Tennessee	December 31, 1862
	Joseph Frantz	France	Private	Army	Vicksburg, Mississippi	May 22, 1863
	William W. Fraser	Scotland, United Kingdom	Private	Army	Vicksburg, Mississippi	May 22, 1863
	Martin Freeman	Scotland, United Kingdom	Civilian Pilot	Navy	Mobile Bay, Alabama	August 5, 1864
	Franz Frey	Switzerland	Corporal	Army	Vicksburg, Mississippi	May 22, 1863
	Frederick Füger	Germany	Sergeant	Army	Gettysburg, Pennsylvania	July 3, 1863
	Nicholas Geschwind	France	Captain	Army	Vicksburg, Mississippi	May 22, 1863
	John Griffiths	Wales, United Kingdom	Captain of the Forecastle	Navy	Fort Fisher, North Carolina	January 15, 1865
	John Harris	Scotland, United Kingdom	Captain of the Forecastle	Navy	Mobile Bay, Alabama	August 5, 1864
	Thomas J. Higgins	Canada	Sergeant	Army	Vicksburg, Mississippi	May 22, 1863
	Heinrich Hoffman	Germany	Corporal	Army	Battle of Sayler's Creek, Virginia	April 6, 1865
	Michael C. Horgan	Ireland	Landman	Navy	Plymouth, North Carolina	October 31, 1864
	Samuel B. Horne	Ireland	Captain	Army	Fort Harrison, Virginia	September 29, 1864
	Michael Hudson	Ireland	Sergeant	Marine Corps	Mobile Bay, Alabama	August 5, 1864
	Thomas W. Hyde	Italy	Major	Army	Antietam, Maryland	September 17, 1862	Born to American parents
	Francis Irsch	Germany	Captain	Army	Gettysburg, Pennsylvania	July 1, 1863
	James Jardine	Scotland, United Kingdom	Sergeant	Army	Vicksburg, Mississippi	May 22, 1863
	William F. John	Germany	Private	Army	Vicksburg, Mississippi	May 22, 1863
	John Johnson	Norway	Private	Army	Fredericksburg, Virginia	December 13, 1862
	Peter Kappesser	Germany	Private	Army	Lookout Mountain, Tennessee	November 24, 1863
	Leopold Karpeles	Czech Republic	Sergeant	Army	Wilderness, Virginia	May 6, 1864
	John Kennedy	Norway	Private	Army	Fredericksburg, Virginia	December 13, 1862
	Thomas R. Kerr	Ireland	Captain	Army	Moorefield, West Virginia	August 7, 1864
	Henry Klein	Germany	Private	Army	Battle of Sayler's Creek, Virginia	April 6, 1865
	Joseph S. Labill	France	Private	Army	Vicksburg, Mississippi	May 22, 1863
	Bartlett Laffey	Ireland	Seaman	Navy	Yazoo City, Mississippi	March 5, 1864
	Julius Langbein	Germany	Musician	Army	Vicksburg, Mississippi	April 19, 1862
	Frank Leslie	England, United Kingdom	Private	Army	Front Royal, Virginia	August 15, 1864
	Benjamin Lloyd	England, United Kingdom	Coal Heaver	Navy	On board the USS Wyalusing	May 25, 1864
	Hugh Logan	Ireland	Captain of the Forecastle	Navy	Mobile Bay, Alabama	December 30, 1862
	John Lonergan	Ireland	Captain	Army	Gettysburg, Pennsylvania	July 2, 1863
	William Lord	England, United Kingdom	Musician	Army	Drewry's Bluff, Virginia	May 16, 1864
	William Ludgate	England, United Kingdom	Captain	Army	Farmville, Virginia	April 7, 1865
	Carl Ludwig	Germany	Private	Army	Petersburg, Virginia	June 18, 1864	His MOH citation lists his country of birth as France
	James Machon	England, United Kingdom	Boy	Navy	Mobile Bay, Alabama	August 5, 1864
	Alexander Mack	Netherlands	Captain of the Top	Navy	Mobile Bay, Alabama	August 5, 1864
	Michael Madden	Ireland	Private	Army	Mason's Island, Maryland	September 3, 1861
	William Madden	England, United Kingdom	Coal Heaver	Navy	Mobile Bay, Alabama	August 5, 1864
	Harry J. Mandy	England, United Kingdom	First Sergeant	Army	Front Royal, Virginia	August 15, 1864
	Richard C. Mangam	Ireland	Private	Army	Battle of Hatcher's Run, Virginia	April 2, 1865
	James Martin II	Ireland	Sergeant	Marine Corps	Mobile Bay, Alabama	August 5, 1864
	Charles McAnally	Ireland	Second Lieutenant	Army	Spotsylvania County, Virginia	May 12, 1864
	Patrick H. McEnroe	Ireland	Sergeant	Army	Winchester, Virginia	September 19, 1864
	Owen McGough	Ireland	Corporal	Army	First Battle of Bull Run, Virginia	July 21, 1861
	Martin T. McMahon	Canada	Captain	Army	Battle of White Oak Swamp, Virginia	June 30, 1862
	Andrew Miller	Germany	Sergeant	Marine Corps	Mobile Bay, Alabama	August 5, 1864
	Henry A. Miller	Germany	Captain	Army	Fort Blakely, Alabama	April 9, 1865
	James Miller	Denmark	Quartermaster	Navy	Johns Island, South Carolina	December 25, 1863
	George W. Mindil	Germany	Captain	Army	Williamsburg, Virginia	May 5, 1862
	Hugh Molloy	Ireland	Ordinary Seaman	Navy	Harrisonburg, Louisiana	March 2, 1864
	John G. Morrison	Ireland	Coxswain	Navy	On board the USS Carondelet	July 15, 1862
	Charles E. Morse	France	Sergeant	Army	Wilderness, Virginia	May 5, 1864
	St. Clair A. Mulholland	Ireland	Major	Army	Chancellorsville, Virginia	May 4–5, 1863
	Charles J. Murphy	England, United Kingdom	First Lieutenant	Army	First Battle of Bull Run, Virginia	July 21, 1861
	Dennis Murphy	Ireland	Sergeant	Army	Corinth, Mississippi	October 3, 1862
