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List of Italian American Medal of Honor Recipients


I have been wanting to do this post for quite sometime now, and with Memorial Day upon us I wanted to get it done. Amazing and inspirational stories of America’s bravest.
You can find all the MOH winners here.
Civil War

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Indian Wars

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Spanish American War

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World War I

Michael Valente
U.S. Army
Private First Class
107th Infantry, 27th Division
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World War II

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Ralph Cheli
U.S. Army Air Force
Major
405th Bomber Squadron, 38th Bomb Group
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Peter Dalessandro
U.S. Army
Tech Sgt
1st Battalion, 39th Infantry
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Arthur DeFranzo
U.S. Army
Staff Sgt
18th Infantry, 1st Regiment
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Gino Merli
U.S. Army
Staff Sgt
18th Infantry, 2nd Battalion
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Korean War

Reginald Desiderio
U.S. Army
Captain
Company E, 27th Infantry
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Joseph Vittori
USMC
Coporal
Company F, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Div
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Vietnam War

Michael J. Crescenz
U.S. Army
Corporal
COMPANY A, 4TH BATTALION, 31ST INFANTRY, 196TH INFANTRY BRIGADE,
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Lewis Albanese
U.S. Army
PFC
7th Calvary Reg, 1st Div
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Vincent Capodanno
U.S. Navy
Lieutenant
3rd Battalion, 5th Marines

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Gino Merli
U.S. Army
Sgt Major
5th Special Forces, Delta Force
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Frank Fratellenico
U.S. Army
Coporal
Company B 2nd Battalion, 502 Infantry
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Gary Martini
USMC
PFC
2nd Battalion, 1st Marines

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Louis Rocco
U.S. Army
Chief Warrant Officer Two
Advisory Unit 2
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Humbert Versace
U.S. Army
Captain
MAAG

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War In Afghanistan

Jared Monti
U.S. Army
Sgt First Class
71st Calvary, 1st Mountain Div

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Salvatore Giunta
U.S. Army
Staff Sgt
173rd Airborne

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