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Medal of Honor Recipients from Kansas

31 Medals of Honor are credited to Kansas, and 23 recipients were born there; 68 are buried in the state.

31credited
23born here
68buried here
0living
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By conflict

Indian Campaigns11
World War II9
Philippine Insurrection7
World War I5
Korean War4
Vietnam War3
U.S. Civil War2
Mexican Campaign (Vera Cruz)1
Spanish-American War1

Hometowns (credited)

Fort Leavenworth10
Wichita3
Fort Dodge2
Kansas City2
Olathe1
Mission1
Manhattan1
Burlington1

Cemeteries in Kansas

Recipients born in or credited to Kansas

A–Z
SA Stanley Taylor Adams Master Sergeant · Army Korean War · 1951 John Henry Balch Pharmacist's Mate First Class · Navy World War I · 1918 Harold William "indian joe" Bauer Lieutenant Colonel · Marine Corps World War II · 1942 ✦ Erwin Russell Bleckley Second Lieutenant · Air Force World War I · 1918 ✦ RC Richard Eller Cowan Private First Class · Army World War II · 1944 ✦ JD James Thomas Daniels Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1890 Jack Arden Davenport Corporal · Marine Corps Korean War · 1951 ✦ Walter David Ehlers Staff Sergeant · Army World War II · 1944 Arthur Medworth Ferguson First Lieutenant · Army Philippine Insurrection · 1899 Paul Frederick Foster Ensign · Navy Veracruz 1914 · 1914 Frederick Funston Sr. Colonel · Army Philippine Insurrection · 1899 JH John Haddoo Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 William Deane Hawkins First Lieutenant · Marine Corps World War II · 1943 ✦ FH Fred Stewart Hay Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1874 JH Joseph Henderson Sergeant · Army Philippine Insurrection · 1909 HH Henry Hogan Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 HH Henry Hogan First Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1877 DH David Holland Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 FH Fred O. Hunt Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1877 JH John A. Huntsman Sergeant · Army Philippine Insurrection · 1899 Lorenzo Dow Immell Corporal · Army Civil War · 1861 Leon William Johnson Colonel · Air Force World War II · 1943 HJ Harold Irving Johnston Sergeant · Army World War I · 1918 Emil J. Kapaun Captain · Army Korean War · 1950 ✦ JK John W. Knox Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1874 George H. Mallon Captain · Army World War I · 1918 Thomas Edward McCall Staff Sergeant · Army World War II · 1944 William Loren McGonagle Captain · Navy Vietnam War · 1967 FP Forrest E. Peden Technician Fifth Grade · Army World War II · 1945 ✦ DP Danny John Petersen Specialist Fourth Class · Army Vietnam War · 1970 ✦ Riley Leroy Pitts Captain · Army Vietnam War · 1967 ✦ JP John A. Poppe Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1879 HR Hampton Mitchell Roach Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1879 GR George Seanor Robb First Lieutenant · Army World War I · 1918 HR Henry Rodenburg Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 Donald Kirby Ross Warrant Machinist · Navy World War II · 1941 CS Conrad Schmidt First Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 Grant Frederick Timmerman Sergeant · Marine Corps World War II · 1944 ✦ WT William Beattie Trembley Private · Army Philippine Insurrection · 1899 ST Samuel S. Triplett Ordinary Seaman · Navy Spanish-American War · 1898 GW George Weed Wallace Second Lieutenant · Army Philippine Insurrection · 1900 Jack Weinstein Sergeant · Army Korean War · 1951 ✦ EW Edward White Private · Army Philippine Insurrection · 1899