Recipients A–Z

Last names starting with “C”

279 Medal of Honor recipients.

279 recipients

Name	Rank	Branch	Conflict	Action
Joseph A. Cable	Private	Army	Indian Campaigns	October 21, 1876
William Robert Caddy✦	Private First Class	Marine Corps	World War II	March 3, 1945
Abel G. Cadwallader	Corporal	Army	Civil War	February 6, 1865
Luman Lewis Cadwell	Sergeant	Army	Civil War	September 20, 1864
Hector Albert Cafferata Jr.	Private	Marine Corps	Korean War	November 28, 1950
Thomas Cahey	Seaman	Navy	Interim 1899–1910	March 31, 1901
Daniel G. Caldwell	Sergeant	Army	Civil War	February 6, 1865
Ivers S. Calkin	First Sergeant	Army	Civil War	April 6, 1865
Donald Marshall Call	Corporal	Army	World War I	September 26, 1918
Daniel Judson Callaghan✦	Rear Admiral	Navy	World War II	November 12 - 13, 1942
John H. Callahan	Private	Army	Civil War	April 9, 1865
Thomas Joseph Callen	Private	Army	Indian Campaigns	June 25 - 26, 1876
Jose Calugas	Sergeant	Army	World War II	January 16, 1942
James Spencer Calvert	Private	Army	Indian Campaigns	October 21, 1876
Carlton N. Camp	Private	Army	Civil War	April 2, 1865
Albert Ralph Campbell	Private	Marine Corps	Boxer Rebellion	June 21, 1900
Daniel J. Campbell	Private	Marine Corps	Spanish-American War	May 11, 1898
James A. Campbell	Private	Army	Civil War	April 5, 1865
William Campbell	Private	Army	Civil War	May 22, 1863
William Campbell	Boatswain's Mate	Navy	Civil War	January 13 - 15, 1865
Heth Canfield	Private	Army	Indian Campaigns	May 17, 1870
Johnny Lee Canley	Gunnery Sergeant	Marine Corps	Vietnam War	January 31 - February 6, 1968
Tedford Harris Cann	Seaman	Navy	World War I	November 5, 1917
George Ham Cannon✦	First Lieutenant	Marine Corps	World War II	December 7, 1941
Pedro Cano✦	Private	Army	World War II	December 2 - 3, 1944
Charles P. Cantrell	Private	Army	Spanish-American War	July 1, 1898
Charles E. Capehart	Major	Army	Civil War	July 4, 1863
Henry Capehart	Colonel	Army	Civil War	May 22, 1864
James Capers Jr.	Major	Marine Corps	Vietnam War	March 31 - April 3, 1967
Vincent Robert Capodanno✦	Lieutenant	Navy	Vietnam War	September 4, 1967
Horace Capron Jr.✦	Sergeant	Army	Civil War	June 1862
Alvin P. Carey✦	Staff Sergeant	Army	World War II	August 23, 1944
Charles F. Carey Jr.✦	Technical Sergeant	Army	World War II	January 8 - 9, 1945
Hugh Carey✦	Sergeant	Army	Civil War	July 3, 1863
James Carey	Seaman	Navy	Interim 1865–1870	1867
James Lemuel Carey	Sergeant	Army	Civil War	April 9, 1865
Casper R. Carlisle	Private	Army	Civil War	July 2, 1863
Warren Carman	Private	Army	Civil War	March 2, 1865
Isaac Harrison Carmin	Corporal	Army	Civil War	May 22, 1863
William Harvey Carney	Sergeant	Army	Civil War	July 18, 1863
Wayne Maurice Caron✦	Hospital Corpsman Third Class	Navy	Vietnam War	July 28, 1968
Louis Henry Carpenter	Captain	Army	Indian Campaigns	September 1 - October 31, 1868
William Kyle Carpenter	Lance Corporal	Marine Corps	Afghanistan	November 21, 2010
Chris Carr	Sergeant	Army	World War II	October 1 - 2, 1944
Eugene Asa Carr	Colonel	Army	Civil War	March 7, 1862
Franklin Carr	Corporal	Army	Civil War	December 16, 1864
