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Chief Petty Officers earning the Medal of Honor


MMC William Badders                          13 May 1939
BMC James H. Bennett                         11 May 1898
Chief Watertender Robert E. Boney            14 Feb. 1910
GMC George Bradley                           13 Sept. 1923
GMC George F. Brady                          11 May 1898
BMC Joseph Clancy                            13-22 June 1900
GMC John J. Clausey                          05 Jan. 1906
MMC Thomas C. Cooney                         11 May 1898
GMC Robert E. Cox                            13 April 1904
BMC Orson L. Crandall                        23 May 1939
GMC Frank Wiliam Crilley                     17 April 1915
GMC Thomas Eadie                             18 Dec. 1927
AOC John William Finn                        07 Dec. 1941 (Note 3)
QMC Patrick H. Grace                         10-11 June 1871 (presented 1915)
Chief Carpenter's Mate William F. Hamberger  13-22 June 1900
BMC Edwin Joseph Hill (posthumous)           07 Dec. 1941
Chief Watertender August Holtz               08 Sept. 1910
Chief Carpenter's Mate Franz Anton Itrich    01 Mnay 1898
Chief Watertender Johannes Johannessen       25 Jan. 1905
MMC Hans Johnsen                             11 May 1898
Chief Carpenter's Mate Robert Klein          25 Jan. 1904
BMC John MacKenzie                           17 Dec. 1917
BMC John McCloy                              22 April 1914 
                                            (his second, 
                                            first one as Coxswain in 
                                            Boxer Rebellion 13-22 
                                            June 1900. USS McCloy 
                                            named for him.
Chief Metalsmith James Harper McDonald       23 May 1939
GMC Mons Monssen                             13 April 1904
MAC Daniel Montague                          02 June 1898
BMC Isidor Nordstrom                         13 April 1906
MMC Francis Edward Ormsbee Jr.               25 Sept. 1918
MMC Carl E. Peterson                         17 Aug. 1900
Chief Watertender Oscar Verner Peterson      07 May 1942
Chief Watertender Patrick Reid               08 Sept. 1910
*MMC George William Rud                      29 Aug. 1916
GMC Oscar Schmidt Jr.                        1919
Chief Gunner Robert Semple                   21 April 1914
BMC Patrick Shanahan                         28 May 1899
Chief Watertender Eugene P. Smith            09 Sept. 1915
EMC William E. Snyder                        04 Jan. 1910
MMC Thomas Stanton                           08 Sept. 1910
MAC John Stokes                              31 March 1899
Chief Carpenter's Mate Axel Sundquist        26-27 July 1898
* Chief Watertender Peter Tomich             07 Dec. 1941
BMC Jeremiah Troy                            18 Oct. 1884
MMC Michael Walsh                            21 Jan. 1903
MMC Karl Westa                               08 Sept. 1910

1. Source: "Medal of Honor Recipients 1863-1978: In the name of the Congress of the United States" plus addendums, published by the U.S. Senate

2. Note that the name of the medal is "Medal of Honor." It incorrectly is often referred to as the "Congressional" Medal of Honor. By law, it simply is "Medal of Honor."

3. The Navy Medal of Honor is our nation's oldest continuously awarded decoration. It was established for enlisted men in 1861 and, until 1942, could be awarded for either combat and non-combat ("in the line of profession") heroism. Officers became eligible in 1915.


Last Update: 1 October 96