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Honoring American TroopsMedal of Honor Archive

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Medal of Honor Recipients from Colorado

24 Medals of Honor are credited to Colorado, and 13 recipients were born there; 27 are buried in the state.

24credited
13born here
27buried here
1living
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By conflict

World War II12
World War I6
Vietnam War5
Korean War4
Philippine Insurrection2
China Relief Expedition (Boxer Rebellion)1
Indian Campaigns1

Hometowns (credited)

Denver12
Pueblo3
Colorado Springs2
Calhan1
Ault1
Creswell1
Amache Relocation Camp1
Boulder1

Cemeteries in Colorado

  • Fairmount Cemetery4 recipients
  • Fort Logan National Cemetery3 recipients
  • Riverside Cemetery3 recipients
  • Crown Hill Cemetery2 recipients
  • Evergreen Cemetery2 recipients
  • Lookout Mountain1 recipient
  • U.S. Air Force Academy Cemetery1 recipient
  • Roselawn Cemetery1 recipient
  • Linn Grove Cemetery1 recipient
  • Mountain View Cemetery1 recipient
  • Calhan Cemetery1 recipient
  • unknown1 recipient

Living recipients from Colorado

Drew Dennis Dix Staff Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1968

Recipients born in or credited to Colorado

A–Z
Joe R. Baldonado Corporal · Army Korean War · 1950 ✦ EB Erwin Jay Boydston Private · Marine Corps Boxer Rebellion · 1900 MC Marcellus Holmes Chiles Captain · Army World War I · 1918 ✦ Ronald Leroy Coker Private First Class · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1969 ✦ William John Crawford Private · Army World War II · 1943 Drew Dennis Dix Staff Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1968 EF Elmer E. Fryar Private · Army World War II · 1944 ✦ Jesse N. Funk Private First Class · Army World War I · 1918 OG Ora Graves Seaman · Navy World War I · 1917 William Remsburg Grove Lieutenant Colonel · Army Philippine Insurrection · 1899 Ambrosio Guillen Staff Sergeant · Marine Corps Korean War · 1953 ✦ JK Joseph F. Knight Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1891 Floyd K. Lindstrom Private First Class · Army World War II · 1943 ✦ Joe P. Martinez Private · Army World War II · 1943 ✦ RM Robert Dale Maxwell Technician Fifth Grade · Army World War II · 1944 Bruce McCandless Commander · Navy World War II · 1942 Edgar Lee McWethy Jr. Specialist Fifth Class · Army Vietnam War · 1967 ✦ Kiyoshi Muranaga Private First Class · Army World War II · 1944 ✦ Raymond Gerald Murphy Second Lieutenant · Marine Corps Korean War · 1953 Frank Harry Ono Private First Class · Army World War II · 1944 ✦ Donald Dale Pucket First Lieutenant · Air Force World War II · 1944 ✦ Donald Kirby Ross Warrant Machinist · Navy World War II · 1941 Carl Leonard Sitter Captain · Marine Corps Korean War · 1950 Jon Edward Swanson Captain · Army Vietnam War · 1971 ✦ FU Frank Monroe Upton Quartermaster · Navy World War I · 1918 Kenneth Newton Walker Brigadier General · Air Force World War II · 1943 ✦ GW George Weed Wallace Second Lieutenant · Army Philippine Insurrection · 1900 Keith Lincoln Ware Lieutenant Colonel · Army World War II · 1944 CW Chester Howard West First Sergeant · Army World War I · 1918 JW John Hunter Wickersham Second Lieutenant · Army World War I · 1918 ✦ Gerald Orren Young Captain · Air Force Vietnam War · 1967