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Medal of Honor Recipients from California

142 Medals of Honor are credited to California, and 60 recipients were born there; 222 are buried in the state.

142credited
60born here
222buried here
7living
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By conflict

Vietnam War32
World War II32
Indian Campaigns30
Korean War14
China Relief Expedition (Boxer Rebellion)12
World War I10
Philippine Insurrection6
U.S. Civil War4
Interim 1871 - 18994
Samoa Campaign3

Hometowns (credited)

San Francisco30
Los Angeles18
Sacramento7
Oakland4
Fresno4
Vallejo3
Stockton2
San Jose2

Cemeteries in California

Living recipients from California

John Philip Baca Specialist Fourth Class · Army Vietnam War · 1970 Ty Michael Carter Specialist · Army Afghanistan · 2009 Gary Lee Littrell Sergeant First Class · Army Vietnam War · 1970 Alfred V. Rascon Special Fourth Class · Army Vietnam War · 1966 Clinton Lavor Romesha Staff Sergeant · Army Afghanistan · 2009 Gary Michael Rose Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1970 JT James Allen Taylor First Lieutenant · Army Vietnam War · 1967

Recipients born in or credited to California · page 1 of 2

A–Z
Leonard L. Alvarado Specialist Fourth Class · Army Vietnam War · 1969 ✦ James Anderson Jr. Private First Class · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1967 ✦ John Philip Baca Specialist Fourth Class · Army Vietnam War · 1970 Joe R. Baldonado Corporal · Army Korean War · 1950 ✦ Will Croft Barnes Private First Class · Army Indian Campaigns · 1881 LB Leslie Allen Bellrichard Private First Class · Army Vietnam War · 1967 ✦ EB Erwin Jay Boydston Private · Marine Corps Boxer Rebellion · 1900 GB George F. Brock Carpenter's Mate Second Class · Navy Interim 1899–1910 · 1905 JB James Brophy Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1868 PB Patrick J. Burke Farrier · Army Indian Campaigns · 1868 JB James Burnes Private · Marine Corps Boxer Rebellion · 1900 Daniel Judson Callaghan Rear Admiral · Navy World War II · 1942 ✦ JC John Carr Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869 Edward Allen Carter Jr. Staff Sergeant · Army World War II · 1945 ✦ GC George Carter Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1868 Ty Michael Carter Specialist · Army Afghanistan · 2009 Jon Robert Cavaiani Staff Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1971 Ralph Cheli Major · Air Force World War II · 1943 ✦ JC John Joseph Clausey Chief Gunner's Mate · Navy Interim 1899–1910 · 1905 JC John Coleman Private · Marine Corps Korea 1871 · 1871 Jesse Whitfield Covington Ship's Cook Third Class · Navy World War I · 1918 CC Clarence Byrle Craft Private First Class · Army World War II · 1945 HC Henry H. Crocker Captain · Army Civil War · 1864 JD John Olof Dahlgren Corporal · Marine Corps Boxer Rebellion · 1900 Rudolph Bianco Davila Second Lieutenant · Army World War II · 1944 William Frishe Dean Sr. Major General · Army Korean War · 1950 RD Reginald Benjamin Desiderio Captain · Army Korean War · 1950 ✦ ED Edward Allen Devore Jr. Specialist Fourth Class · Army Vietnam War · 1968 ✦ CD Charles H. Dickens Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869 James Harold Doolittle Lieutenant Colonel · Air Force World War II · 1942 KD Kern Wayne Dunagan Major · Army Vietnam War · 1969 Jesus S. Duran Specialist Fourth Class · Army Vietnam War · 1969 ✦ EE Edwin L. Elwood Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869 Donald Ward Evans Jr. Specialist Fourth Class · Army Vietnam War · 1967 ✦ HF Henry Falcott Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1868 John William Finn Lieutenant · Navy World War II · 1941 Bernard Francis Fisher Major · Air Force Vietnam War · 1966 FF Frederick Thomas Fisher Gunner's Mate First Class · Navy Samoa 1899 · 1899 Paul Hellstrom Foster Sergeant · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1967 ✦ Joe Gandara Private · Army World War II · 1944 ✦ CG Charles Gardner Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1868 PG Patrick Golden First Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1868 Eduardo Corral Gomez Sergeant · Army Korean War · 1950 ✦ Harold Gonsalves Private First Class · Marine Corps World War II · 1945 ✦ David M. Gonzales Private First Class · Army World War II · 1945 ✦ OG Ora Graves Seaman · Navy World War I · 1917 FG Francis C. Green Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1868 Sydney G. Gumpertz First Sergeant · Army World War I · 1918 William Halford Coxswain · Navy Interim 1865–1870 · 1870 JH John Hall Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1868 FH Frank Hamilton Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869 RH Roy W. Harmon Sergeant · Army World War II · 1944 ✦ Raymond Harvey Captain · Army Korean War · 1951 JH John Druse "bud" Hawk Sergeant · Army World War II · 1944 Joe Hayashi Private · Army World War II · 1945 ✦ RH Richard Heartery Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1881 HH Henry William Heisch Private · Marine Corps Boxer Rebellion · 1900 GH George Francis Henrechon Machinist's Mate Second Class · Navy Philippines 1911 · 1911 Rodolfo Perez Hernandez Corporal · Army Korean War · 1951 TH Thomas P. Higgins Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1868 FH Frank Charles High Private · Army Philippine Insurrection · 1899 Nelson Miles Holderman Captain · Army World War I · 1918 Joe Ronnie Hooper Staff Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1968 Henry Lewis Hulbert Private · Marine Corps Samoa 1899 · 1899 George Alan Ingalls Specialist Fourth Class · Army Vietnam War · 1967 ✦ FI Franz Anton Itrich Chief Carpenter's Mate · Navy Spanish-American War · 1898 DJ Delbert Owen Jennings Staff Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1966 Ralph Henry Johnson Private First Class · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1968 ✦ Herbert Charpoit Jones Ensign · Navy World War II · 1941 ✦ VK Victor Leonard Kandle First Lieutenant · Army World War II · 1944 ✦ PK Phillip Carl Katz Sergeant · Army World War I · 1918 JK John Keenan Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1868 Jack William Kelso Private First Class · Marine Corps Korean War · 1952 ✦ JK John Kelvin Koelsch Lieutenant, j.g. · Navy Korean War · 1951 ✦ SL Salvador J. Lara Private First Class · Army World War II · 1944 ✦ JL John Laverty First Class Fireman · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1881 JL James Lawrence Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1868 CL Cornelius J. Leahy Private · Army Philippine Insurrection · 1899 ✦ RL Robert Ronald Leisy Second Lieutenant · Army Vietnam War · 1969 ✦ Gary Lee Littrell Sergeant First Class · Army Vietnam War · 1970 JL Jeptha L. Lytton Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 HM Herbert Mahers Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869 Daniel Paul Matthews Sergeant · Marine Corps Korean War · 1953 ✦ Larry Leonard Maxam Corporal · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1968 ✦ SM Samuel McAllister Ordinary Seaman · Navy Boxer Rebellion · 1900 William Loren McGonagle Captain · Navy Vietnam War · 1967 DM Daniel McKinley Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1868 Martin Thomas McMahon Captain & Aide-de-Camp · Army Civil War · 1862 MM Michael Joseph McNally Sergeant · Marine Corps Samoa 1899 · 1899 ✦ CM Charles H. McVeagh Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1868 OM Oscar F. Miller Major · Army World War I · 1918 ✦ Frankie Zoly Molnar Staff Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1967 ✦ Michael A. Monsoor Master-at-Arms · Navy Iraq · 2006 ✦ HM Harold Herman Moon Jr. Private · Army World War II · 1944 ✦ AM Albert Moore Private · Marine Corps Boxer Rebellion · 1900 JM John Moran Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869 Sadao S. Munemori Private First Class · Army World War II · 1945 ✦ Kiyoshi Muranaga Private First Class · Army World War II · 1944 ✦ TM Thomas Murphy Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869 WN Wataru Nakamura Private · Army Korean War · 1951 ✦ Joe M. Nishimoto Private First Class · Army World War II · 1944 ✦ JO John O'Callaghan Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1868 Eugene Arnold Obregon Private First Class · Marine Corps Korean War · 1950 ✦ James K. Okubo Technician Fifth Grade · Army World War II · 1944 ✦ HO Harry Westley Orndoff Private · Marine Corps Boxer Rebellion · 1900 Kazuo Otani Staff Sergeant · Army World War II · 1944 ✦ Richard Allen "Butch" Penry Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1970 William Thomas Perkins Jr. Corporal · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1967 ✦ Jackson Charles Pharris Gunner · Navy World War II · 1941 RP Reuben Jasper Phillips Corporal · Marine Corps Boxer Rebellion · 1900 Jimmy Wayne Phipps Private First Class · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1969 ✦ Larry Stanley Pierce Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1965 ✦ Richard Allan Pittman Sergeant · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1966 James Irsley Poynter Sergeant · Marine Corps Korean War · 1950 ✦ Peter H. Quinn Private · Army Philippine Insurrection · 1899 Alfred V. Rascon Special Fourth Class · Army Vietnam War · 1966 JR James C. Reed Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1868 PR Patrick J. Regan Second Lieutenant · Army World War I · 1918 AR Anund Charles Roark Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1968 ✦ Harold W. Roberts Corporal · Army World War I · 1918 ✦