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Medal of Honor Recipients from Illinois

210 Medals of Honor are credited to Illinois, and 108 recipients were born there; 111 are buried in the state.

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Richard Edward Kraus Private First Class · Marine Corps World War II · 1944 ✦ George Kretsinger Private · Army Civil War · 1863 AK Anton L. Krotiak Private First Class · Army World War II · 1945 ✦ EK Edward Charles Krzyzowski Captain · Army Korean War · 1951 ✦ Joseph S. Labill Private · Army Civil War · 1863 JL James W. Larrabee Corporal · Army Civil War · 1863 John Harold Leims Second Lieutenant · Marine Corps World War II · 1945 FL Fred Faulkner Lester Hospital Apprentice First Class · Navy World War II · 1945 ✦ JL John Alexander Logan Jr. Major · Army Philippine Insurrection · 1899 ✦ BL Berger Holton Loman Private · Army World War I · 1918 Richard Moses Longfellow Private · Army Philippine Insurrection · 1899 Robert A. Lower Private · Army Civil War · 1863 GL George Washington Lucas Private · Army Civil War · 1864 Moses Augustine Luce Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 Allen James Lynch Specialist Fourth Class · Army Vietnam War · 1967 GM George Marsh Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1863 WM William Martin Boatswain's Mate · Navy Civil War · 1862 JM Joseph Jeremiah McCarthy Captain · Marine Corps World War II · 1945 EM Edward John McClernand Second Lieutenant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1877 SM Samuel McConnell Captain · Army Civil War · 1865 MM Michael McCormick Boatswain's Mate · Navy Civil War · 1864 AM Andrew McCornack Private · Army Civil War · 1863 JM James McDonald Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1868 JM John Wade McDonald Private · Army Civil War · 1862 TM Thomas McGraw Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1865 PM Patrick McGuire Private · Army Civil War · 1863 Nineveh S. McKeen First Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1863 JM James K. Merrifield Corporal · Army Civil War · 1864 WM William Meyer Carpenter's Mate Third Class · Navy Spanish-American War · 1898 Edward Stanley Michael First Lieutenant · Air Force World War II · 1944 Archie Miller First Lieutenant · Army Philippine Insurrection · 1909 HM Henry August Miller Captain · Army Civil War · 1865 JM Jacob C. Miller Private · Army Civil War · 1863 JM John Mitchell First Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1874 Hugh Molloy Ordinary Seaman · Navy Civil War · 1864 James Howard Monroe Private First Class · Army Vietnam War · 1967 ✦ WM Wilbur F. Moore Private · Army Civil War · 1864 SM Sterling Lewis Morelock Private · Army World War I · 1918 JM Jerome Morford Private · Army Civil War · 1863 EM Edward J. Moskala Private First Class · Army World War II · 1945 ✦ HM Hugh Patrick Mullin Seaman · Navy Interim 1899–1910 · 1899 PM Philip Murphy Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869 RM Robinson Barr Murphy Musician · Army Civil War · 1864 TM Thomas C. Murphy Corporal · Army Civil War · 1863 WN Wataru Nakamura Private · Army Korean War · 1951 ✦ MN Marcellus J. Newman Private · Army Civil War · 1864 DN Daniel Noble Landsman · Navy Civil War · 1864 John O'Dea Private · Army Civil War · 1863 Menomen O'Donnell First Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1864 CO Carlos Carnes Ogden Sr. First Lieutenant · Army World War II · 1944 Milton Lee Olive III Private First Class · Army Vietnam War · 1965 ✦ Weedon Edward Osborne Lieutenant, j.g. · Navy World War I · 1918 ✦ Joseph William Ozbourn Private · Marine Corps World War II · 1944 ✦ George Henry Palmer Musician · Army Civil War · 1861 JP James W. Parks Corporal · Army Civil War · 1864 TP Thomas H. l Payne First Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1865 Patrick Henry Pentzer Captain · Army Civil War · 1865 Manuel Perez Jr. Private First Class · Army World War II · 1945 ✦ EP Edward M. Pike First Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1862 GP George F. Pond Private · Army Civil War · 1864 TP Thomas A. Pope Corporal · Army World War I · 1918 Philip Sidney Post Colonel · Army Civil War · 1864 WP Wesley James Powers Corporal · Army Civil War · 1865 James Irsley Poynter Sergeant · Marine Corps Korean War · 1950 ✦ WP Winthrop D. Putnam Corporal · Army Civil War · 1863 GR George F. Rebmann Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1865 WR William Reed Private · Army Civil War · 1863 CR Charles Church Roberts Machinist's Mate First Class · Navy Interim 1899–1910 · 1910 James William Robinson Jr. Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1966 ✦ Robert Guy Robinson Gunnery Sergeant · Marine Corps World War I · 1918 FR Frank Fulton Ross Private · Army Philippine Insurrection · 1899 Charles Wesley Rundle Private · Army Civil War · 1863 Jacob Sanford Private · Army Civil War · 1863 BS Benjamin W. Schenck Private · Army Civil War · 1863 Christian Franklin Schilt First Lieutenant · Marine Corps Nicaragua 1927–1933 · 1928 John Mcallister Schofield Major · Army Civil War · 1861 HS Henry Frank Schroeder Sergeant · Army Philippine Insurrection · 1900 Louis Joseph Sebille Major · Air Force Korean War · 1950 ✦ John Shapland Private · Army Civil War · 1863 WS William Thomas Simmons First Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1864 OS Oscar Slagle Private · Army Civil War · 1863 RS Reuben S. Smalley Private · Army Civil War · 1863 Andrew Jackson Smith Corporal · Army Civil War · 1864 ✦ ES Eugene P. Smith Chief Watertender · Navy Interim 1915–1916 · 1915 FS Fred E. Smith Lieutenant Colonel · Army World War I · 1918 ✦ ES Elmer A. Snow Trumpeter · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 Edward Burson Spalding Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1862 Benona Sprague Corporal · Army Civil War · 1863 WS William G. Stephens Private · Army Civil War · 1863 JS John T. Sterling Private · Army Civil War · 1864 James Bond Stockdale Rear Admiral · Navy Vietnam War · 1969 George Henry Stockman First Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1863 GS George Stokes Private · Army Civil War · 1864 JS James Sumner Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869 HT Henry H. Taylor Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1863 JT John Thompson Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869 WT William Toomer Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1863 FT Frederick Ernest Toy First Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1890 JT John Tracy Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869 Walter Edward Truemper Second Lieutenant · Air Force World War II · 1944 ✦ Oscar Jefferson Upham Private · Marine Corps Boxer Rebellion · 1900 JV James David Vernay Second Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1863 LV Leroy H. Vokes First Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1872 Thomas J. Ward Private · Army Civil War · 1863 JW John Warden Corporal · Army Civil War · 1863 JW Joseph Watson Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869 Lester William Weber Lance Corporal · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1969 ✦ Loyd Wheaton Lieutenant Colonel · Army Civil War · 1865 PW Patrick H. White Captain · Army Civil War · 1863 JW John W. Whitmore Private · Army Civil War · 1865 JW Jerry Wayne Wickam Corporal · Army Vietnam War · 1968 ✦ Andrew J. Widick Private · Army Civil War · 1863 EW Elwood N. Williams Private · Army Civil War · 1862 Ernest Collier Williams First Lieutenant · Marine Corps Dominican Republic 1916 · 1916 Alfred Mac Wilson Private First Class · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1969 ✦ Arthur Harrison Wilson Second Lieutenant · Army Philippine Insurrection · 1909 CW Charles Wilson Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 Richard G. Wilson Private First Class · Army Korean War · 1950 ✦ Robert Lee Wilson Private First Class · Marine Corps World War II · 1944 ✦ William Gordon Windrich Staff Sergeant · Marine Corps Korean War · 1950 ✦