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Medal of Honor Recipients from District of Columbia

34 Medals of Honor are credited to District of Columbia, and 26 recipients were born there; 37 are buried in the state.

34credited
26born here
37buried here
0living
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By conflict

U.S. Civil War11
World War II7
Vietnam War5
Indian Campaigns5
Mexican Campaign (Vera Cruz)4
Interim 1899 - 19103
Spanish-American War3
Philippine Insurrection3
Interim 1871 - 18992
Korean War2

Hometowns (credited)

Washington34

Cemeteries in District of Columbia

Recipients born in or credited to District of Columbia

A–Z
Richard Allen Anderson Lance Corporal · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1969 ✦ OB Oscar Charles Badger Ensign · Navy Veracruz 1914 · 1914 CB Charles Baker Quarter Gunner · Navy Civil War · 1864 Will Croft Barnes Private First Class · Army Indian Campaigns · 1881 Lewis Kenneth Bausell Corporal · Marine Corps World War II · 1944 ✦ HB Heinrich Behnke Seaman First Class · Navy Interim 1899–1910 · 1905 Dennis Bell Private · Army Spanish-American War · 1898 Randolph Carter Berkeley Major · Marine Corps Veracruz 1914 · 1914 SB Sanford Bradbury First Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869 Paul William Bucha Captain · Army Vietnam War · 1968 Daniel Adams Butterfield Brigadier General · Army Civil War · 1862 Bernard Albert Byrne Captain · Army Philippine Insurrection · 1899 Charles E. Capehart Major · Army Civil War · 1863 JC Justice Marion Chambers Lieutenant Colonel · Marine Corps World War II · 1945 Benjamin Harrison Cheever Jr. First Lieutenant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1891 James Robb Church Assistant Surgeon · Army Spanish-American War · 1898 George McCall Courts Lieutenant, j.g. · Navy Veracruz 1914 · 1914 JC James Madison Cutts Captain · Army Civil War · 1864 Eugene Bennett Fluckey Commander · Navy World War II · 1944 Manning Ferguson Force Brigadier General · Army Civil War · 1864 DH David Harrington First Class Fireman · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1884 JH John Hayden Apprentice · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1879 GH George Hooker Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1873 ✦ James Edmund Johnson Sergeant · Marine Corps Korean War · 1950 ✦ PK Philip Bogan Keefer Coppersmith · Navy Spanish-American War · 1898 HL Harry Lipscomb Watertender · Navy Interim 1899–1910 · 1910 Charles James (Angelo) Liteky Captain · Army Vietnam War · 1967 Andre Cavaro Lucas Lieutenant Colonel · Army Vietnam War · 1970 ✦ James Harper McDonald Chief Metalsmith · Navy Interim 1920–1940 · 1939 RM Robert Milton McGovern First Lieutenant · Army Korean War · 1951 ✦ TM Thomas Joseph McMahon Specialist Fourth Class · Army Vietnam War · 1969 ✦ AM Andrew Miller Sergeant · Marine Corps Civil War · 1864 George H. Plowman Sergeant Major · Army Civil War · 1864 DP David Dixon Porter Captain · Marine Corps Philippine Insurrection · 1901 Arthur Murray Preston Lieutenant Commander · Navy World War II · 1944 JR John Rush First Class Fireman · Navy Civil War · 1863 Albert Ernest Schwab Private First Class · Marine Corps World War II · 1945 ✦ RS Robert Sheldon Scott Captain · Army World War II · 1943 George Clymer Shaw First Lieutenant · Army Philippine Insurrection · 1903 WS William Shepherd Private · Army Civil War · 1865 PS Peter Stewart Gunnery Sergeant · Marine Corps Boxer Rebellion · 1900 Clarence Edwin Sutton Sergeant · Marine Corps Boxer Rebellion · 1900 Bernard Taylor Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1874 ✦ Richard Wainwright Jr. Lieutenant · Navy Veracruz 1914 · 1914 George Huber Wheeler Shipfitter First Class · Navy Interim 1899–1910 · 1909 John Moulder Wilson First Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1862 Carle Augustus Woodruff First Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1863 Cassin Young Commander · Navy World War II · 1941