John Carr	Private	Army	Indian Campaigns	October 20, 1869
William Louis Carr	Private	Marine Corps	Boxer Rebellion	July 21 - August 17, 1900
William M. Carr	Master-at-Arms	Navy	Civil War	August 5, 1864
Thomas Carroll	Private	Army	Indian Campaigns	August 22, 1868
Anthony J. Carson	Corporal	Army	Philippine Insurrection	April 15 - 19, 1900
William J. Carson	Musician	Army	Civil War	September 19, 1863
Horace Seaver Carswell Jr.✦	Major	Air Force	World War II	October 26, 1944
Jacob Cart	Private	Army	Civil War	December 13, 1862
Bruce Wayne Carter✦	Private First Class	Marine Corps	Vietnam War	August 7, 1969
Edward Allen Carter Jr.✦	Staff Sergeant	Army	World War II	March 23, 1945
George Carter	Private	Army	Indian Campaigns	August 13, 1868
John Joice Carter	Second Lieutenant	Army	Civil War	September 17, 1862
Joseph Edward Carter	Blacksmith	Navy	Spanish-American War	May 11, 1898
Joseph Franklin Carter	Captain	Army	Civil War	March 25, 1865
Mason Carter	First Lieutenant	Army	Indian Campaigns	September 30, 1877
Robert Goldthwaite Carter	Second Lieutenant	Army	Indian Campaigns	October 10, 1871
Ty Michael Carter	Specialist	Army	Afghanistan	October 3, 2009
William Harding Carter	First Lieutenant	Army	Indian Campaigns	August 30, 1881
Orlando Emanuel Caruana	Private	Army	Civil War	September 14, 1862
Robert Webster Cary	Lieutenant Commander	Navy	Interim 1915–1916	January 21, 1915
Anthony Casamento	Corporal	Marine Corps	World War II	November 1, 1942
David P. Casey	Private	Army	Civil War	June 3, 1864
Henry Casey	Private	Army	Civil War	April 22, 1863
James Seaman Casey	Captain	Army	Indian Campaigns	January 8, 1877
Alwyn Crendall Cashe✦	Sergeant First Class	Army	Iraq	October 17, 2005
Michael Cassidy	Landsman	Navy	Civil War	August 5, 1864
Frederick Walker Castle✦	Brigadier General	Air Force	World War II	December 24, 1944
Guy Wilkinson stuart Castle	Lieutenant	Navy	Veracruz 1914	April 21, 1914
John Hugh Catherwood	Ordinary Seaman	Navy	Philippines 1911	September 24, 1911
Albertus Wright Catlin	Major	Marine Corps	Veracruz 1914	April 22, 1914
Isaac Swartwood Catlin	Colonel	Army	Civil War	July 30, 1864
Jon Robert Cavaiani	Staff Sergeant	Army	Vietnam War	June 4 - 5, 1971
Thomas Cavanaugh	Fireman First Class	Navy	Interim 1871–1899	November 14, 1898
Richard Edward Cavazos✦	First Lieutenant	Army	Korean War	June 14 - 15, 1953
Charles Cawetzka	Private	Army	Philippine Insurrection	August 23, 1900
Ovila Cayer	Sergeant	Army	Civil War	August 19, 1864
Joseph Samuel Cecil	First Lieutenant	Army	Philippine Insurrection	March 7, 1906
Christopher Andrew Celiz✦	Sergeant First Class	Army	Afghanistan	July 12, 2018
Leonard B. Chadwick	Apprentice First Class	Navy	Spanish-American War	May 11, 1898
Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain	Colonel	Army	Civil War	July 2, 1863
Orville Tyron Chamberlain	Second Lieutenant	Army	Civil War	September 20, 1863
Joseph B. Chambers	Private	Army	Civil War	March 25, 1865
Justice Marion Chambers	Lieutenant Colonel	Marine Corps	World War II	February 19 - 22, 1945
David Bernard Champagne✦	Corporal	Marine Corps	Korean War	May 28, 1952
Henry Flint Chandler	Sergeant	Army	Civil War	June 17, 1864
