Gold Star Veterans : Minnesota Medal of Honor

12 Total Results

★ indicates a related state match, for example, born in or lived in or attended school in Minnesota

	Name	State	Date	War	Branch
1	Willibald C Bianchi	MN	01-09-1945	WW II	Army
2	Henry Alexius Courtney Jr	MN	05-15-1945	WW II	Marines
3	Richard E Fleming	MN	06-05-1943	WW II	Marines
4	Louis James Hauge Jr	MN	05-14-1945	WW II	Marines
5	James Dennis La Belle	MN	03-08-1945	WW II	Marines
6	Kenneth Lee Olson	MN	05-13-1968	Vietnam	Army
7	Robert Joseph Pruden	MN	11-20-1969	Vietnam	Army
8	Laszlo Rabel	MN	11-13-1968	Vietnam	Army
9	★ Frederick Eliphaz Smith	ND	09-29-1918	WW I	Army
10	★ Franklin Van Valkenburgh	CA	12-07-1941	WW II	Navy
11	Dale Eugene Wayrynen	MN	05-19-1967	Vietnam	Army
12	Nels T Wold	MN	09-26-1918	WW I	Army

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