	Michael C. Murphy	Ireland	Lieutenant Colonel	Army	Battle of North Anna, Virginia	May 24, 1864
	Christopher Nugent	Ireland	Sergeant	Marine Corps	On board the USS Fort Henry	June 15, 1863
	James R. O'Beirne	Ireland	Captain	Army	Battle of Seven Pines, Virginia	May 31 - June 1, 1862
	Albert O'Connor	Germany	Sergeant	Army	Battle of Hatcher's Run, Virginia	March 31 - April 1, 1865	His MOH citation lists his country of birth as Canada
	John O'Dea	Ireland	Private	Army	Vicksburg, Mississippi	May 22, 1863
	David Orbansky	Poland	Private	Army	Shiloh, Tennessee and Vicksburg, Mississippi	April 1862 and 1863
	John Ortega	Spain	Seaman	Navy	On board the USS Saratoga	1864
	Albert Oss	Belgium	Private	Army	Chancellorsville, Virginia	May 3, 1863
	Joachim Pease	Cape Verde	Seaman	Navy	On board the USS Kearsarge	June 19, 1864
	William R. Pelham	Canada	Landman	Navy	Mobile Bay, Alabama	August 5, 1864
	William H. Powell	England, United Kingdom	Major	Army	At Sinking Ceek Valley, Virginia	November 26, 1862
	George C. Platt	Ireland	Private	Army	Fairfield, Pennsylvania	July 3, 1863
	Thomas Plunkett	Ireland	Sergeant	Army	Fredericksburg, Virginia	December 11, 1862
	George Prance	France	Captain of the Main Top	Navy	On board the USS Ticonderoga	December 24–25, 1864 and January 13–15, 1865
	George Pyne	England, United Kingdom	Seaman	Navy	St. Marks, Florida	March 5–6, 1865
	James Quinlan	Ireland	Major	Army	Savage's Station, Virginia	June 29, 1862
	John Rannahan	Ireland	Corporal	Marine Corps	Fort Fisher, North Carolina	January 15, 1865
	Charles A. Read	Sweden	Coxswain	Navy	On board the USS Kearsarge	June 19, 1864
	George Reynolds	Ireland	Private	Army	Winchester, Virginia	September 19, 1864
	James S. Roantree	Ireland	Sergeant	Marine Corps	Mobile Bay, Alabama	August 5, 1864
	Peter J. Ryan	Ireland	Private	Army	Winchester, Virginia	September 19, 1864
	John Schiller	Germany	Private	Army	Battle of Chaffin's Farm, Virginia	September 29, 1864	Born as John Schilling
	Conrad Schmidt	Germany	First Sergeant	Army	Winchester, Virginia	September 19, 1864
	George Schutt	Ireland	Coxswain	Navy	St. Marks, Florida	March 5–6, 1865
	Theodore Schwan	Germany	First Lieutenant	Army	Battle of Peebles' Farm, Virginia	October 1, 1864
	Alexander Scott	Canada	Corporal	Army	Battle of Monocacy, Maryland	July 9, 1864
	William J. Sewell	Ireland	Colonel	Army	Chancellorsville, Virginia	May 3, 1863
	Charles Shambaugh	Germany	Corporal	Army	Battle of Glendale, Virginia	June 30, 1862
	John Shivers	Canada	Private	Marine Corps	Fort Fisher, North Carolina	January 15, 1865
	Charles J. Simons	India	Sergeant	Army	Petersburg, Virginia	July 30, 1864
	Thomas Smith	England, United Kingdom	Seaman	Navy	St. Marks, Florida	March 5–6, 1865
	William Smith	Ireland	Quartermaster	Navy	On board the USS Kearsarge	January 15, 1865
	Robert Sommers	Germany	Chief Quartermaster	Navy	On board the USS Ticonderoga	January 15, 1865
	Julius Stahel	Hungary	Major General	Army	Piedmont, Virginia	June 5, 1864
	James Stoddard	Canada	Seaman	Navy	Yazoo City, Mississippi	March 5, 1864
	John Swanson	Sweden	Seaman	Navy	Fort Fisher, North Carolina	January 15, 1865	Born as Jacob Johnson
	James Sweeney	England, United Kingdom	Private	Army	Battle of Cedar Creek, Virginia	October 19, 1864
	Henry A. Thompson	England, United Kingdom	Private	Marine Corps	Fort Fisher, North Carolina	January 15, 1865	Born as Roderick P. Connelly
	J. Harry Thompson	England, United Kingdom	Surgeon	Army	New Bern, North Carolina	March 14, 1862
	John M. Tobin	Ireland	First Lieutenant	Army	Malvern Hill, Virginia	July 1, 1862
	John Vale	England, United Kingdom	Private	Army	Nolensville, Tennessee	February 15, 1863
	Victor Vifquain	Belgium	Lieutenant Colonel	Army	Fort Blakely, Alabama	April 9, 1865
	Ernest von Vegesack	Sweden	Major	Army	Battle of Gaines's Mill, Virginia	June 27, 1862
	John Walsh	Ireland	Corporal	Army	Battle of Cedar Creek, Virginia	October 19, 1864
	Martin Wambsgan	Germany	Private	Army	Battle of Cedar Creek, Virginia	October 19, 1864
	Thomas M. Wells	Ireland	Chief Bugler	Army	Battle of Cedar Creek, Virginia	October 19, 1864
	William Wells	Germany	Quartermaster	Navy	Mobile Bay, Alabama	August 5, 1864
	Edward Welsh	Ireland	Private	Army	Vicksburg, Mississippi	May 22, 1863
	William Westerhold	Germany	Sergeant	Army	Spotsylvania County, Virginia	May 12, 1864
	Patrick H. White	Ireland	Captain	Army	Vicksburg, Mississippi	May 22, 1863
	Augustus Williams	Norway	Seaman	Navy	Fort Fisher, North Carolina	January 15, 1865
	Richard Willis	England, United Kingdom	Coxswain	Navy	On board the USS New Ironsides	December 24–25, 1864 and January 13–15, 1865

