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Medal of Honor Recipients from Florida

24 Medals of Honor are credited to Florida, and 14 recipients were born there; 31 are buried in the state.

24credited
14born here
31buried here
2living
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By conflict

Vietnam War10
World War II7
Korean War2
War on Terrorism (Iraq)2
Indian Campaigns2
Philippine Insurrection1
Interim 1920 - 19401
War on Terrorism (Afghanistan)1
World War I1

Hometowns (credited)

Jacksonville6
Oviedo2
Tampa2
Cocoa1
St. Augustine1
Fort Pierce1
Coral Gables1
Clearwater1

Cemeteries in Florida

  • Barrancas National Cemetery4 recipients
  • Florida National Cemetery3 recipients
  • Evergreen Cemetery2 recipients
  • Woodlawn Cemetery2 recipients
  • Pine Crest Cemetery1 recipient
  • St. Michael's Church Cemetery1 recipient
  • Restlawn Cemetery1 recipient
  • St. Bartholomew Cemetery1 recipient
  • Hillcrest Memorial Gardens1 recipient
  • Eastern Cemetery1 recipient
  • Fort Denaud Cemetery1 recipient
  • Greenlawn Cemetery1 recipient

Living recipients from Florida

Robert Ronald Ingram Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class · Navy Vietnam War · 1966 Thomas Rolland Norris Lieutenant · Navy Vietnam War · 1972

Recipients born in or credited to Florida

A–Z
Emory Lawrence Bennett Private First Class · Army Korean War · 1951 ✦ Cecil Hamilton Bolton First Lieutenant · Army World War II · 1944 HB Hammett Lee Bowen Jr. Staff Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1969 ✦ Bruce Wayne Carter Private First Class · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1969 ✦ Alwyn Crendall Cashe Sergeant First Class · Army Iraq · 2005 ✦ Clarence Milville Condon Sergeant · Army Philippine Insurrection · 1899 Ardie R. Copas Specialist Fourth Class · Army Vietnam War · 1970 ✦ William Merrill Corry Jr. Lieutenant Commander · Navy Interim 1920–1940 · 1920 ✦ Nicholas Joseph Cutinha Specialist Fourth Class · Army Vietnam War · 1968 ✦ Robert Edward Femoyer Second Lieutenant · Air Force World War II · 1944 ✦ Robert Ronald Ingram Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class · Navy Vietnam War · 1966 Robert Henry Jenkins Jr. Private First Class · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1969 ✦ Clyde Everett Lassen Lieutenant · Navy Vietnam War · 1968 Baldomero Lopez First Lieutenant · Marine Corps Korean War · 1950 ✦ David McCampbell Commander · Navy World War II · 1944 Thomas Buchanan McGuire Jr. Major · Air Force World War II · 1944 ✦ Robert Miller McTureous Jr. Private · Marine Corps World War II · 1945 ✦ Robert J. Miller Staff Sergeant · Army Afghanistan · 2008 ✦ JM James Henry Mills Private · Army World War II · 1944 AN Alexander Ramsey Nininger Jr. Second Lieutenant · Army World War II · 1942 ✦ Thomas Rolland Norris Lieutenant · Navy Vietnam War · 1972 FO Francis Edward Ormsbee Jr. Chief Machinist's Mate · Navy World War I · 1918 AP Adam Paine Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1874 CS Clifford Chester Sims Staff Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1968 ✦ LS Larry Eugene Smedley Corporal · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1967 ✦ Paul Ray Smith Sergeant First Class · Army Iraq · 2003 ✦ Charles Albert Varnum Captain · Army Indian Campaigns · 1890