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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.

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HH Henry Holden Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 JH James Holehouse Private · Army Civil War · 1863 CH Conrad Homan Color Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 GH George White Hooker First Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1862 JH James Horton Captain of the Top · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1879 JH James Horton Gunner's Mate · Navy Civil War · 1864 Lewis Augustine Horton Seaman · Navy Civil War · 1862 PH Peter Howard Boatswain's Mate · Navy Civil War · 1863 WH William H. Howe Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1865 Thomas Jerome Hudner Jr. Lieutenant, j.g. · Navy Korean War · 1950 Martin Hunt Private · Marine Corps Boxer Rebellion · 1900 CH Charles Adams Hunter Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1865 LI Lewis J. Ingalls Private · Army Civil War · 1862 JJ John H. James Captain of the Top · Navy Civil War · 1864 Benjamin H. Jellison Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1863 HJ Henry T. Johns Private · Army Civil War · 1863 Elden Harvey Johnson Private · Army World War II · 1944 ✦ JJ John Jones Landsman · Navy Civil War · 1862 Joseph Rodolph Julian Platoon Sergeant · Marine Corps World War II · 1945 ✦ Leopold Karpeles Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 MK Michael Kearney Private · Marine Corps Spanish-American War · 1898 DK Daniel Keating Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1870 Thomas Gunning Kelley Lieutenant · Navy Vietnam War · 1969 FK Francis Kelly Watertender · Navy Spanish-American War · 1898 BK Barnett Kenna Quartermaster · Navy Civil War · 1864 TK Thomas Joseph Kersey Ordinary Seaman · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1876 FK Franz Kramer Seaman · Navy Spanish-American War · 1898 Patrick J. Kyle Landsman · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1879 BL Bartlett Laffey Seaman · Navy Civil War · 1864 DL David Larkin Farrier · Army Indian Campaigns · 1872 John Sterling Lawton Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1879 EL Edwin Leonard Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 WL William B. Lewis Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1879 HL Hugh Logan Captain of the Afterguard · Navy Civil War · 1862 William Lord Musician · Army Civil War · 1864 George Mason Lovering First Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1863 JL James Lowthers Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1875 Alphonso M. Lunt Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 JL James Hezikiah Luther Private · Army Civil War · 1863 Alexander Gordon Lyle Lieutenant Commander · Navy World War I · 1918 Frederick A. Lyon Corporal · Army Civil War · 1864 TL Thomas G. Lyons Seaman · Navy Civil War · 1862 Arthur MacArthur Jr. First Lieutenant & Adjutant · Army Civil War · 1863 Charles Andrew MacGillivary Sergeant · Army World War II · 1945 JM John MacKenzie Chief Boatswain's Mate · Navy World War I · 1917 EM Edward Maddin Ordinary Seaman · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1876 GM George Mahoney Fireman First Class · Navy Spanish-American War · 1898 GM Gregory Mahoney Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1874 JM Jeremiah Mahoney First Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1863 Joseph S. Manning Private · Army Civil War · 1863 William Marland First Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1863 George William Mathews Captain Assistant Surgeon · Army Philippine Insurrection · 1899 DM David A. Matthews Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1868 Lowell Mason Maxham Corporal · Army Civil War · 1863 George Henry Maynard Private · Army Civil War · 1862 JM John McDonald Boatswain's Mate · Navy Civil War · 1862 JM John C. McFarland Captain of the Forecastle · Navy Civil War · 1864 OM Owen McGar Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 John James McGinty III Second Lieutenant · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1966 DM Daniel McKinley Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1868 David Herbert McNerney First Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1967 JM James Meredith Private · Marine Corps Spanish-American War · 1898 John Mihalowski Torpedoman First Class · Navy Interim 1920–1940 · 1939 Nelson Appleton Miles Colonel · Army Civil War · 1863 GM George Miller Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 Harry Herbert Miller Seaman · Navy Spanish-American War · 1898 JM James Miller Quartermaster · Navy Civil War · 1863 Willard D. Miller Seaman · Navy Spanish-American War · 1898 Walter Carleton Monegan Jr. Private First Class · Marine Corps Korean War · 1950 ✦ Jared C. Monti Staff Sergeant · Army Afghanistan · 2006 ✦ GM George Moore Seaman · Navy Civil War · 1862 WM William Moore Boatswain's Mate · Navy Civil War · 1862 JM John Moriarity Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns LM Louis C. Mosher Second Lieutenant · Army Philippine Insurrection · 1913 Myles Moylan Captain · Army Indian Campaigns · 1877 FM Frederick Muller Mate · Navy Spanish-American War · 1898 JM Joseph E. Muller Sergeant · Army World War II · 1945 ✦ DM Daniel J. Murphy Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 FM Frederick Coleman Murphy Private First Class · Army World War II · 1945 ✦ Jeremiah J. Murphy Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 SN Solon D. Neal Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1870 GN George Henry Nee Private · Army Spanish-American War · 1898 FN Frederick S. Neilon Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1874 William D. Newland Ordinary Seaman · Navy Civil War · 1864 CN Christopher Nugent Orderly Sergeant · Marine Corps Civil War · 1863 OO Oliver Albert O'Brien Coxswain · Navy Civil War · 1864 Joseph Timothy O'Callahan Lieutenant Commander · Navy World War II · 1945 MO Michael O'Regan Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1868 AO Anton Olsen Ordinary Seaman · Navy Spanish-American War · 1898 WO William Henry Osborne Private · Army Civil War · 1862 WO William Osborne Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1872 DO David George Ouellet Seaman · Navy Vietnam War · 1967 ✦ Joseph R. Ouellette Private First Class · Army Korean War · 1950 ✦ WP William Parker Captain of the Afterguard · Navy Civil War · 1862 TP Thomas H. l Payne First Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1865 Harl Pease Jr. Captain · Air Force World War II · 1942 ✦ MP Michael J. Perkins Private First Class · Army World War I · 1918 ✦ RP Richard Pile Ordinary Seaman · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1872 Charles H. Pinkham Sergeant Major · Army Civil War · 1865 Ryan M. Pitts Sergeant · Army Afghanistan · 2008 Thomas Plunkett Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1862 Everett Parker Pope Captain · Marine Corps World War II · 1944 John Vincent Power First Lieutenant · Marine Corps World War II · 1944 ✦ GP George Prance Captain of the Main Top · Navy Civil War · 1864 TP Thomas Francis Prendergast Corporal · Marine Corps Philippine Insurrection · 1899 JP John Preston Landsman · Navy Civil War · 1864 GP George Province Ordinary Seaman · Navy Civil War · 1865 EP Ernest William Prussman Private First Class · Army World War II · 1944 ✦ WP Winthrop D. Putnam Corporal · Army Civil War · 1863 JP James Pym Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 Lawson Paterson "Red" Ramage Commander · Navy World War II · 1944 Charles Wellington Reed Bugler · Army Civil War · 1863 JR Jeremiah Regan Quartermaster · Navy Civil War · 1862 PR Patrick J. Regan Second Lieutenant · Army World War I · 1918 Edmund Rice Major · Army Civil War · 1863 Carlos H. Rich First Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 JR John Phillip Rilley Landsman · Navy Spanish-American War · 1898 Marcus M. Robbins Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1875 CR Charles Church Roberts Machinist's Mate First Class · Navy Interim 1899–1910 · 1910 JR John H. Robinson Private · Army Civil War · 1863