Indian Wars

Image	Name	Country of birth	Rank	Branch	Place of action	Date of action	Notes/Reference
	James Anderson	Canada	Private	Army	Near Wichita River, Texas	October 5, 1870	Born as James Anderson Smythe
	James J. Bell	Ireland	Private	Army	Big Horn, Montana	July 9, 1876
	Oscar Burkard	Germany	Private	Army	Near Leech Lake, Minnesota	October 5, 1898
	Edmond Butler	Ireland	Captain	Army	Wolf Mountains, Montana	January 8, 1877
	Denis Byrne	Ireland	Sergeant	Army	Cedar Creek, Montana	October 1876 - January 1877
	Thomas J. Callan	Ireland	Private	Army	Little Bighorn, Montana	June 25–26, 1876
	John Connor	Ireland	Corporal	Army	Near Wichita River, Texas	July 12, 1870
	William Evans	Ireland	Private	Army	Big Horn, Montana	July 9, 1876
	Henry Falcott	France	Sergeant	Army	Arizona Territory	August - October 1868
	Daniel Farren	Ireland	Private	Army	Arizona Territory	August - October 1868
	James Fegan	Ireland	Sergeant	Army	Near Plum Creek, Kansas	March 1868
	Hermann Fichter	Germany	Private	Army	Whetstone Mountains, Arizona	May 5, 1871
	John H. Foley	Ireland	Sergeant	Army	Near Platte River, Nebraska	April 26, 1872
	Nicholas Foran	Ireland	Private	Army	Arizona Territory	August - October 1868
	William Foster	England, United Kingdom	Sergeant	Army	Near Red River, Texas	September 29, 1872
	Christopher Freemeyer	Germany	Private	Army	Cedar Creek, Montana	October 21, 1876 - January 8, 1877
	Charles Gardner	Germany	Private	Army	Arizona Territory	August - October 1868	Born as Simon Suhler
	Frederick W. Gerber	Germany	Sergeant Major	Army		1839–1871	Awarded the Medal of Honor for his entire career, rather than a single action
	Patrick Golden	Ireland	Sergeant	Army	Arizona Territory	August - October 1868
	John Green	Germany	Major	Army	Lava Beds, California	January 17, 1873
	Mathew H. Hamilton	Australia	Private	Army	Wounded Knee Creek, South Dakota	December 29, 1890
	Henry Hogan	Ireland	First Sergeant	Army	Cedar Creek, Montana Bear Paw Mountains, Montana	October 1876 - January 8, 1877 September 30, 1877	Double MOH recipient
	Bernard J. D. Irwin	Ireland	Assistant Surgeon	Army	Apache Pass, Arizona	February 13–14, 1861
	John James	England, United Kingdom	Corporal	Army	Near Washita River, Texas	September 9–11, 1874
	Bernhard Jetter	Germany	Sergeant	Army	South Dakota	December 1890
	John Keenan	Ireland	Private	Army	Arizona Territory	August - October 1868
	Patrick J. Leonard	Ireland	Sergeant	Army	Little Blue, Nebraska	May 15, 1870
	Patrick T. Leonard	Ireland	Corporal	Army	Near Fort Hartsuff, Nebraska	April 26, 1876
	Thomas Little	Barbados	Bugler	Army	Arizona Territory	August - October 1868
	Gregory Mahoney	Australia	Private	Army	Near Red River, Texas	September 26–28, 1874
	John May	Germany	Sergeant	Army	Near Washita River, Texas	July 12, 1870
	Michael M. McCarthy	Canada	First Sergeant	Army	White Bird Canyon, Idaho	June 1876 - January 1877
	George H. Morgan	Canada	Second Lieutenant	Army	Big Dry Fork, Arizona	July 17, 1882	Born to an American mother
	Adam Neder	Germany	Private	Army	South Dakota	December 1890
	Henry Newman	Germany	First Sergeant	Army	Whetstone Mountains, Arizona	July 13, 1872
	John Nihill	Ireland	Private	Army	Whetstone Mountains, Arizona	July 13, 1872
	Richard J. Nolan	Ireland	Farrier	Army	White Clay Creek, South Dakota	December 30, 1890
	Moses Orr	Ireland	Private	Army		Winter of 1872/1873
	John F. O'Sullivan	Ireland	Private	Army	Staked Plains, Texas	December 8, 1874
	William R. Parnell	Ireland	First Lieutenant	Army	White Bird Canyon, Idaho	June 17, 1877
	Isaac Payne	Mexico	Trumpeter	Army	Near Pecos River, Texas	April 25, 1875	Born to Black Seminoles
	James Pym	England, United Kingdom	Private	Army	Little Bighorn, Montana	June 25, 1876
	Theodore Ragnar	Sweden	First Sergeant	Army	White Clay Creek, South Dakota	December 30, 1890
	Henry Rodenburg	Germany	Private	Army	Cedar Creek, Montana	October 21, 1876 - January 8, 1877
	Patrick Rogan	Ireland	Sergeant	Army	Big Hole, Montana	August 9, 1877
	John Schnitzer	Germany	Wagoner	Army	Horseshoe Canyon, New Mexico	April 22, 1882
	Julius Schou	Denmark	Corporal	Army		1870
	Rudolph Stauffer	Switzerland	First Sergeant	Army	Near Camp Hualpai, Arizona	May - November 1872
	Christian Steiner	Germany	Private	Army	Chiricahua Mountains, Arizona	October 20, 1869
	Julius H. Stickoffer	Switzerland	Saddler	Army	Cienega Springs, Utah	November 11, 1868
	James Sumner	England, United Kingdom	Private	Army	Chiricahua Mountains, Arizona	October 20, 1869
	John Thompson	Scotland, United Kingdom	Sergeant	Army	Chiricahua Mountains, Arizona	October 20, 1869
	Peter Thompson	Scotland, United Kingdom	Private	Army	Little Bighorn, Montana	June 25, 1876
	John Tracy	Ireland	Private	Army	Chiricahua Mountains, Arizona	October 20, 1869	Born as Henry G. Nabers
	Jacob Trautman	Germany	First Sergeant	Army	Wounded Knee Creek, South Dakota	December 29, 1890
	Ernest Veuve	Switzerland	Sergeant	Army	Staked Plains, Texas	November 3, 1874
	Otto Voit	Germany	Saddler	Army	Little Bighorn, Montana	June 25, 1876
	Rudolph von Medem	Germany	Sergeant	Army		1872–1873
	Paul H. Weinert	Germany	Corporal	Army	Wounded Knee Creek, South Dakota	December 29, 1890
	Henry Wilkens	Germany	First Sergeant	Army	Near Little Muddy Creek, Montana and Camas Meadows, Idaho	May 7 and August 20, 1877
	Charles Windolph	Germany	Private	Army	Little Bighorn, Montana	June 25–26, 1876
	George G. Wortman	Canada	Sergeant	Army	Arizona Territory	August - October 1868
	Hermann Ziegner	Germany	Private	Army	South Dakota	December 29–30, 1890

