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Medal of Honor Recipients from Georgia

23 Medals of Honor are credited to Georgia, and 27 recipients were born there; 18 are buried in the state.

23credited
27born here
18buried here
4living
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By conflict

Vietnam War12
World War II10
Korean War4
Indian Campaigns2
War on Terrorism (Iraq)1
U.S. Civil War1
War on Terrorism (Afghanistan)1

Hometowns (credited)

Atlanta7
Augusta1
Macon1
Fort Oglethorpe1
Ashburn1
Athens1
Newnan1
Columbus1

Cemeteries in Georgia

  • Fort Benning Post Cemetery3 recipients
  • Restlawn Memory Garden Cemetery1 recipient
  • Evergreen Cemetery1 recipient
  • Demorest Memorial Cemetery1 recipient
  • Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens Cemetery1 recipient
  • Linwood Cemetery1 recipient
  • Oakridge Cemetery1 recipient
  • Westover Memorial Park1 recipient
  • Rose Hill Cemetery1 recipient
  • Oak Hill Cemetery1 recipient
  • Palmetto Cemetery1 recipient
  • Center Baptist Cemetery1 recipient

Living recipients from Georgia

James Everette Livingston Captain · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1968 Ronald Eric Ray First Lieutenant · Army Vietnam War · 1966 JS James Michael Sprayberry First Lieutenant · Army Vietnam War · 1968 William D. Swenson Captain · Army Afghanistan · 2009

Recipients born in or credited to Georgia

A–Z
Alexander "Sandy" Bonnyman Jr. First Lieutenant · Marine Corps World War II · 1943 ✦ HB Hammett Lee Bowen Jr. Staff Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1969 ✦ BB Bobbie Evan Brown Jr. Captain · Army World War II · 1944 WB William Maud Bryant Sergeant First Class · Army Vietnam War · 1969 ✦ Mason Carter First Lieutenant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1877 Alwyn Crendall Cashe Sergeant First Class · Army Iraq · 2005 ✦ Raymond Gilbert Davis Lieutenant Colonel · Marine Corps Korean War · 1950 Rodney Maxwell Davis Sergeant · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1967 ✦ HD Harold Bascom Durham Jr. Second Lieutenant · Army Vietnam War · 1967 ✦ AD Aquilla James "big red" Dyess Lieutenant Colonel · Marine Corps World War II · 1944 ✦ RE Roderick W. "Roddie" Edmonds Master Sergeant · Army World War II · 1945 ✦ Henry Talmage Elrod Captain · Marine Corps World War II · 1941 ✦ Ernest Albert Garlington First Lieutenant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1890 Joe Madison Jackson Lieutenant Colonel · Air Force Vietnam War · 1968 Donald Ray Johnston Specialist Fourth Class · Army Vietnam War · 1969 ✦ DL Daniel Warnel Lee Sr. First Lieutenant · Army World War II · 1944 GL George W. Leland Gunner's Mate · Navy Civil War · 1863 James Everette Livingston Captain · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1968 RM Ray McKibben Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1968 ✦ JM John Randolph McKinney Sergeant · Army World War II · 1945 AN Alexander Ramsey Nininger Jr. Second Lieutenant · Army World War II · 1942 ✦ Jackson Charles Pharris Gunner · Navy World War II · 1941 Lee Hugh Phillips Corporal · Marine Corps Korean War · 1950 ✦ Stephen Wesley Pless Major · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1967 Ralph Puckett Jr. First Lieutenant · Army Korean War · 1950 Ronald Eric Ray First Lieutenant · Army Vietnam War · 1966 JS James Michael Sprayberry First Lieutenant · Army Vietnam War · 1968 Luther H. Story Private First Class · Army Korean War · 1950 ✦ William D. Swenson Captain · Army Afghanistan · 2009 Clyde Aristide Thomason Sergeant · Marine Corps World War II · 1942 ✦ Hilliard Almond Wilbanks Captain · Air Force Vietnam War · 1967 ✦