James B. Chandler	Coxswain	Navy	Civil War	August 5, 1864
Stephen Edwin Chandler	Quartermaster Sergeant	Army	Civil War	April 5, 1865
August Chandron	Seaman Apprentice Second Class	Navy	Interim 1871–1899	November 21, 1885
Alaric B. Chapin	Private	Army	Civil War	January 15, 1865
Amos Chapman	Scout	Army	Indian Campaigns	September 12, 1874
John A. Chapman✦	Technical Sergeant	Air Force	Afghanistan	March 4, 2002
John Chapman	Private	Army	Civil War	April 6, 1865
Louis G. Chaput	Landsman	Navy	Civil War	August 5, 1864
George Charette	Gunner's Mate First Class	Navy	Spanish-American War	June 3, 1898
William Richard Charette	Hospital Corpsman Third Class	Navy	Korean War	March 27, 1953
Cornelius H. Charlton✦	Sergeant	Army	Korean War	June 2, 1951
John F. Chase	Private	Army	Civil War	May 3, 1863
John Purness Chatham	Gunner's Mate Second Class	Navy	Boxer Rebellion	June 20 - 22, 1900
Benjamin Harrison Cheever Jr.	First Lieutenant	Army	Indian Campaigns	January 1, 1891
Ralph Cheli✦	Major	Air Force	World War II	August 18, 1943
Benjamin Ham Child	Corporal	Army	Civil War	September 17, 1862
Ernest "Chief" Childers	Second Lieutenant	Army	World War II	September 22, 1943
Marcellus Holmes Chiles✦	Captain	Army	World War I	November 3, 1918
Chiquito	Scout	Army	Indian Campaigns	1872
William W. Chisman	Private	Army	Civil War	May 22, 1863
Clyde Lee Choate	Staff Sergeant	Army	World War II	October 25, 1944
George Robert Cholister✦	Boatswain's Mate First Class	Navy	Interim 1920–1940	October 20, 1924
Dale Eldon Christensen✦	Second Lieutenant	Army	World War II	July 16 - 19, 1944
Herbert F. Christian✦	Private	Army	World War II	June 2 - 3, 1944
James Isaac Christiancy	First Lieutenant	Army	Civil War	May 28, 1864
Stanley Reuben Christianson✦	Private First Class	Marine Corps	Korean War	September 29, 1950
James Robb Church	Assistant Surgeon	Army	Spanish-American War	June 24, 1898
Samuel Joseph Churchill	Corporal	Army	Civil War	December 15, 1864
Joseph J. Cicchetti✦	Private First Class	Army	World War II	February 9, 1945
Clinton Albert Cilley	Captain	Army	Civil War	September 20, 1863
James T. Clancy	Sergeant	Army	Civil War	October 1, 1864
John E. Clancy	Musician	Army	Indian Campaigns	December 29, 1890
Joseph Clancy	Chief Boatswain's Mate	Navy	Boxer Rebellion	June 20 - 22, 1900
Albert Adams Clapp	First Sergeant	Army	Civil War	April 6, 1865
Charles Amory Clark	Lieutenant & Adjutant	Army	Civil War	May 4, 1863
Francis J. Clark	Technical Sergeant	Army	World War II	September 17, 1944
Harrison Clark	Corporal	Army	Civil War	July 2, 1863
James G. Clark	Private	Army	Civil War	June 18, 1864
John Wesley Clark	First Lieutenant & Regimental Quartermaster	Army	Civil War	July 28, 1863
Wilfred Clark	Private	Army	Indian Campaigns	August 9 - 20, 1877
William A. Clark	Corporal	Army	Civil War	February 15, 1863
Dayton P. Clarke	Captain	Army	Civil War	May 12, 1864
Powhatan Henry Clarke	Second Lieutenant	Army	Indian Campaigns	May 3, 1886
Edward Alvin Clary	Watertender	Navy	Interim 1899–1910	February 14, 1910
Charles H. Clausen	First Lieutenant	Army	Civil War	May 12, 1864
