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Medal of Honor Recipients from Maryland

85 Medals of Honor are credited to Maryland, and 67 recipients were born there; 52 are buried in the state.

85credited
67born here
52buried here
3living
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By conflict

U.S. Civil War48
Indian Campaigns27
World War II7
Vietnam War6
World War I4
Mexican Campaign (Vera Cruz)4
Korean War4
Philippine Insurrection3
Interim 1865 - 18702
Spanish-American War2

Hometowns (credited)

Baltimore45
Frederick3
Cumberland3
Westminster1
Woodland1
Bakersville1
Taneytown1
Prince Georges1

Cemeteries in Maryland

  • U.S. Naval Academy Cemetery12 recipients
  • Green Mount Cemetery3 recipients
  • Louden Park National Cemetery3 recipients
  • Loudon Park Cemetery2 recipients
  • Loudon Park National Cemetery2 recipients
  • New Cathedral Cemetery2 recipients
  • The Baltimore Cemetery2 recipients
  • Christ Church Cemetery1 recipient
  • Trinity Lutheran Cemetery1 recipient
  • Cremated Ashes in Flower Garden1 recipient
  • Parsons Cemetery1 recipient
  • St. Joseph's R.C. Cemetery1 recipient

Living recipients from Maryland

JC James Capers Jr. Major · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1967 Florent A. Groberg Captain · Army Afghanistan · 2012 Thomas Rolland Norris Lieutenant · Navy Vietnam War · 1972

