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The National Medal of Honor Museum is a museum that honors United States Armed Forces Medal of Honor recipients, founded and funded by the National Medal of Honor Museum Foundation. [1] The museum is scheduled to open in March 2025 in Arlington, Texas, with groundbreaking beginning in March 2022. [2] Previously, the group decided to build the ...
Medal of Honor recipients. As of May 2006, there were 367 Medal of Honor recipients buried in Arlington National Cemetery, nine of whom are Canadians. Alan Louis Eggers, Medal of Honor recipient for World War I A. George Emerson Albee (1845–1918), US Army officer; received for actions during the Indian Wars
Bronze Star Medal. Purple Heart. Ross Andrew McGinnis (June 14, 1987 – December 4, 2006) was a United States Army soldier who was posthumously awarded the United States' highest decoration for bravery, the Medal of Honor, for his actions during the Iraq War . While serving as the gunner in a HMMWV, his convoy was attacked and a hand grenade ...
Vernon Joseph Baker (December 17, 1919 – July 13, 2010) was a United States Army first lieutenant who was an infantry company platoon leader during World War II and a paratrooper during the Korean War. In 1997, he was awarded the Medal of Honor, the nation's highest military decoration for valor, for his actions on April 5–6, 1945, near ...
Purple Heart (2) James Megellas (March 11, 1917 – April 2, 2020) was a United States Army lieutenant colonel. During World War II, he was a rifle company platoon leader and is considered to be one of the most decorated combat officers in the history of the 82nd Airborne Division. He received the Distinguished Service Cross for extraordinary ...
Sixty-one Canadians who were serving in the United States Armed Forces have received the Medal of Honor; most received it for actions in the American Civil War. Since 1900, only four have been awarded to Canadians. [10] In the Vietnam War, Peter C. Lemon was the only Canadian-born recipient of the Medal of Honor.
Bronze Star. Purple Heart. Croix de Guerre. Charles Andrew MacGillivary (January 17, 1917 – June 24, 2000) was a Medal of Honor recipient, born in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada. A sergeant in the United States Army, he was attached to Company I, 71st Infantry, 44th Infantry Division during World War II .
Command Sergeant Major. Unit. 12th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division. Battles/wars. Vietnam War. Awards. Medal of Honor. Delbert Owen Jennings (July 23, 1936 – March 16, 2003) was a United States Army soldier and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration—the Medal of Honor —for his actions in the Vietnam War .