Claus Kristian randolph Clausen	Coxswain	Navy	Spanish-American War	June 3, 1898
Raymond Michael "Red" Clausen Jr.	Private First Class	Marine Corps	Vietnam War	January 31, 1970
John Joseph Clausey	Chief Gunner's Mate	Navy	Interim 1899–1910	July 21, 1905
Cecil Clay	Captain	Army	Civil War	September 29, 1864
Charles Franklin Cleveland	Private	Army	Civil War	September 17, 1862
Robert Teleford Clifford	Master-at-Arms	Navy	Civil War	August 22, 1863
John E. Clopp	Private	Army	Civil War	July 3, 1863
Mitchell Red Cloud Jr.✦	Corporal	Army	Korean War	November 5, 1950
George Washington Clute	Corporal	Army	Civil War	March 19, 1865
Co-Rux-Te-Chod-Ish (Mad Bear)	Sergeant	Army	Indian Campaigns	July 8, 1869
Jefferson Coates	Sergeant	Army	Civil War	July 1, 1863
David L. Cockley	First Lieutenant	Army	Civil War	December 4, 1864
William Frederick "buffalo bill" Cody	Guide	Army	Indian Campaigns	April 26, 1872
James Coey	Major	Army	Civil War	February 6, 1865
Robert John Coffey	Sergeant	Army	Civil War	May 4, 1863
Abraham Cohn	Sergeant Major	Army	Civil War	July 30, 1864
Ronald Leroy Coker✦	Private First Class	Marine Corps	Vietnam War	March 24, 1969
Michael "Mike" Colalillo	Private First Class	Army	World War II	April 7, 1945
Patrick Colbert	Coxswain	Navy	Civil War	October 31, 1864
Carlos W. Colby	Sergeant	Army	Civil War	May 22, 1863
Darrell Samuel Cole✦	Sergeant	Marine Corps	World War II	February 19, 1945
Gabriel Cole	Corporal	Army	Civil War	September 19, 1864
Robert George Cole✦	Lieutenant Colonel	Army	World War II	June 11, 1944
John Coleman	Private	Marine Corps	Korea 1871	June 11, 1871
Gilbert George Collier✦	Sergeant	Army	Korean War	July 19, 1953
John Walton Collier✦	Corporal	Army	Korean War	September 19, 1950
Harrison Collins	Corporal	Army	Civil War	December 24, 1864
Thomas D. Collins Sr.	Sergeant	Army	Civil War	May 15, 1864
Charles Henry tucky Collis	Colonel	Army	Civil War	December 13, 1862
Oliver Colwell	First Lieutenant	Army	Civil War	December 16, 1864
Wilbur E. Colyer✦	Sergeant	Army	World War I	October 9, 1918
John W. Comfort	Corporal	Army	Indian Campaigns	November 5, 1874
Henry Alfred Commiskey Sr.	First Lieutenant	Marine Corps	Korean War	September 20, 1950
Hartwell B. Compson	Major	Army	Civil War	March 2, 1865
John Wesley Conaway	Private	Army	Civil War	May 22, 1863
Martin Conboy	First Sergeant	Army	Civil War	May 5, 1862
Felix M. Conde-Falcon✦	Staff Sergeant	Army	Vietnam War	April 4, 1969
Clarence Milville Condon	Sergeant	Army	Philippine Insurrection	November 5, 1899
Dennis Conlan	Seaman	Navy	Civil War	December 23, 1864
Trustrim Connell	Corporal	Army	Civil War	April 6, 1865
Garlin Murl Conner✦	First Lieutenant	Army	World War II	January 24, 1945
Richard Conner	Private	Army	Civil War	August 30, 1862
Michael Connolly	Ordinary Seaman	Navy	Interim 1871–1899	August 7, 1876
James Phillip Connor	Sergeant	Army	World War II	August 15, 1944
John Connor	Corporal	Army	Indian Campaigns	July 12, 1870
Peter Spencer Connor✦	Staff Sergeant	Marine Corps	Vietnam War	February 25, 1966
Thomas Connor	Ordinary Seaman	Navy	Civil War	January 15, 1865
William C. Connor	Boatswain's Mate	Navy	Civil War	September 25, 1864
