Congressional Medal of Honor Statistics

From the Congressional Medal of Honor Society
www.cmohs.org 

The Congressional Medal of Honor is awarded by the United States government; it is the highest military decoration awarded, and it is bestowed by the President in the name of Congress.

First Medal of Honor was awarded to Private Jacob Parrott on March 25, 1863.

The most recent Medal of Honor was awarded to Sergeant Dakota Meyer on September 15, 2011. 

The only woman awarded the Medal of Honor was Mary Walker for the Battle of Bull Run on July 21, 1861. She was a civilian contract assistant surgeon.

There have been a total of 3458 Medals of Honor awarded.

There are currently 85 living recipients of the Medal of Honor.

248 Vietnam Veterans received the Medal of Honor.

The war with the greatest number of Medal of Honor recipients was the Civil War: 1522 awarded.