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Medal of Honor Recipients from Arkansas

12 Medals of Honor are credited to Arkansas, and 24 recipients were born there; 18 are buried in the state.

12credited
24born here
18buried here
0living
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By conflict

World War II9
Korean War6
World War I4
U.S. Civil War3
Vietnam War2
Indian Campaigns2

Hometowns (credited)

Little Rock2
Lonoke1
Stuttgart1
Tichnor1
De Valls Bluff1
Yellville1
Morrilton1
Lepanto1

Cemeteries in Arkansas

  • Calvary Cemetery2 recipients
  • Arkansas State Veterans Cemetery1 recipient
  • Little Rock National Cemetery1 recipient
  • DeWitt Cemetery1 recipient
  • Fayetteville National Cemetery1 recipient
  • Cunningham Cemetery1 recipient
  • Elmwood Cemetery1 recipient
  • Gum Springs Cemetery1 recipient
  • Grand Army of the Republic Cemetery1 recipient
  • Baker Cemetery1 recipient
  • Oakland Cemetery1 recipient
  • Courthouse Lawn1 recipient

Recipients born in or credited to Arkansas

A–Z
Nicky Daniel Bacon Staff Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1968 MB Maurice Lee (footsie) Britt Captain · Army World War II · 1943 Lloyd Leslie "scooter" Burke First Lieutenant · Army Korean War · 1951 Johnny Lee Canley Gunnery Sergeant · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1968 MC Marcellus Holmes Chiles Captain · Army World War I · 1918 ✦ Gilbert George Collier Sergeant · Army Korean War · 1953 ✦ PF Pompey Factor Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1875 WF William J. Franks Seaman · Navy Civil War · 1864 Charles L. Gilliland Corporal · Army Korean War · 1951 ✦ Nathan Green Gordon Lieutenant · Navy World War II · 1944 James Richard Hendrix Private · Army World War II · 1944 Guy Vernor Henry Colonel · Army Civil War · 1864 Herbert A. Littleton Private First Class · Marine Corps Korean War · 1951 ✦ EL Edgar Harold Lloyd First Lieutenant · Army World War II · 1944 ✦ Douglas MacArthur General of the Army · Army World War II · 1941 OM Oscar F. Miller Major · Army World War I · 1918 ✦ John Henry Pruitt Corporal · Marine Corps World War I · 1918 ✦ John Henry Pruitt Corporal · Marine Corps World War I · 1918 ✦ JS James Lamar Stone First Lieutenant · Army Korean War · 1951 ST Seymour W. Terry Captain · Army World War II · 1945 ✦ WT William H. Thomas Private First Class · Army World War II · 1945 ✦ JW John Ward Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1875 TW Travis E. Watkins Master Sergeant · Army Korean War · 1950 ✦ Wilson Douglas Watson Private · Marine Corps World War II · 1945 HW Henry W. Wheeler Private · Army Civil War · 1861 JW Jack Williams Pharmacist's Mate Third Class · Navy World War II · 1945 ✦