James Connors	Private	Army	Civil War	September 22, 1864
Donald Gilbert Cook✦	Colonel	Marine Corps	Vietnam War	December 31, 1964
John Cook	Bugler	Army	Civil War	September 17, 1862
John Henry Cook	Sergeant	Army	Civil War	April 9, 1864
Walter Howard Cooke	Captain	Army	Civil War	July 21, 1861
Raymond Henry Cooley	Staff Sergeant	Army	World War II	February 24, 1945
Charles Henry Coolidge	Technical Sergeant	Army	World War II	October 24 - 27, 1944
James Cooney	Private	Marine Corps	Boxer Rebellion	July 13, 1900
Thomas C. Cooney	Chief Machinist	Navy	Spanish-American War	May 11, 1898
Aquilla Coonrod	Sergeant	Army	Indian Campaigns	October 21, 1876
John Cooper	Quartermaster	Navy	Interim 1865–1870	April 26, 1865
John Cooper	Coxswain	Navy	Civil War	August 5, 1864
Ardie R. Copas✦	Specialist Fourth Class	Army	Vietnam War	May 12, 1970
Charles Dearborn Copp	Second Lieutenant	Army	Civil War	December 13, 1862
Demetri Corahorgi	Fireman First Class	Navy	Interim 1899–1910	January 25, 1905
John Corcoran	Private	Army	Civil War	April 2, 1865
Michael Corcoran	Corporal	Army	Indian Campaigns	August 25, 1869
Thomas E. Corcoran	Landsman	Navy	Civil War	May 27, 1863
William Corey	Landsman	Navy	Interim 1871–1899	July 26, 1876
George W. Corliss	Captain	Army	Civil War	August 9, 1862
Stephen Potter Corliss	First Lieutenant	Army	Civil War	April 2, 1865
William Merrill Corry Jr.✦	Lieutenant Commander	Navy	Interim 1920–1940	October 2, 1920
Joseph Kirby Corson	Assistant Surgeon	Army	Civil War	October 14, 1863
Richard H. Cosgriff	Private	Army	Civil War	April 16, 1865
Thomas Cosgrove	Private	Army	Civil War	May 15, 1864
John Costello	Ordinary Seaman	Navy	Interim 1871–1899	July 16, 1876
Henry G. Costin✦	Private	Army	World War I	October 8, 1918
Peter Cotton	Ordinary Seaman	Navy	Civil War	December 23 - 27, 1862
John Coughlin	Lieutenant Colonel	Army	Civil War	May 9, 1864
Samuel Streit Coursen✦	First Lieutenant	Army	Korean War	October 12, 1950
Henry Alexius Courtney Jr.✦	Major	Marine Corps	World War II	May 14 - 15, 1945
Henry C. Courtney	Seaman	Navy	Interim 1871–1899	February 7, 1882
George McCall Courts	Lieutenant, j.g.	Navy	Veracruz 1914	April 21, 1914
Jesse Whitfield Covington	Ship's Cook Third Class	Navy	World War I	April 17, 1918
Richard Eller Cowan✦	Private First Class	Army	World War II	December 17, 1944
Robert Edward Cox	Chief Gunner	Navy	Interim 1899–1910	April 13, 1904
Robert Mitchell Cox	Corporal	Army	Civil War	May 22, 1863
John Nicholas Coyne	Sergeant	Army	Civil War	May 5, 1862
Clarence Byrle Craft	Private First Class	Army	World War II	May 31, 1945
Gordon Maynard Craig✦	Corporal	Army	Korean War	September 10, 1950
Robert Craig✦	Second Lieutenant	Army	World War II	July 11, 1943
Samuel Henry Craig	Sergeant	Army	Indian Campaigns	May 15, 1886
Morris E. Crain✦	Technical Sergeant	Army	World War II	March 13, 1945
Thomas Cramen	Boatswain's Mate	Navy	Interim 1871–1899	February 7, 1882
Bruce P. Crandall	Major	Army	Vietnam War	November 14, 1965
Charles Crandall	Private	Army	Indian Campaigns	August 22, 1868
Orson Leon Crandall	Chief Boatswain's Mate	Navy	Interim 1920–1940	May 23, 1939