Korean Expedition

Image	Name	Country of birth	Rank	Branch	Place of action	Date of action	Notes/Reference
	John Coleman	Ireland	Private	Marine Corps	On board the USS Colorado	June 11, 1871
	James Dougherty	Ireland	Private	Marine Corps	Korea	June 11, 1871
	Patrick H. Grace	Ireland	Chief Quartermaster	Navy	On board the USS Benicia	June 10, 1871 - June 11, 1871
	William F. Lukes	Czech Republic	Landman	Navy	Korea	June 9, 1871 - June 10, 1871	Joined the Navy from China
	Alexander McKenzie	Scotland, United Kingdom	Boatswain's Mate	Navy	On board the USS Colorado	June 11, 1871
	Michael McNamara	Ireland	Private	Marine Corps	On board the USS Benicia	June 11, 1871
	James F. Merton	England, United Kingdom	Landman	Navy	Korea	June 9, 1871 - June 10, 1871

Spanish-American War

Image	Name	Country of birth	Rank	Branch	Place of action	Date of action	Notes/Reference
	Albert Beyer	Germany	Coxswain	Navy	Cienfuegos, Cuba	May 11, 1898
	George F. Brady	Ireland	Chief Gunner's Mate	Navy	Cardenas, Cuba	May 11, 1898
	Daniel J. Campbell	Canada	Private	Marine Corps	Cienfuegos, Cuba	May 11, 1898
	Joseph E. Carter	England, United Kingdom	Blacksmith	Navy	Cienfuegos, Cuba	May 11, 1898
	Thomas Cavanaugh	Ireland	Fireman First Class	Navy	Bahamas	November 14, 1898
	Claus K. R. Clausen	Denmark	Coxswain	Navy	Santiago de Cuba	June 2, 1898
	Thomas C. Cooney	Ireland	Chief Machinist	Navy	Cardenas, Cuba	May 11, 1898
	John Davis	Germany	Gunner's Mate Third Class	Navy	Cienfuegos, Cuba	May 11, 1898
	Thomas M. Doherty	Ireland	Corporal	Army	Santiago de Cuba	July 1, 1898
	John Eglit	Finland	Seaman	Navy	Cienfuegos, Cuba	May 11, 1898
	Nick Erickson	Finland	Coxswain	Navy	Cienfuegos, Cuba	May 11, 1898
	John Fitzgerald	Ireland	Private	Marine Corps	Cuzco, Cuba	June 14, 1898
	Philip Gaughan	Ireland	Sergeant	Marine Corps	Cienfuegos, Cuba	May 11, 1898
	Michael Gibbons	Ireland	Oiler	Navy	Cienfuegos, Cuba	May 11, 1898
	Henry Hendrickson	Germany	Seaman	Navy	Cienfuegos, Cuba	May 11, 1898
	Franz A. Itrich	Germany	Chief Carpenter's Mate	Navy	Luzon, Philippines	May 1, 1898
	Alexander Jardine	Scotland, United Kingdom	Fireman First Class	Navy	Bahamas	November 14, 1898
	John P. Johanson	Sweden	Seaman	Navy	Cienfuegos, Cuba	May 11, 1898
	Johan J. Johansson	Sweden	Ordinary Seaman	Navy	Cienfuegos, Cuba	May 11, 1898
	Hans Johnsen	Norway	Chief Machinist	Navy	Cardenas, Cuba	May 11, 1898
	Peter Johnson	England, United Kingdom	Fireman First Class	Navy	On board the USS Vixen	May 28, 1898
	Michael Kearney	Ireland	Private	Marine Corps	Cienfuegos, Cuba	May 11, 1898
	Thomas Kelly	Ireland	Private	Army	Santiago de Cuba	July 1, 1898
	Franz Kramer	Germany	Seaman	Navy	Cienfuegos, Cuba	May 11, 1898
	Ernest Krause	Germany	Coxswain	Navy	Cienfuegos, Cuba	May 11, 1898
	Hermann W. Kuchneister	Germany	Private	Marine Corps	Cienfuegos, Cuba	May 11, 1898
	John Maxwell	Ireland	Fireman Second Class	Navy	Cienfuegos, Cuba	May 11, 1898
	William Meyer	Germany	Carpenter's Mate Third Class	Navy	Cienfuegos, Cuba	May 11, 1898
	Harry H. Miller	Canada	Seaman	Navy	Cienfuegos, Cuba	May 11, 1898	Brother of Willard Miller
	Willard Miller	Canada	Seaman	Navy	Cienfuegos, Cuba	May 11, 1898	Brother of Harry H. Miller
	Daniel Montague	Ireland	Chief Master-at-arms	Navy	Santiago de Cuba	June 2, 1898
	William H. Morin	England, United Kingdom	Boatswain's Mate Second Class	Navy	Caimanera, Cuba	July 26, 1898 - July 27, 1898
	Frederick Muller	Denmark	Boatswain's Mate Second Class	Navy	Manzanillo, Cuba	June 30, 1898
	John E. Murphy	Ireland	Coxswain	Navy	Santiago de Cuba	June 2, 1898
	Lauritz Nelson	Norway	Sailmaker's Mate	Navy	Cienfuegos, Cuba	May 11, 1898
	William Oakley	England, United Kingdom	Gunner's Mate Second Class	Navy	Cienfuegos, Cuba	May 11, 1898
	Anton Olsen	Norway	Ordinary Seaman	Navy	Cienfuegos, Cuba	May 11, 1898
	George F. Phillips	Canada	Machinist First Class	Navy	Santiago de Cuba	June 2, 1898
	Henry P. Russell	Canada	Landman	Navy	Cienfuegos, Cuba	May 11, 1898
	William Spicer	England, United Kingdom	Gunner's Mate First Class	Navy	Caimanera, Cuba	July 26, 1898 - July 27, 1898
	Edward Sullivan	Ireland	Corporal	Marine Corps	Cienfuegos, Cuba	May 11, 1898
	Axel Sundquist	Finland	Chief Carpenter's Mate	Navy	Caimanera, Cuba	July 26, 1898 - July 27, 1898
	Gustav A. Sundquist	Sweden	Ordinary Seaman	Navy	Cienfuegos, Cuba	May 11, 1898
	Albert Vadas	Hungary	Seaman	Navy	Cienfuegos, Cuba	May 11, 1898
	Bruno Wende	Germany	Private	Army	El Caney, Cuba	July 1, 1898
	Julius A. R. Wilke	Germany	Boatswain's Mate First Class	Navy	Cienfuegos, Cuba	May 11, 1898
	Frank Williams	Germany	Seaman	Navy	Cienfuegos, Cuba	May 11, 1898

Samoan Civil War

Image	Name	Country of birth	Rank	Branch	Place of action	Date of action	Notes/Reference
	Frederick T. Fisher	England, United Kingdom	Gunner's Mate First Class	Navy	Samoa	April 1, 1899
	Bruno A. Forsterer	Germany	Sergeant	Marine Corps	Samoa	April 1, 1899
	Henry L. Hulbert	England, United Kingdom	Private	Marine Corps	Samoa	April 1, 1899