Recipients born in or credited to Maryland

A–Z
Charles W. Anderson Private · Army Civil War · 1865 JA John Andrews Ordinary Seaman · Navy Korea 1871 · 1871 WB William Henry Barnes Private · Army Civil War · 1864 CB Clay Beauford First Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1872 TB Thomas Boyne Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1879 JB John Brown Captain of the Afterguard · Navy Interim 1865–1870 · 1866 WB William H. Brown Landsman · Navy Civil War · 1864 JB James Buck Quartermaster · Navy Civil War · 1862 JB John E. Buffington Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1865 AC Abel G. Cadwallader Corporal · Army Civil War · 1865 JC James Capers Jr. Major · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1967 Horace Capron Jr. Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1862 ✦ WC William M. Carr Master-at-Arms · Navy Civil War · 1864 JC Joseph Franklin Carter Captain · Army Civil War · 1865 JC John Purness Chatham Gunner's Mate Second Class · Navy Boxer Rebellion · 1900 Powhatan Henry Clarke Second Lieutenant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1886 TC Thomas Connor Ordinary Seaman · Navy Civil War · 1865 Henry G. Costin Private · Army World War I · 1918 ✦ JC John Crist Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869 FD Frederick Deetline Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 Bartholomew Diggins Ordinary Seaman · Navy Civil War · 1864 JD John L. Donahue Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869 DD Decatur Dorsey Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 Austin Joseph Durney Blacksmith · Navy Spanish-American War · 1898 Christian A. Fleetwood Sergeant Major · Army Civil War · 1864 WF William Foster Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1872 Sterling Archibald Galt Artificer · Army Philippine Insurrection · 1899 James Albert Graham Captain · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1967 ✦ Clinton Greaves Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1877 Florent A. Groberg Captain · Army Afghanistan · 2012 Charles Hazeltine Hammann Ensign · Navy World War I · 1918 James H. Harris Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 JH John William Hart Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1863 RH Robert Willard Hartsock Staff Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1969 ✦ PH Paul Haupt Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869 JH Joseph B. Hayden Quartermaster · Navy Civil War · 1865 AH Alfred B. Hilton Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 ✦ LH Lehmann Hinemann Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1872 GH George Hooker Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1873 ✦ Isadore Seigfreid Jachman Staff Sergeant · Army World War II · 1945 ✦ BJ Berrie Henry Jarrett Seaman · Navy Veracruz 1914 · 1914 WJ William R. Jecelin Sergeant · Army Korean War · 1950 ✦ JJ John Peter Johanson Seaman · Navy Spanish-American War · 1898 TJ Thomas Jones Coxswain · Navy Civil War · 1865 TJ Thomas H. Jordan Quartermaster · Navy Civil War · 1864 JK John Keough Corporal · Army Civil War · 1865 Jacob Koogle First Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1865 DL Daniel Lakin Seaman · Navy Civil War · 1862 JM John W. Magee Second Class Fireman · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1884 William Henry Mathews First Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 Marion Perry Maus First Lieutenant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1886 BM Benjamin Franklin McAlwee Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 Edward Orrick McDonnell Ensign · Navy Veracruz 1914 · 1914 AM Andrew Jackson McGonnigle Captain & Assistant Quartermaster · Army Civil War · 1864 Frederick Vallette McNair Jr. Lieutenant · Navy Veracruz 1914 · 1914 WM William McNamara First Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1872 LM Louis Wardlaw Miles Captain · Army World War I · 1918 SM Sterling Lewis Morelock Private · Army World War I · 1918 CM Charles W. Morton Boatswain's Mate · Navy Civil War · 1863 JM John Mott Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1871 PM Patrick Mullen Boatswain's Mate · Navy Interim 1865–1870 · 1865 PM Patrick Mullen Boatswain's Mate · Navy Civil War · 1865 Charles Patrick "Chuck" Murray Jr. First Lieutenant · Army World War II · 1944 WM William H. Myers Private · Army Civil War · 1865 Thomas Rolland Norris Lieutenant · Navy Vietnam War · 1972 FO Francis Oliver First Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869 JP Josiah Pennsyl Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1874 Charles Edward Phelps Colonel · Army Civil War · 1864 WP Wilhelm O. Philipsen Blacksmith · Army Indian Campaigns · 1879 CP Charles H. Pierce Private · Army Philippine Insurrection · 1899 AP Ambrose Porter Commissary Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 DP Donn F. Porter Sergeant · Army Korean War · 1952 ✦ SP Samuel Porter Farrier · Army Indian Campaigns · 1870 Arthur Murray Preston Lieutenant Commander · Navy World War II · 1944 EP Ernest William Prussman Private First Class · Army World War II · 1944 ✦ Milton Ernest Ricketts Lieutenant · Navy World War II · 1942 ✦ ER Edward Ringold Coxswain · Navy Civil War · 1862 George Schneider Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 JS Joseph Henry Shea Private · Army Civil War · 1864 JS John Sheerin Blacksmith · Army Indian Campaigns · 1873 CS Carl Vernon Sheridan Private First Class · Army World War II · 1944 ✦ William Edward Shuck Jr. Staff Sergeant · Marine Corps Korean War · 1952 ✦ HS Henry Shutes Captain of the Forecastle · Navy Civil War · 1863 John Oscar Skinner Contract Surgeon · Army Indian Campaigns · 1873 AS Andrew J. Smith Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869 FS Francis M. Smith First Lieutenant & Adjutant · Army Civil War · 1865 OS Otto Smith Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1868 JS James E. Sterling Coal Heaver · Navy Civil War · 1864 JS Joseph Stewart Private · Army Civil War · 1865 Benjamin Swearer Seaman · Navy Civil War · 1861 JT James Tallentine Quarter Gunner · Navy Civil War · 1864 CT Charles Taylor First Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1882 Karl Gorman Taylor Sr. Staff Sergeant · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1968 ✦ WT William Taylor Sergeant & Second Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1864 JT John J. Thompson Corporal · Army Civil War · 1865 AT Alexander H. Truett Coxswain · Navy Civil War · 1864 JT Jacob R. Tucker Corporal · Army Civil War · 1865 CV Charles Veal Private · Army Civil War · 1864 JW John W. Wagner Corporal · Army Civil War · 1863 AW Augustus Walley Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1881 John Springer Walmsley Jr. Captain · Air Force Korean War · 1951 ✦ Henry Clay Warfel Private · Army Civil War · 1865 Paul H. Weinert Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1890 SW Seth Lathrop Weld Corporal · Army Philippine Insurrection · 1906 PW Paul Joseph Wiedorfer Staff Sergeant · Army World War II · 1944 Theodore Stark Wilkinson Jr. Ensign · Navy Veracruz 1914 · 1914 WW William Othello Wilson Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1890 EW Evan M. Woodward First Lieutenant & Adjutant · Army Civil War · 1862 WW William Wright Yeoman · Navy Civil War · 1864 GY Gordon Douglas Yntema Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1968 ✦ HZ Herman Ziegner Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1890