William Wallace Cranston	Private	Army	Civil War	May 2, 1863
Demas Thurlow "Nick" Craw✦	Colonel	Air Force	World War II	November 8, 1942
Alexander Crawford	Fireman	Navy	Civil War	May 25, 1864
William John Crawford	Private	Army	World War II	September 13, 1943
John Creed	Private	Army	Civil War	September 22, 1864
Thomas Elbert Creek✦	Lance Corporal	Marine Corps	Vietnam War	February 13, 1969
William James Creelman	Landsman	Navy	Interim 1871–1899	February 6, 1897
George Cregan	Coxswain	Navy	Veracruz 1914	April 21, 1914
Michael Joseph Crescenz✦	Corporal	Army	Vietnam War	November 20, 1968
John R. Crews	Staff Sergeant	Army	World War II	April 8, 1945
Frank William Crilley	Chief Gunner's Mate	Navy	Interim 1915–1916	April 17, 1915
Thomas H. Cripps	Quartermaster	Navy	Civil War	August 5, 1864
John Crist	Sergeant	Army	Indian Campaigns	November 26, 1869
Benjamin C. Criswell	Sergeant	Army	Indian Campaigns	June 25, 1876
Henry H. Crocker	Captain	Army	Civil War	October 19, 1864
Ulric Lyons Crocker	Private	Army	Civil War	October 19, 1864
James E. Croft	Private	Army	Civil War	October 5, 1864
John Philip Cromwell✦	Captain	Navy	World War II	November 19, 1943
William S. (Willie) Cronan	Boatswain's Mate	Navy	Interim 1899–1910	July 21, 1905
Cornelius Cronin	Chief Quartermaster	Navy	Civil War	August 5, 1864
William Henry harrison Crosier	Sergeant	Army	Civil War	July 20, 1864
James Edwin Cross	Corporal	Army	Civil War	July 18, 1861
William Adolphus Crouse	Watertender	Navy	Spanish-American War	May 21, 1898
Michael Crowley	Private	Army	Civil War	March 2, 1865
Jerry Kirt Crump	Corporal	Army	Korean War	September 6, 1951
Thomas Cruse	Second Lieutenant	Army	Indian Campaigns	July 17, 1882
William G. Cubberly	Private	Army	Indian Campaigns	May 30, 1868
Louis Cukela	Sergeant	Marine Corps	World War I	July 18, 1918
Louis Cukela	Sergeant	Marine Corps	World War I	July 18, 1918
Thomas Cullen	Corporal	Army	Civil War	October 14, 1863
Amos Jay Cummings	Sergeant Major	Army	Civil War	May 4, 1863
Andrew Johnson Cummins	Sergeant	Army	Spanish-American War	July 1, 1898
James M. Cumpston	Private	Army	Civil War	August 1864
Charles Cunningham	Corporal	Army	Indian Campaigns	June 25, 1876
Francis Marion Cunningham	First Sergeant	Army	Civil War	April 6, 1865
James Smith Cunningham	Private	Army	Civil War	May 22, 1863
Richard J. Curran	Assistant Surgeon	Army	Civil War	September 17, 1862
Francis Sherman "frank" Currey	Private First Class	Army	World War II	December 21, 1944
John Calvin Curtis	Sergeant Major	Army	Civil War	August 5, 1862
Josiah M. Curtis	Second Lieutenant	Army	Civil War	April 2, 1865
Newton Martin Curtis	Brigadier General	Army	Civil War	January 15, 1865
Alonzo H. Cushing✦	First Lieutenant	Army	Civil War	July 3, 1863
Thomas Ward Custer	Second Lieutenant	Army	Civil War	April 2, 1865
Thomas Ward Custer	Second Lieutenant	Army	Civil War	April 6, 1865
Byron M. Cutcheon	Major	Army	Civil War	May 10, 1863
Nicholas Joseph Cutinha✦	Specialist Fourth Class	Army	Vietnam War	March 2, 1968
George W. Cutter	Landsman	Navy	Interim 1871–1899	May 27, 1872
James Madison Cutts	Captain	Army	Civil War	1864