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Medal of Honor Recipients from Indiana

75 Medals of Honor are credited to Indiana, and 68 recipients were born there; 47 are buried in the state.

75credited
68born here
47buried here
2living
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By conflict

U.S. Civil War56
Indian Campaigns12
World War II10
Philippine Insurrection5
Korean War3
Vietnam War3
Mexican Campaign (Vera Cruz)2
Spanish-American War2
China Relief Expedition (Boxer Rebellion)2
Interim 1920 - 19401

Hometowns (credited)

Indianapolis12
Terre Haute4
Indanapolis4
Lafayette2
Westville2
Jeffersonville2
Fort Wayne2
Holton2

Cemeteries in Indiana

  • Crown Hill Cemetery3 recipients
  • Marion National Cemetery3 recipients
  • Westlawn Cemetery1 recipient
  • Riverside Cemetery1 recipient
  • Mt. Fountain Park Cemetery1 recipient
  • Bearss Family Cemetery1 recipient
  • Anderson Memorial Cemetery1 recipient
  • Greenhill Cemetery1 recipient
  • Greenwood Cemetery1 recipient
  • Green Park Cemetery1 recipient
  • Mossburg Cemetery1 recipient
  • Beech Grove Cemetery1 recipient

Living recipients from Indiana

Sammy Lee Davis Private First Class · Army Vietnam War · 1967 Nicholas Dockery Second Lieutenant · Army Afghanistan · 2012

