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| Image | Name | Service | Rank | Place of action | Date of action | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams, LucianLucian Adams | Army | E-06 !Staff Sergeant | near St. Die, France | 01944-10-28October 28, 1944 | For single-handedly destroying enemy machine gun emplacements to re-establish supply lines to U.S. Army companies | |
| Agerholm, Harold C.Harold C. Agerholm † | Marine Corps | E-02 !Private First Class | Saipan, Marianas Islands | 01944-07-07July 7, 1944 | For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty while serving with the Fourth Battalion, Tenth Marines, SECOND Marine Division, in action against enemy Japanese forces on Saipan, Marianas Islands, 7 July 1944. When the enemy launched a fierce, determined counterattack against our positions and overran a neighboring artillery battalion, Private First Class Agerholm immediately volunteered to assist in the efforts to check the hostile attack and evacuate our wounded. Locating and appropriating an abandoned ambulance jeep, he repeatedly made extremely perilous trips under heavy rifle and mortar fire and single-handledly loaded and evacuted approximately 45 casualities, working tirelessly and with utter disregard for his own safety during a gruelling period of more than 3 hours. Despite intense, persistent enemy fire, he ran out to aid two men whom he believed to be wounded Marines but was himself mortally wounded by a Japanese sniper while carrying out his hazardous mission. | |
| — | Anderson, Beauford T.Beauford T. Anderson | Army | E-07 !Technical Sergeant | Okinawa | 01945-05-13April 13, 1945 | Risked his life to save several of his fellow soldiers and repel an enemy attack single-handedly. |
| Anderson, Richard B.Richard B. Anderson † | Marine Corps | E-02 !Private First Class | Roi Island, Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands | 01944-03-01February 1, 1944 | For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty while serving with the FOURTH Marine Division during action against enemy Japanese forces on Roi Island, Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands, 1 February 1944. Entering a shell crater occupied by three other Marines, Private First Class Anderson was preparing to throw a grenade at an enemy position when it slipped from his hands and rolled toward the men at the bottom of the hole. With insufficient time to retrieve the armed weapon and throw it, Private First Class Anderson fearlessly chose to sacrifice himself and save his companions by hurling his body upon the grenade and taking the full impact of the explosion. | |
| — | Antolak, SylvesterSylvester Antolak † | Army | E-05 !Sergeant | near Cisterna di Littoria, Italy | 01944-05-24May 24, 1944 | Near Cisterna di Littoria, Italy, he charged 200 yards over flat, coverless terrain to destroy an enemy machinegun nest during the second day of the offensive which broke through the German cordon of steel around the Anzio beachhead. |
| Antrim, Richard N.Richard N. Antrim | Navy | O-03 !Lieutenant | Makassar, Celebes, Netherlands East Indies | 01942-05-01April 1942 | During the early part of his imprisonment at Makassar in April 1942, he saw a Japanese guard brutally beating a fellow prisoner of war and successfully intervened, at great risk to his own life. For his conspicuous act of valor, Antrim later received the Medal of Honor. | |
| Atkins, Thomas E.Thomas E. Atkins | Army | E-02 !Private First Class | Villa Verde Trail, Luzon, Philippine Islands | 01945-03-10March 10, 1945 | Remained in his fox hole for 4 hours bearing the brunt of each enemy assault and maintaining fire until each charge was repulsed. |
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