Medal of Honor
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishMedal of HonorˌMedal of ˈHonor noun [countable] the most important medal given by the US to a soldier, sailor etc who has done something extremely braveExamples from the CorpusMedal of Honor• He earned the Congressional Medal of Honor for his valor in battle.• I could have won the Congressional Medal of Honor.• Day is a former Air Force colonel and a recipient of the Medal of Honor.