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Medal of Honor Recipients from Kentucky

44 Medals of Honor are credited to Kentucky, and 57 recipients were born there; 29 are buried in the state.

44credited
57born here
29buried here
3living
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By conflict

U.S. Civil War20
Indian Campaigns20
World War II9
Vietnam War8
Korean War7
Interim 1899 - 19102
Spanish-American War2
Philippine Insurrection1
Interim 1871 - 18991
War on Terrorism (Afghanistan)1

Hometowns (credited)

Louisville14
Mount Vernon3
Paducah2
Ashland2
West Liberty1
Shelbyville1
Worthington1
Owensboro1

Cemeteries in Kentucky

  • Mount Pleasant Cemetery2 recipients
  • Evergreen Cemetery2 recipients
  • St. Stephen's Cemetery2 recipients
  • Highland Cemetery2 recipients
  • Memorial Hill Cemetery1 recipient
  • Cumberland Memorial Gardens1 recipient
  • Town Cemetery1 recipient
  • Petersburg Cemetery1 recipient
  • Camp Nelsson National Cemetery1 recipient
  • Fulton County1 recipient
  • Fort Knox Post Cemetery1 recipient
  • Murray Memorial Gardens1 recipient

Living recipients from Kentucky

Don Jenkins Private First Class · Army Vietnam War · 1969 Gary Lee Littrell Sergeant First Class · Army Vietnam War · 1970 Dakota Louis Meyer Corporal · Marine Corps Afghanistan · 2009

Recipients born in or credited to Kentucky

A–Z
William Earl Barber Captain · Marine Corps Korean War · 1950 William Bernard Baugh Private First Class · Marine Corps Korean War · 1950 ✦ James Franklin Bell Colonel · Army Philippine Insurrection · 1899 WB William Perkins Black Captain · Army Civil War · 1862 Edward William Boers Seaman · Navy Interim 1899–1910 · 1905 FB Frank Bratling Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1873 ✦ Richard Earl Bush Corporal · Marine Corps World War II · 1945 JC John H. Callahan Private · Army Civil War · 1865 EC Edward Alvin Clary Watertender · Navy Interim 1899–1910 · 1910 JC John Walton Collier Corporal · Army Korean War · 1950 ✦ GC Garlin Murl Conner First Lieutenant · Army World War II · 1945 ✦ MC Morris E. Crain Technical Sergeant · Army World War II · 1945 ✦ Thomas Cruse Second Lieutenant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1882 John S. Darrough Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 JD John Davis Private · Army Civil War · 1865 WD William L. Day First Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1872 Carl Henry Dodd First Lieutenant · Army Korean War · 1951 CF Charles Clinton Fleek Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1967 ✦ JG John J. Given Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1870 ✦ BH Benjamin Franklin Hardaway First Lieutenant · Army Spanish-American War · 1898 WH William H. Harris Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 HH Harry Leroy Hawthorne Second Lieutenant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1890 GH George Holt Quarter Gunner · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1871 William H. Horsfall Drummer · Army Civil War · 1862 AH Aaron R. Hudson Private · Army Civil War · 1865 OH Oliver Hughes Corporal · Army Civil War · 1865 JH John P. Hughey Corporal · Army Civil War · 1865 Don Jenkins Private First Class · Army Vietnam War · 1969 WJ William H. Jones Farrier · Army Indian Campaigns · 1877 John Brown Kerr Captain · Army Indian Campaigns · 1891 DK Darwin K. Kyle Second Lieutenant · Army Korean War · 1951 ✦ BL Billy Lane Lauffer Private First Class · Army Vietnam War · 1966 ✦ Gary Lee Littrell Sergeant First Class · Army Vietnam War · 1970 Donald Russell Long Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1966 ✦ Leonard Foster Mason Private First Class · Marine Corps World War II · 1944 ✦ HM Henry B. Mattingly Private · Army Civil War · 1864 FM Franklin M. McDonald Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1872 RM Robert McDonald First Lieutenant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1877 MM Michael McLoughlin Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 FM Francis M. McMillen Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1865 Dakota Louis Meyer Corporal · Marine Corps Afghanistan · 2009 WM William W. Morris Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1874 DN David Paul Nash Private First Class · Army Vietnam War · 1968 ✦ JN James J. Nash Private · Army Spanish-American War · 1898 DN Daniel Noble Landsman · Navy Civil War · 1864 Joe Calvin Paul Lance Corporal · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1965 ✦ WP Wesley P. Phelps Private · Marine Corps World War II · 1944 ✦ OR Oliver P. Rood Private · Army Civil War · 1863 Wilburn Kirby Ross Private · Army World War II · 1944 Charles Wesley Rundle Private · Army Civil War · 1863 Willie Sandlin Sergeant · Army World War I · 1918 GS George D. Scott Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 TS Thomas Shaw Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1881 Luther Skaggs Jr. Private First Class · Marine Corps World War II · 1944 Andrew Jackson Smith Corporal · Army Civil War · 1864 ✦ David Monroe Smith Private First Class · Army Korean War · 1950 ✦ JS Junior James Spurrier Staff Sergeant · Army World War II · 1944 John C. Squires Sergeant · Army World War II · 1944 ✦ WS William Steinmetz Private · Army Civil War · 1863 JS Jimmy Goethel Stewart Staff Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1966 ✦ TS Thomas W. Stivers Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 ✦ TS Thomas Sullivan Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1890 TS Thomas Sullivan Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869 Jacob Swegheimer Private · Army Civil War · 1863 Walter Thorn Second Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1865 OV Otto Emil Voit Saddler · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 Mary Edwards Walker Contract Surgeon · Army Civil War · 1861 Ernest Edison West Private First Class · Army Korean War · 1952 John Francis Weston Major · Army Civil War · 1865 PW Patton George Whitehead Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 James Alexander Williamson Colonel · Army Civil War · 1862 BW Brent Woods Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1881