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Medal of Honor Recipients from Massachusetts

265 Medals of Honor are credited to Massachusetts, and 176 recipients were born there; 152 are buried in the state.

265credited
176born here
152buried here
4living
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By conflict

U.S. Civil War149
Indian Campaigns49
Spanish-American War20
World War II20
Interim 1871 - 189916
China Relief Expedition (Boxer Rebellion)10
Vietnam War10
Korean War7
World War I7
Philippine Insurrection6

Hometowns (credited)

Boston94
New Bedford7
Springfield7
Lowell6
Fall River5
Taunton5
Malden3
Cambridge3

Cemeteries in Massachusetts

Living recipients from Massachusetts

Robert Franklin Foley Captain · Army Vietnam War · 1966 Thomas Gunning Kelley Lieutenant · Navy Vietnam War · 1969 Ryan M. Pitts Sergeant · Army Afghanistan · 2008 Britt Kelly Slabinski Senior Chief · Navy Afghanistan · 2002

Recipients born in or credited to Massachusetts · page 1 of 3

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JA John Gregory bishop Adams Second Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1862 John Mapes Adams Sergeant · Marine Corps Boxer Rebellion · 1900 Harry Chapman Adriance Corporal · Marine Corps Boxer Rebellion · 1900 Nathaniel M. Allen Corporal · Army Civil War · 1863 FA Frederick Charles Anderson Private · Army Civil War · 1864 MA Matthew Arther Signal Quartermaster · Navy Civil War · 1862 TA Thomas E. Atkinson Yeoman · Navy Civil War · 1864 JB James E. Bailey Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1872 Benjamin F. Baker Coxswain · Navy Spanish-American War · 1898 John Andrew Barnes III Private First Class · Army Vietnam War · 1967 ✦ JB James Barnum Boatswain's Mate · Navy Civil War · 1865 PB Philip Baybutt Private · Army Civil War · 1864 PB Philip Bazaar Ordinary Seaman · Navy Civil War · 1865 Raymond Ovila Beaudoin First Lieutenant · Army World War II · 1945 ✦ FB Frederick Bergendahl Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1874 Charles Albert Bessey Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1877 AB Albert Beyer Coxswain · Navy Spanish-American War · 1898 John F. Bickford Captain of the Top · Navy Civil War · 1864 FB Frank Bois Quartermaster · Navy Civil War · 1863 WB William S. Bond Boatswain · Navy Civil War · 1864 RB Robert M. Boody Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1863 Orlando Phidelio Boss Corporal · Army Civil War · 1864 SB Samuel Bowden Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1870 AB Alonzo Bowman Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1881 Henry Van ness Boynton Lieutenant Colonel · Army Civil War · 1863 AB Alexander Bradley Landsman · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1872 JB James Brady Private · Army Civil War · 1864 CB Christopher Brennan Seaman · Navy Civil War · 1862 PB Patrick Francis Bresnahan Watertender · Navy Interim 1899–1910 · 1905 Lloyd Milton Brett Second Lieutenant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1880 JB John Harties Brown Captain · Army Civil War · 1864 AB Andrew Symmes Bryant Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1863 Robert Buffum Private · Army Civil War · 1862 JB James Burnes Private · Marine Corps Boxer Rebellion · 1900 James Montross Burt Captain · Army World War II · 1944 William Robert Caddy Private First Class · Marine Corps World War II · 1945 ✦ Thomas Joseph Callen Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 DC Daniel J. Campbell Private · Marine Corps Spanish-American War · 1898 William Harvey Carney Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1863 Wayne Maurice Caron Hospital Corpsman Third Class · Navy Vietnam War · 1968 ✦ WC William Louis Carr Private · Marine Corps Boxer Rebellion · 1900 AC Anthony J. Carson Corporal · Army Philippine Insurrection · 1900 RC Robert Goldthwaite Carter Second Lieutenant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1871 DC David P. Casey Private · Army Civil War · 1864 HC Henry Flint Chandler Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 JC James B. Chandler Coxswain · Navy Civil War · 1864 John A. Chapman Technical Sergeant · Air Force Afghanistan · 2002 ✦ George Charette Gunner's Mate First Class · Navy Spanish-American War · 1898 MC Michael Connolly Ordinary Seaman · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1876 JC James Cooney Private · Marine Corps Boxer Rebellion · 1900 TC Thomas Cosgrove Private · Army Civil War · 1864 GC Gordon Maynard Craig Corporal · Army Korean War · 1950 ✦ TC Thomas Cramen Boatswain's Mate · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1882 CC Charles Crandall Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1868 George Evans Davis First Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1864 MD Michael Dawson Trumpeter · Army Indian Campaigns · 1875 JD John Milton Deane Major · Army Civil War · 1865 JD Joseph H. Decastro Corporal · Army Civil War · 1863 AD Arthur Frederick Defranzo Staff Sergeant · Army World War II · 1944 ✦ FD Frederick Nelson Deland Private · Army Civil War · 1863 JD John Dempsey Seaman · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1875 MD Michael Deneef Captain of the Top · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1875 RD Richard Dennis Boatswain's Mate · Navy Civil War · 1864 Richard David Dewert Hospital Corpsman · Navy Korean War · 1951 ✦ Michael A. Dillon Private · Army Civil War · 1862 SD Stephen Holden Doane First Lieutenant · Army Vietnam War · 1969 ✦ Francis Safford Dodge Captain · Army Indian Campaigns · 1879 JD John James Doran Boatswain's Mate Second Class · Navy Spanish-American War · 1898 WD William Downey Private · Army Civil War · 1864 JD John Duffey Private · Army Civil War · 1864 AD Adam Duncan Boatswain's Mate · Navy Civil War · 1864 Samuel E. Eddy Private · Army Civil War · 1865 Russell C. Elliott Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 Thomas Foulds Ellsworth Captain · Army Civil War · 1864 JE John Enright Landsman · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1886 RE Rodney John Evans Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1969 ✦ Benjamin Frank Falls Color Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1863 ✦ Eugene W. Ferris First Lieutenant & Adjutant · Army Civil War · 1865 TF Thomas Fitzpatrick Coxswain · Navy Civil War · 1864 JF John H. Foley Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1872 Robert Franklin Foley Captain · Army Vietnam War · 1966 BF Bruno Albert Forsterer Sergeant · Marine Corps Samoa 1899 · 1899 CF Charles H. Foy Signal Quartermaster · Navy Civil War · 1865 JF John B. Frisbee Gunner's Mate · Navy Civil War · 1862 WF West Funk Major · Army Civil War · 1865 Charles N. Gardner Private · Army Civil War · 1865 RG Robert J. Gardner Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1865 HG Harry Garland Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1877 TG Thomas H. Gay Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1868 LG Levi B. Gaylord Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1865 EG Edward Herrick Gibson Sergeant · Army Philippine Insurrection · 1899 David L. Gifford Private · Army Civil War · 1864 FG Frank S. Gile Landsman · Navy Civil War · 1863 FG Freeman Gill Gunner's Mate First Class · Navy Spanish-American War · 1898 Edward Allen Gisburne Electrician Third Class · Navy Veracruz 1914 · 1914 DG David Goodman Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869 Peter Grace Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 JG John Grady Lieutenant · Navy Veracruz 1914 · 1914 JG Joseph Xavier Grant Captain · Army Vietnam War · 1966 ✦ Adolphus Washington Greely Major General · Army Interim 1920–1940 · 1861 JG John Griffiths Captain of the Forecastle · Navy Civil War · 1865 Edward P. Grimes Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1879 LG Luke M. Griswold Ordinary Seaman · Navy Civil War · 1862 JH John Haddoo Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 GH George John Hall Staff Sergeant · Army World War II · 1944 TH Thomas W. Hamilton Quartermaster · Navy Civil War · 1863 JH John Handran Seaman · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1876 RH Richard P. Hanley Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 Marcus A. Hanna Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1863 Robert Murray Hanson First Lieutenant · Marine Corps World War II · 1943 ✦ JH John H. Harbourne Private · Army Civil War · 1864 TH Thomas Harcourt Ordinary Seaman · Navy Civil War · 1865 DH Daniel C. Harrington Landsman · Navy Civil War · 1862 MH Moses Harris First Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1864 GH George H. Harrison Seaman · Navy Civil War · 1864 WH William Hart Machinist First Class · Navy Spanish-American War · 1898 MH Marcus M. Haskell Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1862 EH Edward W. Hathaway Seaman · Navy Civil War · 1862 JH John Hayes Coxswain · Navy Civil War · 1864 WH Walter Newell Hill Captain · Marine Corps Veracruz 1914 · 1914