Medal of Honor
 

The Medal of Honor

Seven VMI alumni have received the Medal of Honor, the highest and most rarely awarded decoration conferred by the United States. The medal is presented for "personal bravery or self sacrifice...involving the risk of life." Photographs and full citations of the VMI recipients are viewed by clicking on their name.

Clarence E Sutton, VMI 1890
Charles E. Kilbourne, VMI 1894
Cary D. Langhorne,  VMI 1894
Aldophus Staton, VMI 1899
William P. Upshur,VMI 1902
Richard E. Byrd, VMI 1908
Edward R. Schowalter, Jr., VMI 1951

 


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