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Medal of Honor Recipients from Maine

66 Medals of Honor are credited to Maine, and 83 recipients were born there; 37 are buried in the state.

66credited
83born here
37buried here
0living
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By conflict

U.S. Civil War68
Indian Campaigns7
Korean War5
World War II5
Vietnam War3
Spanish-American War2
Interim 1871 - 18992
Philippine Insurrection1
Somalia (Operation Restore Hope)1
Korean Campaign 18711

Hometowns (credited)

Portland9
Bangor6
Augusta5
Winterport2
Waterville2
Rockland1
Brunswick1
Limerick1

Cemeteries in Maine

  • Mount Pleasant Cemetery3 recipients
  • Oak Hill Cemetery3 recipients
  • Pine Grove Cemetery2 recipients
  • Riverside Cemetery2 recipients
  • Evergreen Cemetery2 recipients
  • Togus National Cemetery2 recipients
  • Calvary Cemetery1 recipient
  • Hillside Cemetery1 recipient
  • Brown Cemetery1 recipient
  • St. Francis de Sales Cemetery1 recipient
  • Laurel Hill Cemetery1 recipient
  • Pierce Cemetery1 recipient

Recipients born in or credited to Maine

A–Z
Adelbert Ames First Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1861 JA John Angling Cabin Boy · Navy Civil War · 1864 JB James E. Bailey Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1872 TB Thomas Belcher Private · Army Civil War · 1864 CB Charles James Bibber Gunner's Mate · Navy Civil War · 1864 John F. Bickford Captain of the Top · Navy Civil War · 1864 RB Robert M. Blair Boatswain's Mate · Navy Civil War · 1864 RB Robert M. Boody Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1863 AB Alonzo Bowman Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1881 EB Edward R. Bowman Quartermaster · Navy Civil War · 1865 Lloyd Milton Brett Second Lieutenant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1880 BB Brian Leroy Buker Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1970 ✦ RC Robert Goldthwaite Carter Second Lieutenant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1871 Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain Colonel · Army Civil War · 1863 David Bernard Champagne Corporal · Marine Corps Korean War · 1952 ✦ JC John Chapman Private · Army Civil War · 1865 John F. Chase Private · Army Civil War · 1863 Charles Amory Clark Lieutenant & Adjutant · Army Civil War · 1863 Clarence Milville Condon Sergeant · Army Philippine Insurrection · 1899 Edward Carl Dahlgren Second Lieutenant · Army World War II · 1945 SD Samuel W. Davis Ordinary Seaman · Navy Civil War · 1864 TD Thomas M. Doherty Corporal · Army Spanish-American War · 1898 AD Adam Duncan Boatswain's Mate · Navy Civil War · 1864 WD William Dunn Quartermaster · Navy Civil War · 1865 Lewellyn Garrish Estes Captain & Assistant Adjutant General · Army Civil War · 1864 WF William Farley Boatswain's Mate · Navy Civil War · 1863 Albert E. Fernald First Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1865 Herbert Louis Foss Seaman · Navy Spanish-American War · 1898 William Grant Fournier Sergeant · Army World War II · 1943 ✦ JF John B. Frisbee Gunner's Mate · Navy Civil War · 1862 CG Charles Giddings Seaman · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1876 CG Clair Goodblood Corporal · Army Korean War · 1951 ✦ Gary Ivan Gordon Master Sergeant · Army Somalia 1993 · 1993 ✦ Marcus A. Hanna Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1863 MH Moses C. Hanscom Corporal · Army Civil War · 1863 Ephraim W. Harrington Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1863 FH Frank W. Haskell Sergeant Major · Army Civil War · 1862 CH Cyrus Hayden Carpenter · Navy Korea 1871 · 1871 AH Asbury F. Haynes Corporal · Army Civil War · 1865 Francis Snow Hesseltine Lieutenant Colonel · Army Civil War · 1863 William B. Hincks Sergeant Major · Army Civil War · 1863 Oliver Otis Howard Brigadier General · Army Civil War · 1862 HH Henry J. Hyde Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1872 Thomas Worcester Hyde Major · Army Civil War · 1862 TK Thomas Kendrick Coxswain · Navy Civil War · 1864 Horatio Collins King Major & Quartermaster · Army Civil War · 1865 Abiather J. Knowles Private · Army Civil War · 1861 George Dalton Libby Sergeant · Army Korean War · 1950 ✦ GL George H. Littlefield Corporal · Army Civil War · 1865 Charles Joseph Loring Jr. Major · Air Force Korean War · 1952 ✦ Alphonso M. Lunt Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 JM John Mack Seaman · Navy Civil War · 1865 Charles Porter Mattocks Colonel · Army Civil War · 1865 AM Adam McCullock Seaman · Navy Civil War · 1864 ✦ JM James McLeod Captain of the Foretop · Navy Civil War · 1862 TM Thomas Joseph McMahon Specialist Fourth Class · Army Vietnam War · 1969 ✦ HM Henry A. McMasters Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1872 ✦ Henry Clay Merriam Lieutenant Colonel · Army Civil War · 1865 AM Augustus Merrill Captain · Army Civil War · 1865 Lewis Lee "red" Millett Captain · Army Korean War · 1951 DM Daniel Milliken Quarter Gunner · Navy Civil War · 1865 Walter Goodale Morrill Captain · Army Civil War · 1863 Henry D. O'Brien Corporal · Army Civil War · 1863 EP Edward M. Pike First Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1862 WP William B. Poole Quartermaster · Navy Civil War · 1864 AR Axel Hayford Reed Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1863 CR Charles Rice Coal Heaver · Navy Civil War · 1864 JR James Richmond Private · Army Civil War · 1863 ✦ OR Otis O. Roberts Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1863 JR John Robinson Captain of the Hold · Navy Interim 1865–1870 · 1867 AS Auzella Savage Ordinary Seaman · Navy Civil War · 1865 Herbert Emery Schonland Lieutenant Commander · Navy World War II · 1943 RS Richard Henry Seward Paymaster's Steward · Navy Civil War · 1863 DS Donald Sidney Skidgel Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1969 ✦ CS Charles H. Smith Coxswain · Navy Civil War · 1862 Charles Henry Smith Colonel · Army Civil War · 1864 Joseph Sewall Smith Lieutenant Colonel · Army Civil War · 1864 Andrew Barclay Spurling Lieutenant Colonel · Army Civil War · 1865 TT Thomas Taylor Coxswain · Navy Civil War · 1864 WT Wilbur Nelson Taylor Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1868 John Darling Terry Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1862 ST Sidney Warren Thaxter Major · Army Civil War · 1864 HT Henry Thompson Seaman · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1878 ET Edward Parsons Tobie Jr. Sergeant Major · Army Civil War · 1865 Andrew Jackson Tozier Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1863 AT Amasa Sawyer Tracy Lieutenant Colonel · Army Civil War · 1864 OT Othniel Tripp Chief Boatswain's Mate · Navy Civil War · 1865 JV James W. Verney Chief Quartermaster · Navy Civil War · 1865 RW Robert Turner Waugh First Lieutenant · Army World War II · 1944 ✦ HW Henry W. Wheeler Private · Army Civil War · 1861 FW Frank M. Whitman Private · Army Civil War · 1862 EW Edward Newton Whittier First Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1864 AW Anthony Williams Sailmaker's Mate · Navy Civil War · 1864 Henry Clay Wood First Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1861 HY Horatio Nelson Young Seaman · Navy Civil War · 1863 Jay Zeamer Jr. Major · Air Force World War II · 1943