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Medal of Honor Recipients from Iowa

55 Medals of Honor are credited to Iowa, and 33 recipients were born there; 42 are buried in the state.

55credited
33born here
42buried here
1living
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By conflict

U.S. Civil War30
World War II9
Indian Campaigns8
Vietnam War5
Philippine Insurrection5
World War I3
Mexican Campaign (Vera Cruz)2
China Relief Expedition (Boxer Rebellion)2
Spanish-American War1
Korean War1

Hometowns (credited)

Dubuque5
Des Moines4
Mount Pleasant3
Keokuk2
Burlington2
Wapello2
Bloomfield2
Grinnell1

Cemeteries in Iowa

  • Glendale Cemetery2 recipients
  • I.O.O.F. Cemetery2 recipients
  • Forest Home Cemetery2 recipients
  • Newell Cemetery1 recipient
  • New Salem Cemetery1 recipient
  • Immanuel Lutheran Church Cemetery1 recipient
  • Aspen Grove Cemetery1 recipient
  • Waveland Cemetery1 recipient
  • Phelps Cemetery1 recipient
  • Oak Hill Cemetery1 recipient
  • Mars Hill Cemetery1 recipient
  • St. Peter's Cemetery1 recipient

Living recipients from Iowa

Salvatore Augustine Giunta Specialist · Army Afghanistan · 2007

Recipients born in or credited to Iowa

A–Z
JB John Franklin Baker Jr. Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1966 Norman Francis Bates Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1865 Edward James Bebb Private · Army Civil War · 1865 OB Orson W. Bennett First Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1864 Arthur O. Beyer Corporal · Army World War II · 1945 HB Horatio L. Birdsall Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1865 William Edward Birkhimer Captain · Army Philippine Insurrection · 1899 Nicholas S. Bouquet Private · Army Civil War · 1861 EB Edgar A. Bras Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1865 Herschel Floyd "pete" Briles Staff Sergeant · Army World War II · 1944 Dale Eldon Christensen Second Lieutenant · Army World War II · 1944 ✦ William Frederick "buffalo bill" Cody Guide · Army Indian Campaigns · 1872 Richard H. Cosgriff Private · Army Civil War · 1865 George Everette "Bud" Day Major · Air Force Vietnam War · 1967 Osborn Warren Deignan Coxswain · Navy Spanish-American War · 1898 MD Merlyn Hans Dethlefsen Major · Air Force Vietnam War · 1967 James Dunlavy Private · Army Civil War · 1864 JE Junior Dean Edwards Sergeant First Class · Army Korean War · 1951 ✦ JE James M. Elson Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1863 NF Nicholas Fanning Private · Army Civil War · 1865 JF Joseph Fitz Ordinary Seaman · Navy Philippine Insurrection · 1906 Frank Friday Fletcher Rear Admiral · Navy Veracruz 1914 · 1914 Frank Jack Fletcher Lieutenant · Navy Veracruz 1914 · 1914 GG George Gates Bugler · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869 Salvatore Augustine Giunta Specialist · Army Afghanistan · 2007 LG Leonidas Mahlon Godley First Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1863 William Remsburg Grove Lieutenant Colonel · Army Philippine Insurrection · 1899 John Henry Hays Private · Army Civil War · 1865 George Washington Healey Private · Army Civil War · 1864 PH Pitt B. Herington Private · Army Civil War · 1864 RH Robert John Hibbs Second Lieutenant · Army Vietnam War · 1966 ✦ JH James Hill First Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1863 EH Elisha Simpson Hornaday Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1875 Jimmie Earl Howard Staff Sergeant · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1966 JH John A. Huntsman Sergeant · Army Philippine Insurrection · 1899 Edouard Victor michel Izac Lieutenant · Navy World War I · 1918 JJ James Jackson Captain · Army Indian Campaigns · 1877 LK Luther Kaltenbach Corporal · Army Civil War · 1864 James Kephart Private · Army Civil War · 1863 JK John W. Knox Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1874 Louis Bowem Lawton First Lieutenant · Army Boxer Rebellion · 1900 ML Milo Lemert First Sergeant · Army World War I · 1918 ✦ Darrell Robins Lindsey Captain · Air Force World War II · 1944 ✦ WM William C. May Private · Army Civil War · 1864 WM William B. Mayes Private · Army Civil War · 1864 James P. Miller Private · Army Civil War · 1865 RM Richard H. Morgan Corporal · Army Civil War · 1865 RN Ralph George Neppel Sergeant · Army World War II · 1944 Arlo Laverne Olson Captain · Army World War II · 1943 ✦ LP Lewis Phife Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1868 Francis Junior Pierce Pharmacist's Mate First Class · Navy World War II · 1945 Emory Jenison Pike Lieutenant Colonel · Army World War I · 1918 ✦ AP Albert Power Private · Army Civil War · 1862 PR Paul F. Riordan Second Lieutenant · Army World War II · 1944 ✦ AS Albert Sale Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869 AS Andrew Jackson Sloan Private · Army Civil War · 1864 HS Henry I. Smith First Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1865 ES Eben Stanley Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1873 Paul Frederick Straub Major Surgeon · Army Philippine Insurrection · 1899 CS Charles Alexander Swan Private · Army Civil War · 1865 JT John F. Thorson Private First Class · Army World War II · 1944 ✦ AT Andrew W. Tibbets Private · Army Civil War · 1865 Calvin Pearl Titus Musician · Army Boxer Rebellion · 1900 Voltare Paine Twombly Corporal · Army Civil War · 1862 GW George W. Welch Private · Army Civil War · 1864 James Alexander Williamson Colonel · Army Civil War · 1862 Calvary Morris Young Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864