Recipients born in or credited to Indiana

A–Z
Charles Gene Abrell Corporal · Marine Corps Korean War · 1951 ✦ Marion T. Anderson Captain · Army Civil War · 1864 Richard Nott Antrim Commander · Navy World War II · 1942 James W. Archer First Lieutenant & Adjutant · Army Civil War · 1862 CA Clinton Lycurgus Armstrong Private · Army Civil War · 1863 WB William Badders Chief Machinist's Mate · Navy Interim 1920–1940 · 1939 George Lovell Banks Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1863 Hiram Iddings Bearss Captain · Marine Corps Philippine Insurrection · 1901 MB Melvin Earl Biddle Private First Class · Army World War II · 1944 GB George Wesley Biegler Captain · Army Philippine Insurrection · 1900 TB Thomas A. Blasdel Private · Army Civil War · 1863 Thomas J. Box Captain · Army Civil War · 1864 CB Charles W. Brouse Captain · Army Civil War · 1863 LB Lorenzo Dow Brown Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1877 Daniel Dean Bruce Private First Class · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1969 ✦ LB Louis J. Bruner Private · Army Civil War · 1863 Allen Buchanan Lieutenant Commander · Navy Veracruz 1914 · 1914 Abram J. Buckles Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 WC William Campbell Boatswain's Mate · Navy Civil War · 1865 Orville Tyron Chamberlain Second Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1863 WC William W. Chisman Private · Army Civil War · 1863 JC John Wesley Conaway Private · Army Civil War · 1863 AC Andrew Johnson Cummins Sergeant · Army Spanish-American War · 1898 JD John Davis Private · Army Civil War · 1865 Sammy Lee Davis Private First Class · Army Vietnam War · 1967 Emilio Albert de la Garza Jr. Lance Corporal · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1970 ✦ JD John Ditzenback Quartermaster · Navy Civil War · 1864 Nicholas Dockery Second Lieutenant · Army Afghanistan · 2012 Allan Houston Dougall First Lieutenant & Adjutant · Army Civil War · 1865 James Dunlavy Private · Army Civil War · 1864 CE Coron D. Evans Private · Army Civil War · 1865 Don Carlos Faith Jr. Lieutenant Colonel · Army Korean War · 1950 ✦ CF Charles S. Fall Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 NF Nicholas Fanning Private · Army Civil War · 1865 DF Daniel Tweed Ferrier Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 Frederick W. Fout Second Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1862 Joseph Frantz Private · Army Civil War · 1863 HG Harry Garland Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1877 Thomas N. Graham Second Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1863 GG George Grant Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1867 TG Thomas J. Graves Private · Army Spanish-American War · 1898 FG Francis C. Green Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1868 HH Henry M. Hardenbergh Private · Army Civil War · 1864 ✦ DH David W. Harris Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 DH David H. Helms Private · Army Civil War · 1863 FH Frank Ebenezer Hill Ship's Cook First Class · Navy Interim 1899–1910 · 1905 WH William T. Holmes Private · Army Civil War · 1865 EH Elisha Simpson Hornaday Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1875 IH Ira Hough Private · Army Civil War · 1864 AH Aaron R. Hudson Private · Army Civil War · 1865 LH Louis T. Hunt Private · Army Civil War · 1863 SH Samuel Hymer Captain · Army Civil War · 1864 Jonas Howard Ingram Lieutenant, j.g. · Navy Veracruz 1914 · 1914 RJ Ruel M. Johnson Major · Army Civil War · 1863 Absalom Jordan Corporal · Army Civil War · 1865 Andrew John Kelley Private · Army Civil War · 1863 WK William Wesley Kendall First Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1863 GK Gerry Herman Kisters Second Lieutenant · Army World War II · 1943 JK Jeremiah Kuder Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1864 Henry Ware Lawton Captain · Army Civil War · 1864 JL Jeptha L. Lytton Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 Elihu H. Mason Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1862 Thomas Edward McCall Staff Sergeant · Army World War II · 1944 WM William D. McGee Private · Army World War II · 1945 ✦ HM Harry J. Michael Second Lieutenant · Army World War II · 1945 ✦ RM Richard H. Morgan Corporal · Army Civil War · 1865 JN Joseph A. Nolan Artificer · Army Philippine Insurrection · 1900 Frank Harry Ono Private First Class · Army World War II · 1944 ✦ JO John N. Opel Private · Army Civil War · 1864 JO Jacob H. Overturf Private · Army Civil War · 1863 JP Joseph Rollin Prentice Private · Army Civil War · 1862 OR Oliver P. Rood Private · Army Civil War · 1863 MR Milton F. Russell Captain · Army Civil War · 1862 Peter J. Ryan Private · Army Civil War · 1864 Norman Scott Rear Admiral · Navy World War II · 1942 ✦ CS Charles H. Seston Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 ✦ WS William Shepherd Private · Army Civil War · 1865 David Monroe Shoup Colonel · Marine Corps World War II · 1943 RS Reuben Smalley Private · Army Civil War · 1863 WS William Steinmetz Private · Army Civil War · 1863 JS John T. Sterling Private · Army Civil War · 1864 Frank Stolz Private · Army Civil War · 1863 JS John Alexander Sutherland Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1868 RT Richard Taylor Private · Army Civil War · 1864 WT William P. Thompson Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 ✦ AT Andrew W. Tibbets Private · Army Civil War · 1865 AW Allen Walker Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1891 AW Amos Weaver Sergeant · Army Philippine Insurrection · 1899 EW Enoch R. Weiss Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869 JW John C. Wetherby Private · Army Philippine Insurrection · 1899 ✦ JW John Milton Whitehead Chaplain · Army Civil War · 1862 TW Thomas W. Wigle Second Lieutenant · Army World War II · 1944 ✦ PW Perry Wilkes Pilot · Navy Civil War · 1864 JW Jay P. Williams Coxswain · Navy Boxer Rebellion · 1900 Roswell Winans First Sergeant · Marine Corps Dominican Republic 1916 · 1916 William Gordon Windrich Staff Sergeant · Marine Corps Korean War · 1950 ✦ CW Claron Windus Bugler · Army Indian Campaigns · 1870 SW Samuel Woodfill First Lieutenant · Army World War I · 1918 JY John P. Yount Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1871 WZ William F. Zion Private · Marine Corps Boxer Rebellion · 1900