Pages in category "Double Recipients of the Medal of Honor" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. Nine more men received two Medals of Honor in the 19th century, including Robert Augustus Sweeney, an African American sailor who heroically saved shipmates from drowning in both 1881 and 1883. Our interactive database contains every Medal of Honor recipient since its initial inception in 1861. Use the search bar to filter and sort the database by first name, last name, service branch, and conflict. Hispanic American • • World War II was a global military conflict. It is also called Second World War. It was the joining of what started off as two separate conflicts. The first began in Asia as the Second Sino-Japanese War. The other began in Europe in 1939 with the German invasion of Poland. [1] Sgt. Maj. Dan Daly and Maj. Gen. Smedley Butler are the only double recipients of the Medal of Honor. At 5 feet, 6 inches and 132 pounds, Daly was a force to be reckoned with. 38 Recipients of Two Medals of Honor. ‹. 1. 2. 3. 4. ›. View a list of all the Recipients of Two Medals of Honor of the Medal of Honor at the official website of the Congressional Medal of Honor Society. B4iRg.