In its 100-year history, seventeen 7th Infantry Division soldiers have been recipients of the Medal of Honor.
World War II
- PFC Leonard C. Brostrom, 17th Infantry Regiment
- PFC John F. Thorson, 17th Infantry Regiment
- PVT Joe P. Martinez, 32nd Infantry Regiment
The Korean War
- PVT Charles H. Baker, 17th Infantry Regiment
- Lt. Col. Don C. Faith, Jr., 32nd Infantry Regiment
- PFC Jack G. Hanson, 31st Infantry Regiment
- Capt. Raymond Harvey, 17th Infantry Regiment
- Sgt. Einar H. Ingman, 17th Infantry Regiment
- Cpl. William F. Lyell, 17th Infantry Regiment
- Ralph E. Pomeroy, 31st Infantry Regiment
- Sgt. Joseph C. Rodriguez, 17th Infantry Regiment
- Cpl. Daniel Schoonover, 13th Combat Engineers
- 1st Lt. Edward R. Schowalter, Jr., 31st Infantry Regiment
- 1st Lt. Richard T. Shea, 17th Infantry Regiment
- 1st Lt. Benjamin F. Wilson, 31st Infantry Regiment
- PFC Anthony T. Kaho'ohanohano, 17th Infantry Regiment
- PFC Henry Svehla, 32nd Infantry Regiment