Benjamin Lewis Salomon (September 1, 1914 – July 7, 1944) was a United States Army dentist during World War II, assigned as a front-line surgeon.

In 1940, he was drafted into the United States Army and began his military service as an infantry private, qualifying expert in rifle and pistol.

With little dental work to do during active combat, Salomon volunteered to replace the 2nd Battalion's surgeon, who had been wounded.

Gen. Ogden J. Ross, the assistant commander of the 27th Division, Love gathered eyewitness accounts and prepared a recommendation for the Medal of Honor for Salomon.

Officially, Griner declined to approve the award because Salomon was "in the medical service and wore a Red Cross brassard upon his arm.

Under the rules of the Geneva Convention, to which the United States subscribes, no medical officer can bear arms against the enemy.

More recent interpretations of the convention, as well as the US Laws of Land Warfare,[5] allow use of personal weapons (i.e., rifles and pistols) in self-defense or in defense of patients and staff, as long as the medical soldier does not wear the Red Cross.

The recommendation was returned without action with another pro-forma reason: the time limit for submitting World War II awards had passed.

In 1969, another Medal of Honor recommendation was submitted by Lt. Gen. Hal B. Jennings, the Surgeon General of the United States Army.

[8] West then presented the Medal to Sculley for permanent placement in the Army Medical Department Museum in San Antonio, Texas.

Although both units fought furiously, the enemy soon penetrated the Battalions’ combined perimeter and inflicted overwhelming casualties.

Realizing the gravity of the situation, Captain Salomon ordered the wounded to make their way as best they could back to the regimental aid station, while he attempted to hold off the enemy until they were clear.