Philippine-American War

  This with the  † indicates that the Medal of Honor was awarded posthumously

Image	Name	Country of birth	Rank	Branch	Place of action	Date of action	Notes/Reference
	Otto Boehler	Germany	Private	Army	Luzon, Philippines	May 16, 1899
	Joseph Fitz	Austria	Ordinary Seaman	Navy	Sulu, Philippines	March 8, 1906
	Gotfred Jensen	Denmark	Private	Army	Luzon, Philippines	May 13, 1899
	Cornelius J. Leahy †	Ireland	Private	Army	Luzon, Philippines	September 3, 1899
	José B. Nísperos	Philippines	Private	Army	Basilan, Philippines	September 24, 1911
	Thomas F. Prendergast	Ireland	Corporal	Marine Corps	Luzon, Philippines	March 25, 1899 - March 29, 1899 and April 5, 1899
	Patrick Shanahan	Ireland	Chief Boatswain's Mate	Navy	Philippines	May 28, 1899
	Thomas Sletteland	Norway	Private	Army	Luzon, Philippines	April 12, 1899
	George E. Stewart	Australia	Second Lieutenant	Army	Panay, Philippines	November 26, 1899
	Andrew V. Stoltenberg	Norway	Gunner's Mate Second Class	Navy	Samar, Philippines	July 16, 1900
	Paul F. Straub	Germany	Surgeon	Army	Luzon, Philippines	December 21, 1899
	William G. Thordsen	Germany	Coxswain	Navy	Leyte, Philippines	May 6, 1900

Boxer Rebellion

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Image	Name	Country of birth	Rank	Branch	Place of action	Date of action	Notes/Reference
	Edward G. Allen	Netherlands	Boatswain's Mate First Class	Navy	China	June 13, 1900 - June 22, 1900
	James Cooney	Ireland	Private	Marine Corps	Tientsin, China	July 13, 1900
	John O. Dahlgren	Sweden	Corporal	Marine Corps	Beijing, China	June 20, 1900 - July 16, 1900
	Hans A. Hansen	Germany	Seaman	Navy	China	June 13, 1900 - June 22, 1900
	Henry W. Heisch	Germany	Private	Marine Corps	Tientsin, China	June 20, 1900
	Martin Hunt	Ireland	Private	Marine Corps	Beijing, China	June 20, 1900 - July 16, 1900
	Joseph Killackey	Ireland	Landman	Navy	China	June 13, 1900 - June 22, 1900
	Carl E. Petersen	Germany	Chief Machinist	Navy	Beijing, China	June 28, 1900 - August 17, 1900
	William Seach	England, United Kingdom	Ordinary Seaman	Navy	China	June 13, 1900 - June 22, 1900
	Peter Stewart	Scotland, United Kingdom	Gunnery Sergeant	Marine Corps	China	June 13, 1900 - June 22, 1900
	Karl Thomas †	Germany	Coxswain	Navy	China	June 13, 1900 - June 22, 1900
	Martin T. Torgerson	Norway	Gunner's Mate Third Class	Navy	China	June 13, 1900 - June 22, 1900
	Robert H. Von Schlick	Germany	Private	Army	Tientsin, China	July 13, 1900
	Edward A. Walker	Scotland, United Kingdom	Sergeant	Marine Corps	Beijing, China	June 20, 1900 - July 16, 1900
	Axel Westermark	Finland	Seaman	Navy	Beijing, China	June 28, 1900 - August 17, 1900

Occupation of Veracruz

Image	Name	Country of birth	Rank	Branch	Place of action	Date of action	Notes/Reference
	Niels Drustrup	Denmark	Lieutenant	Navy	Veracruz, Mexico	April 21, 1914
	John Grady	Canada	Lieutenant	Navy	Veracruz, Mexico	April 22, 1914

World War I

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Image	Name	Country of birth	Rank	Branch	Place of action	Date of action	Notes/Reference
	Jake Allex	Serbia	Corporal	Army	Chipilly, France	August 9, 1918	Born as Aleksa Mandušić
	Johannes S. Anderson	Finland	First Sergeant	Army	Consenvoye, France	October 8, 1918
	Louis Cukela	Croatia	Sergeant	Marine Corps	Villers-Cotterêts, France	July 18, 1918	Born as Vjekoslav Lujo Čukela; double MOH recipient
	George Dilboy †	Turkey	Private First Class	Army	Belleau, France	July 18, 1918
	George Price Hays	China	First Lieutenant	Army	Greves Farm, France	July 14, 1918 - July 15, 1918	Born to American parents
	Matej Kocak †	Slovakia	Sergeant	Marine Corps	Soissons, France	July 18, 1918	Double MOH recipient
	John C. Latham	England, United Kingdom	Sergeant	Army	Le Catelet, France	September 29, 1918
	Berger Loman	Norway	Private	Army	Consenvoye, France	October 9, 1918
	James I. Mestrovitch †	Montenegro	Sergeant	Army	Fismette, France	August 10, 1918
	Joseph H. Thompson	Ireland	Major	Army	Apremont, France	October 1, 1918
	Michael Valente	Italy	Private	Army	Ronssoy, France	September 29, 1918
	Ludovicus M. M. Van Iersel	Netherlands	Sergeant	Army	Mouzon, France	November 9, 1918
	Reidar Waaler	Norway	Sergeant	Army	Ronssoy, France	September 27, 1918

