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Medal of Honor Recipients from Alabama

21 Medals of Honor are credited to Alabama, and 26 recipients were born there; 12 are buried in the state.

21credited
26born here
12buried here
1living
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By conflict

World War II14
Vietnam War7
Korean War3
U.S. Civil War2
World War I2
Spanish-American War1
Philippine Insurrection1

Hometowns (credited)

Montgomery6
Birmingham5
Madison1
Huntsville1
Bessemer1
Pratt City1
Flomaton1
Leeds1

Cemeteries in Alabama

  • Moons Cemetery1 recipient
  • Elmwood Cemetery1 recipient
  • Liberty Hill Cemetery1 recipient
  • Ada Chapel Cemetery1 recipient
  • Tuscaloosa Memorial Park1 recipient
  • Greenwood Cemetery1 recipient
  • Little Escombia Baptist Church Cemetery1 recipient
  • Mount Hebron Cemetery1 recipient
  • Mount Pleasant Baptist Church Cemetery1 recipient
  • Crestwood Cemetery1 recipient
  • Mobile National Cemetery1 recipient
  • Weaver Cemetery1 recipient

Living recipients from Alabama

JS James Michael Sprayberry First Lieutenant · Army Vietnam War · 1968

Recipients born in or credited to Alabama

A–Z
Paul Luther Bolden Staff Sergeant · Army World War II · 1944 Cecil Hamilton Bolton First Lieutenant · Army World War II · 1944 Charles Willis Davis Major · Army World War II · 1943 Henry Eugene "red" Erwin Staff Sergeant · Air Force World War II · 1945 RE Rodney John Evans Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1969 ✦ Howard Walter Gilmore Commander · Navy World War II · 1943 ✦ Ross Franklin Gray Sergeant · Marine Corps World War II · 1945 ✦ Richmond Pearson Hobson Lieutenant · Navy Spanish-American War · 1898 EH Edward J. Houghton Ordinary Seaman · Navy Civil War · 1864 Robert Lewis Howard First Lieutenant · Army Vietnam War · 1968 OI Osmond Kelly Ingram Gunner's Mate First Class · Navy World War I · 1917 ✦ Gordon Johnston First Lieutenant · Army Philippine Insurrection · 1906 William Robert Lawley Jr. First Lieutenant · Air Force World War II · 1944 Matthew Leonard Sergeant First Class · Army Vietnam War · 1967 ✦ Jake William Lindsey Sr. Technical Sergeant · Army World War II · 1944 Sidney E. Manning Corporal · Army World War I · 1918 David McCampbell Commander · Navy World War II · 1944 Alford Lee McLaughlin Private First Class · Marine Corps Korean War · 1952 Don Leslie Michael Specialist Fourth Class · Army Vietnam War · 1967 ✦ Ola Lee Mize Master Sergeant · Army Korean War · 1953 HN Hugh Reavis Nelson Jr. Captain · Army Vietnam War · 1966 ✦ John Dury New Private First Class · Marine Corps World War II · 1944 ✦ William Wayne Seay Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1968 ✦ JS James Michael Sprayberry First Lieutenant · Army Vietnam War · 1968 RT Richard Taylor Private · Army Civil War · 1864 Charles Leroy Thomas Lieutenant · Army World War II · 1944 ✦ Jack Lemaster Treadwell Captain · Army World War II · 1945 George Watson Private · Army World War II · 1943 ✦ Wilson Douglas Watson Private · Marine Corps World War II · 1945 Harold Edward "speedy" Wilson Technical Sergeant · Marine Corps Korean War · 1951