I have read, but do not know for certain, that the president and all armed forces members do salute Medal of Honor recipients. However, there is no documented requirement for this gesture. We must distinguish between regulation and tradition here. There is no written military regulation that requires a senior officer to ever salute a junior officer or an enlisted man first, regardless of what award the junior holds. However it has been a long standing military tradition to render a salute first (or at least simultaneously) to a Medal of Honor recipient. When doing so, the senior officer is not technically saluting the man, but the award, in the same way that military personnel saluting a color guard are saluting the US flag and not the flag bearer. I hope this clarifies things.
Every Military Service member is required to Salute a recipient. A great example I can give is for the SSG Gunta who is currently on Active Duty. Now for information to clarify - it's not that a 4-Star General is actually rendering a salute to a Staff Sergeant, however they are rendering the salute to the Medal of Honor itself. This is taught to each every Soldier, Sailor, Marine, and Airman in Basic Training and Basic Officer School under Military Courtesy and Honor.
Technically, military service members salute the medal not the recipient, provided that recipient is not an officer. If the recipient is an officer, service members salute the recipeint's rank and the medal.
Think of it as similar to military service members saluting the flag.
Every military person (including the President) salutes a MOH recipient
The president only salutes Medal of Honor recipients
A Medal of Honor winner is entitled to a salute from everyone, even those that hold a superior rank.
Only if they outrank you. In the US, only a Medal of Honor winner is entitled to a salute.
Who is there to salute? The medal does not rate a salute, the person who earned it rates the salute. In this case they are deceased.
He is died
Go to the Medal of Honor web site. You can find out there.
As of 2017 no Medal of Honor winner has been openly gay.
Shake his/her hand. Be respectful. If you are in uniform, they rate a salute!
The President may (at his discretion) salute anyone he likes, although this is normally reserved for recipients of the Medal of Honor.
There is NO law or regulation that says they have to salute. There are strongly encouraged to salute a recipient out of respect and most likely get their butt kicked if they don't, but they are not obligated to salute.
Sgt Elvin York
Medal of Honor winner Thomas McGuire.
Yes. It is customary for junior officers to salute more senior officers. They also salute officers wearing command insignia and everyone, officer or enlisted salute anyone wearing the medal of honor.