World War II

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Image	Name	Country of birth	Rank	Branch	Place of action	Date of action	Notes/Reference
	Jose Calugas	Philippines	Sergeant	Army	Bataan, Philippines	January 16, 1942	Despite his birth in a US territory, he was classified as an immigrant due to the Tydings–McDuffie Act
	Robert Craig †	Scotland, United Kingdom	Second Lieutenant	Army	Sicily, Italy	July 11, 1943
	Marcario Garcia	Mexico	Staff Sergeant	Army	Grosshau, Germany	November 27, 1944
	Eric G. Gibson †	Sweden	Technician Fifth Grade	Army	Isola Bella, Italy	January 28, 1944
	Robert M. Hanson †	India	First Lieutenant	Marine Corps	Bougainville Island and New Britain	November 1, 1943 and January 24, 1944	Born to American parents
	Silvestre S. Herrera	Mexico	Private First Class	Army	Mertzwiller, France	March 15, 1945
	James H. Howard	China	Major	Army Air Forces	Germany	January 11, 1944	Born to American parents
	Isadore S. Jachman †	Germany	Staff Sergeant	Army	Flamierge, Belgium	January 4, 1945
	Charles A. MacGillivary	Canada	Sergeant	Army	Woelfling, France	January 1, 1945
	Archibald Mathies †	Scotland, United Kingdom	Sergeant	Army Air Forces	Germany	February 20, 1944
	Nicholas Minue †	Poland	Private	Army	Medjezel Bab, Tunisia	April 28, 1943
	Douglas A. Munro †	Canada	Signalman First Class	Coast Guard	Guadalcanal	September 27, 1942	Born to an American father; only Coast Guard MOH recipient
	Peter Tomich †	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Chief Watertender	Navy	Pearl Harbor, Hawaii	December 7, 1941	Born as Petar Herceg

Korean War

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Image	Name	Country of birth	Rank	Branch	Place of action	Date of action	Notes/Reference
	John K. Koelsch †	England, United Kingdom	Lieutenant Junior Grade	Navy	North Korea	July 3, 1951
	Tibor Rubin	Hungary	Corporal	Army	South Korea North Korea	July 23, 1950 - April 20, 1953

Vietnam War

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Image	Name	Country of birth	Rank	Branch	Place of action	Date of action	Notes/Reference
	Lewis Albanese †	Italy	Private First Class	Army	Republic of Vietnam	December 1, 1966
	Jon R. Cavaiani	England, United Kingdom	Staff Sergeant	Army	Republic of Vietnam	December 4, 1971 - December 5, 1971
	Jose F. Jimenez †	Mexico	Lance Corporal	Marine Corps	Quang Nam Province, Republic of Vietnam	August 28, 1969
	Peter C. Lemon	Canada	Specialist Fourth Class	Army	Tay Ninh Province, Republic of Vietnam	April 1, 1970
	Laszlo Rabel †	Hungary	Staff Sergeant	Army	Binh Dinh Province, Republic of Vietnam	November 13, 1968
	Alfred V. Rascon	Mexico	Specialist Fourth Class	Army	Republic of Vietnam	March 16, 1966
	Leslie H. Sabo, Jr. †	Austria	Sergeant	Army	Cambodia	May 10, 1970	His parents were Hungarian refugees

