What is the number of multiple recipients of the Medal of Honor?

Answer 1

Originally four (4). One each for WWI, WWII, Korea and Vietnam, laid to rest in the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington, VA near Washington, DC. In 1998, the remains of the Vietnam War unknown was identified (through DNA), as USAF LT Michael Blassie, shot down near An Loc in 1972. He was reinterred in a family plot; the crypt of the Vietnam Unknown remains empty to this day. So now there are only three (3).

Answer 2

There are multiple Unknown's. # at The Tomb of the Unknown; the other 3 of the ones decided upon for the Unknown of World War One are buried in France; the other 3 that were chosen from for World War Two are in France and Italy; the other 3 Unknowns of the Korean War/Conflict are buried across the United States. There are even Unknowns from the Civil War, the Spanish-American War, the Boxer Rebellion, and Vietnam, that were not recipients of the Medal of Honor and lay in Arlington National Cemetery.

Answer 3

Nineteen individuals have received two Medals of Honor.

Answer 4

Since its' creation in 1862, the US Medal of Honor has been awarded to just short of one thousand military personnel.

Answer 5

Probably none; since no one knows their names.

Answer 6

The three unknown soldiers from WWI, WWII and Korea buried in the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia have each been awarded the Medal of Honor

Answer 7

At least 3.The Vietnam Unknown, upon being identified, was learned by the CMOHS to be a constant pain in the butt. The Medal was permanently removed. He lies in St. Louis, MO.