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Arlington National Cemetery

412 Medal of Honor recipients are buried at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia.

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Arlington National Cemetery is the largest cemetery in the United States National Cemetery System, one of two maintained by the United States Army. More than 400,000 people are buried in its 639 acres (259 ha) in Arlington County, Virginia. Arlington National Cemetery was established on 13 May 1864, during the American Civil War. It was named after Arlington Estate, the land on which the cemetery was built. — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

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U.S. Civil War95
World War II71
Mexican Campaign (Vera Cruz)39
Vietnam War38
Indian Campaigns36
World War I29
Korean War22
Philippine Insurrection22

Recipients buried here · page 1 of 4

BA Bennie G. Adkins Sergeant First Class · Army Vietnam War · 1966 George Emerson Albee First Lieutenant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869 Beauford Theodore Anderson Technical Sergeant · Army World War II · 1945 Edwin Alexander Anderson Captain · Navy Veracruz 1914 · 1914 Marion T. Anderson Captain · Army Civil War · 1864 Richard Nott Antrim Commander · Navy World War II · 1942 OB Oscar Charles Badger Ensign · Navy Veracruz 1914 · 1914 Absalom Baird Brigadier General · Army Civil War · 1864 Addison Earl Baker Lieutenant Colonel · Air Force World War II · 1943 ✦ JB John Franklin Baker Jr. Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1966 Vernon Joseph Baker First Lieutenant · Army World War II · 1945 Frank Dwight Baldwin Captain · Army Civil War · 1864 Frank Dwight Baldwin First Lieutenant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1874 William Earl Barber Captain · Marine Corps Korean War · 1950 Will Croft Barnes Private First Class · Army Indian Campaigns · 1881 John "Manila John" Basilone Sergeant · Marine Corps World War II · 1942 Richard Napoleon Batchelder Lieutenant Colonel and Chief Quartermaster · Army Civil War · 1863 Matthew Arlington Batson First Lieutenant · Army Philippine Insurrection · 1899 JB Jean J. Beaufort Corporal · Army Civil War · 1863 Bernard Pious Bell Technical Sergeant · Army World War II · 1944 Dennis Bell Private · Army Spanish-American War · 1898 James Franklin Bell Colonel · Army Philippine Insurrection · 1899 Floyd Bennett Machinist · Navy Interim 1920–1940 · 1926 Randolph Carter Berkeley Major · Marine Corps Veracruz 1914 · 1914 HB Horatio L. Birdsall Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1865 William Edward Birkhimer Captain · Army Philippine Insurrection · 1899 Zenas Randall Bliss Colonel · Army Civil War · 1862 RB Robert Blume Seaman · Navy Spanish-American War · 1898 PB Peter Martin Boehm Second Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1865 Joel Thompson Boone Lieutenant Commander · Navy World War I · 1918 John Gregory Bourke Private · Army Civil War · 1862 JB John W. Boutwell Private · Army Civil War · 1865 Gregory "Pappy" Boyington Major · Marine Corps World War II · 1943 Henry Van ness Boynton Lieutenant Colonel · Army Civil War · 1863 SB Sanford Bradbury First Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869 FB Felix Brannigan Private · Army Civil War · 1863 GB George Breeman Seaman · Navy Interim 1899–1910 · 1906 Lloyd Milton Brett Second Lieutenant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1880 Andre Walker Brewster Captain · Army Boxer Rebellion · 1900 Deming Bronson First Lieutenant · Army World War I · 1918 BB Bobbie Evan Brown Jr. Captain · Army World War II · 1944 JB John Harties Brown Captain · Army Civil War · 1864 Allen Buchanan Lieutenant Commander · Navy Veracruz 1914 · 1914 DB David Eastburn Buckingham First Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1865 John Duncan Bulkeley Lieutenant · Navy World War II · 1941 DB Daniel Webster Burke First Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1862 Lloyd Leslie "scooter" Burke First Lieutenant · Army Korean War · 1951 George Ritter Burnett Second Lieutenant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1881 Richard Evelyn Byrd Jr. Commander · Navy Interim 1920–1940 · 1926 Bernard Albert Byrne Captain · Army Philippine Insurrection · 1899 TC Thomas Cahey Seaman · Navy Interim 1899–1910 · 1901 JC James Spencer Calvert Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 JC James A. Campbell Private · Army Civil War · 1865 Johnny Lee Canley Gunnery Sergeant · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1968 Tedford Harris Cann Seaman · Navy World War I · 1917 Charles E. Capehart Major · Army Civil War · 1863 HC Henry Capehart Colonel · Army Civil War · 1864 Wayne Maurice Caron Hospital Corpsman Third Class · Navy Vietnam War · 1968 ✦ Bruce Wayne Carter Private First Class · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1969 ✦ Edward Allen Carter Jr. Staff Sergeant · Army World War II · 1945 ✦ JC Joseph Edward Carter Blacksmith · Navy Spanish-American War · 1898 JC Joseph Franklin Carter Captain · Army Civil War · 1865 RC Robert Goldthwaite Carter Second Lieutenant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1871 William Harding Carter First Lieutenant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1881 Robert Webster Cary Lieutenant Commander · Navy Interim 1915–1916 · 1915 Guy Wilkinson stuart Castle Lieutenant · Navy Veracruz 1914 · 1914 Albertus Wright Catlin Major · Marine Corps Veracruz 1914 · 1914 Isaac Swartwood Catlin Colonel · Army Civil War · 1864 Jon Robert Cavaiani Staff Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1971 JC Joseph Samuel Cecil First Lieutenant · Army Philippine Insurrection · 1906 JC Justice Marion Chambers Lieutenant Colonel · Marine Corps World War II · 1945 George Charette Gunner's Mate First Class · Navy Spanish-American War · 1898 Cornelius H. Charlton Sergeant · Army Korean War · 1951 ✦ Benjamin Harrison Cheever Jr. First Lieutenant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1891 JC James Isaac Christiancy First Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1864 James Robb Church Assistant Surgeon · Army Spanish-American War · 1898 JC Joseph Clancy Chief Boatswain's Mate · Navy Boxer Rebellion · 1900 CC Cecil Clay Captain · Army Civil War · 1864 JC John Walton Collier Corporal · Army Korean War · 1950 ✦ MC Martin Conboy First Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1862 Clarence Milville Condon Sergeant · Army Philippine Insurrection · 1899 Donald Gilbert Cook Colonel · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1964 ✦ John Cook Bugler · Army Civil War · 1862 John Coughlin Lieutenant Colonel · Army Civil War · 1864 George McCall Courts Lieutenant, j.g. · Navy Veracruz 1914 · 1914 Orson Leon Crandall Chief Boatswain's Mate · Navy Interim 1920–1940 · 1939 GC George Cregan Coxswain · Navy Veracruz 1914 · 1914 Michael Joseph Crescenz Corporal · Army Vietnam War · 1968 ✦ Frank William Crilley Chief Gunner's Mate · Navy Interim 1915–1916 · 1915 Thomas Cruse Second Lieutenant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1882 Louis Cukela Sergeant · Marine Corps World War I · 1918 Louis Cukela Sergeant · Marine Corps World War I · 1918 JC James Madison Cutts Captain · Army Civil War · 1864 Rudolph Bianco Davila Second Lieutenant · Army World War II · 1944 Charles Willis Davis Major · Army World War II · 1943 John Davis Gunner's Mate Third Class · Navy Spanish-American War · 1898 PD Percy A. Decker Boatswain's Mate Second Class · Navy Veracruz 1914 · 1914 John Carroll Delaney Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1865 MD Merlyn Hans Dethlefsen Major · Air Force Vietnam War · 1967 Bartholomew Diggins Ordinary Seaman · Navy Civil War · 1864 GD George Dilboy Private First Class · Army World War I · 1918 ✦ Michael A. Dillon Private · Army Civil War · 1862 SD Stephen Holden Doane First Lieutenant · Army Vietnam War · 1969 ✦ Francis Safford Dodge Captain · Army Indian Campaigns · 1879 David Charles Dolby Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1966 JD John L. Donahue Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869 William Joseph "wild bill" Donovan Lieutenant Colonel · Army World War I · 1918 James Harold Doolittle Lieutenant Colonel · Air Force World War II · 1942 Henry Clay Drexler Ensign · Navy Interim 1920–1940 · 1924 ✦ ND Niels Drustrup Lieutenant · Navy Veracruz 1914 · 1914 JD James R. Durham Second Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1863 Merritt Austin "red mike" Edson Colonel · Marine Corps World War II · 1942 Walter Atlee Edwards Lieutenant Commander · Navy Interim 1920–1940 · 1922 AE Alan Louis Eggers Sergeant · Army World War I · 1918 JE John Eglit Seaman · Navy Spanish-American War · 1898 Michael B. Ellis Sergeant · Army World War I · 1918 Henry Talmage Elrod Captain · Marine Corps World War II · 1941 ✦ JE James Edgar Engle Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 Lewellyn Garrish Estes Captain & Assistant Adjutant General · Army Civil War · 1864 Forrest Eugene Everhart Sr. Technical Sergeant · Army World War II · 1944