Peacetime

Image	Name	Country of birth	Rank	Branch	Place of action	Date of action	Notes/Reference
	William Ahern	Ireland	Watertender	Navy	On board the USS Puritan	July 1, 1897
	William Anderson	Sweden	Coxswain	Navy	On board the USS Powhatan	June 28, 1878
	Heinrich Behnke	Germany	Seaman	Navy	On board the USS Iowa	January 25, 1905
	William H. Belpitt	Australia	Captain of the Afterguard	Navy	Fuzhou, China	October 7, 1884
	James Benson	Denmark	Seaman	Navy	On board the USS Ossipee	June 20, 1872	Joined the Navy from Japan
	Ernest H. Bjorkman	Sweden	Ordinary Seaman	Navy	On board the USS Leyden	January 21, 1903
	Thomas Cahey	Ireland	Seaman	Navy	On board the USS Petrel	March 31, 1901
	August Chandron	France	Seaman Apprentice	Navy	Alexandria, Egypt	November 21, 1885
	Demetri Corahorgi	Italy	Fireman First Class	Navy	On board the USS Iowa	January 25, 1905
	Thomas Cramen	Ireland	Boatswain's Mate	Navy	On board the USS Portsmouth	February 7, 1882
	John Davis	Jamaica	Ordinary Seaman	Navy	Toulon, France	February 1881
	John Dempsey	Ireland	Seaman	Navy	Shanghai, China	January 23, 1875
	Austin Denham	England, United Kingdom	Seaman	Navy	Greytown, Nicaragua	April 12, 1872
	Thomas Eadie	Scotland, United Kingdom	Chief Gunner's Mate	Navy	Cape Cod, Massachusetts	December 18, 1927
	Walter Elmore	England, United Kingdom	Landman	Navy	Mediterranean Sea	October 1, 1878	Joined the Navy from France
	John Everetts	Canada	Gunner's Mate Third Class	Navy	On board the USS Cushing	February 11, 1898
	Isaac L. Fasseur	Netherlands	Ordinary Seaman	Navy	Callao, Peru	June 13, 1884	Joined the Navy from Chile
	John Flannagan	Ireland	Boatswain's Mate	Navy	Le Havre, France	October 26, 1878
	Edward Floyd	Ireland	Boilermaker	Navy	On board the USS Iowa	January 25, 1905
	Alphonse Girandy	Guadeloupe	Seaman	Navy	On board the USS Petrel	March 31, 1901
	Rade Grbitch	Austria	Seaman	Navy	On board the USS Bennington	July 21, 1905
	William Halford	England, United Kingdom	Coxswain	Navy	Pacific Ocean	November - December 1870
	Luovi Halling	Sweden	Boatswain's Mate First Class	Navy	Near Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts	September 15, 1904
	George Hill	England, United Kingdom	Chief Quarter Gunner	Navy	Greytown, Nicaragua	April 12, 1872
	Johannes J. Johannessen	Norway	Chief Watertender	Navy	On board the USS Iowa	January 25, 1905	Joined the Navy from Japan
	William Johnson	Saint Vincent	Cooper	Navy	On board the USS Adams	November 14, 1879
	Thomas Kersey	Canada	Ordinary Seaman	Navy	On board the USS Plymouth	July 26, 1876
	Hugh King	Ireland	Ordinary Seaman	Navy	On board the USS Iroquois	September 7, 1871
	John King	Ireland	Watertender	Navy	On board the USS Vicksburg On board the USS Salem	May 29, 1901 September 13, 1909	Double MOH recipient
	Robert Klein	Germany	Chief Carpenter's Mate	Navy	On board the USS Raleigh	January 25, 1904	Joined the Navy from France
	Patrick J. Kyle	Ireland	Landman	Navy	Port Mahon, Minorca	March 13, 1879
	Emile Lejeune	France	Seaman	Navy	On board the USS Plymouth	June 6, 1876
	George Low	Canada	Seaman	Navy	On board the USS Tennessee	February 15, 1881	Born as George Low Evatt
