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Medal of Honor Recipients from Connecticut

57 Medals of Honor are credited to Connecticut, and 58 recipients were born there; 39 are buried in the state.

57credited
58born here
39buried here
2living
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By conflict

U.S. Civil War46
World War II8
Indian Campaigns6
Vietnam War5
Korean War4
World War I3
Interim 1920 - 19402
Interim 1871 - 18992
War on Terrorism (Afghanistan)1
Philippine Insurrection1

Hometowns (credited)

New Haven6
Hartford4
Bridgeport3
Danbury3
New Britain2
New London2
Salisbury2
Waterbury2

Cemeteries in Connecticut

  • Evergreen Cemetery3 recipients
  • St. Mary's Cemetery3 recipients
  • Mountain Grove Cemetery2 recipients
  • Forest View Cemetery2 recipients
  • Indian Hill Cemetery2 recipients
  • Maple Grove Cemetery1 recipient
  • Old Milford Cemetery1 recipient
  • Jordan Cemetery1 recipient
  • Lower Mystic Cemetery1 recipient
  • Oak Lawn Cemetery1 recipient
  • Colonel Ledyard Cemetery1 recipient
  • St. Peter's Cemetery1 recipient

Living recipients from Connecticut

Harvey Curtiss "Barney" Barnum Jr. Captain · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1965 Allan Jay Kellogg Jr. Staff Sergeant · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1970

Recipients born in or credited to Connecticut

A–Z
John Breckinridge Babcock First Lieutenant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869 William J. Babcock Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1865 EB Elijah William Bacon Private · Army Civil War · 1863 ✦ George William Baird First Lieutenant, Adjutant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1877 Harvey Curtiss "Barney" Barnum Jr. Captain · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1965 WB Wallace A. Beckwith Private · Army Civil War · 1862 HB Henry Breault Torpedoman Second Class · Navy Interim 1920–1940 · 1923 EB Elijah A. Briggs Corporal · Army Civil War · 1865 FB Frederick Clarence Buck Corporal · Army Civil War · 1864 DB Daniel Webster Burke First Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1862 HC Heth Canfield Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1870 Tedford Harris Cann Seaman · Navy World War I · 1917 John A. Chapman Technical Sergeant · Air Force Afghanistan · 2002 ✦ GC George W. Corliss Captain · Army Civil War · 1862 Orson Leon Crandall Chief Boatswain's Mate · Navy Interim 1920–1940 · 1939 HC Henry H. Crocker Captain · Army Civil War · 1864 John Calvin Curtis Sergeant Major · Army Civil War · 1862 Michael Joseph Daly Captain · Army World War II · 1945 LD Lorenzo Denning Landsman · Navy Civil War · 1864 WD Willis H. Downs Private · Army Philippine Insurrection · 1899 CE Charles D. Ennis Private · Army Civil War · 1865 CF Christopher Flynn Corporal · Army Civil War · 1863 TF Thomas Hall Forsyth First Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 William Grant Fournier Sergeant · Army World War II · 1943 ✦ Nicholas Fox Private · Army Civil War · 1863 FF Frank Rocco Fratellenico Corporal · Army Vietnam War · 1970 ✦ William Garvin Captain of the Forecastle · Navy Civil War · 1864 Wesley Gibbs Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1865 Robert A. Gray Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 TH Thomas Harding Captain of the Forecastle · Navy Civil War · 1864 Lee Ross Hartell First Lieutenant · Army Korean War · 1951 ✦ GH George Francis Henrechon Machinist's Mate Second Class · Navy Philippines 1911 · 1911 NH Nathan E. Hickok Corporal · Army Civil War · 1864 FH Frank Hill Private · Marine Corps Spanish-American War · 1898 William B. Hincks Sergeant Major · Army Civil War · 1863 WH William B. Hooper Corporal · Army Civil War · 1865 SH Samuel Belton Horne Captain · Army Civil War · 1864 WH William Stone Hubbell Captain · Army Civil War · 1864 Frederick Randolph Jackson First Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1862 CJ Charles Robert Johnson Private First Class · Army Korean War · 1953 ✦ William James Johnston Sr. Private First Class · Army World War II · 1944 Allan Jay Kellogg Jr. Staff Sergeant · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1970 Aaron Steven Lanfare First Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1865 John Lee Levitow Airman First Class · Air Force Vietnam War · 1969 George Dalton Libby Sergeant · Army Korean War · 1950 ✦ JM John MacKenzie Chief Boatswain's Mate · Navy World War I · 1917 JM John D. Magrath Private First Class · Army World War II · 1945 ✦ HM Henry J. Manning Quartermaster · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1882 Charles H. Marsh Private · Army Civil War · 1864 RM Robert William Montgomery Captain of the Afterguard · Navy Civil War · 1864 JM James T. Murphy Private · Army Civil War · 1865 JN John Neil Quarter Gunner · Navy Civil War · 1864 Robert Burton Nett Captain · Army World War II · 1944 EN Edwin Michael Neville Captain · Army Civil War · 1865 EN Elliott Malloy Norton Second Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1865 WO William O'Neill Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1872 JP John Gideon Palmer Corporal · Army Civil War · 1862 OP Oscar E. Peck Second Class Boy · Navy Civil War · 1862 TR Thomas James Reeves Radio Electrician · Navy World War II · 1941 ✦ JR James Roberts Seaman · Navy Civil War · 1864 GR George Harry Rose Seaman · Navy Boxer Rebellion · 1900 RR Richard Ryan Ordinary Seaman · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1876 DS David H. Scofield Quartermaster Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 Alexander Shaler Colonel · Army Civil War · 1863 Daniel John Shea Private First Class · Army Vietnam War · 1969 ✦ CS Charles Sheppard Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 William Edgar Simonds Sergeant Major · Army Civil War · 1863 Sherrod Emerson Skinner Jr. Second Lieutenant · Marine Corps Korean War · 1952 ✦ William Adolph Soderman Private First Class · Army World War II · 1944 JS James Sullivan Ordinary Seaman · Navy Civil War · 1864 FS Frederic William Swift Lieutenant Colonel · Army Civil War · 1863 Ralph Talbot Second Lieutenant · Marine Corps World War I · 1918 ✦ ET Eugene M. Tinkham Corporal · Army Civil War · 1864 CT Charles H. Tracy Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1865 AT Allen Tucker Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1865 JW John Henry Weeks Private · Army Civil War · 1864 Edward Washburn Whitaker Captain · Army Civil War · 1864 GW George C. Williams Quartermaster Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1862 CW Christopher W. Wilson Private · Army Civil War · 1864 Frank Peter Witek Private First Class · Marine Corps World War II · 1944 ✦ RW Robert Wright Private · Army Civil War · 1864