	Edward Maddin	Canada	Ordinary Seaman	Navy	Lisbon, Portugal	January 9, 1876
	Joseph Matthews	Malta	Captain of the Top	Navy	On board the USS Constitution	February 13, 1879
	James H. McDonald	Scotland, United Kingdom	Chief Metalsmith	Navy	Isles of Shoals, New Hampshire	May 23, 1939
	Mons Monssen	Norway	Chief Gunner's Mate	Navy	On board the USS Missouri	April 13, 1904
	Philip Moore	Canada	Seaman	Navy	Genoa, Italy	September 21, 1880
	William Morse	Germany	Seaman	Navy	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	September 19, 1880
	Joseph B. Noil	Canada	Seaman	Navy	On board the USS Powhatan	December 26, 1872
	Isadore Nordstrom	Sweden	Chief Boatswain's Mate	Navy	On board the USS Kearsarge	April 13, 1906
	August Ohmsen	Germany	Master-at-Arms	Navy	On board the USS Tallapoosa	August 21, 1884
	Ludwig A. Olsen	Norway	Captain of the Hold	Navy	Honolulu, Hawaii Callao, Peru	March 16, 1883 June 13, 1884	Double MOH recipient
	John O'Neal	Ireland	Boatswain's Mate	Navy	Greytown, Nicaragua	April 12, 1872
	Christian Osepins	Netherlands	Master-at-Arms	Navy	Hampton Roads, Virginia	May 7, 1882
	Alexander Peters	Russia	Boatswain's Mate First Class	Navy	Near Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts	September 15, 1904
	Richard Pile	West Indies	Ordinary Seaman	Navy	Greytown, Nicaragua	April 12, 1872
	Patrick Regan	Ireland	Ordinary Seaman	Navy	Coquimbo, Chile	July 30, 1873
	Patrick Reid	Ireland	Chief Watertender	Navy	On board the USS North Dakota	September 8, 1910
	Henry L. Simpson	England, United Kingdom	Fireman First Class	Navy	Monrovia, Liberia	October 31, 1877
	James Smith	Kingdom of Hawaii	Seaman	Navy	Greytown, Nicaragua	April 12, 1872
	John Smith	Bermuda	Seaman	Navy	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	September 19, 1880
	Thomas Smith	Ireland	Seaman	Navy	Pará, Brazil	October 1, 1878
	Wilhelm Smith	Germany	Gunner's Mate First Class	Navy	On board the USS New York	January 24, 1916
	Thomas Stanton	Ireland	Chief Machinist's Mate	Navy	On board the USS North Dakota	September 8, 1910
	Robert A. Sweeney	Canada	Ordinary Seaman	Navy	Hampton Roads, Virginia On board the USS Jamestown	October 26, 1881 December 20, 1883	Double MOH recipient
	August P. Teytand	West Indies	Quartermaster Third Class	Navy	On board the USS Leyden	January 21, 1903
	James Thayer	Ireland	Ship's Corporal	Navy	On board the USS Constitution	November 16, 1879
	Michael Thornton	Ireland	Seaman	Navy	On board the USS Leyden	August 26, 1881
	Paul Tobin	France	Landman	Navy	Hamburg, Germany	July 3, 1871
	Telesforo Trinidad	Philippines	Fireman Second Class	Navy	On board the USS San Diego	January 21, 1915
	Alexander H. Turvelin	Russia	Seaman	Navy	Toulon, France	February 1881
	Adam Weissel	Germany	Cook	Navy	On board the USS Minnesota	August 26, 1881
	Karl Westa	Norway	Chief Machinist's Mate	Navy	On board the USS North Dakota	September 8, 1910
	Antonio Williams	Malta	Seaman	Navy	On board the USS Huron	November 24, 1877
	Henry Williams	Canada	Carpenter's Mate	Navy	On board the USS Constitution	February 13, 1879
	August Wilson	Germany	Boilermaker	Navy	On board the USS Puritan	July 1, 1897

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