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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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JR Joseph Robinson First Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 JR John Rountry First Class Fireman · Navy Civil War · 1864 FR Francis Thomas Ryan Coxswain · Navy Boxer Rebellion · 1900 WS William Sadler Captain of the Top · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1881 JS James Saunders Quartermaster · Navy Civil War · 1864 AS Auzella Savage Ordinary Seaman · Navy Civil War · 1865

Rufus Saxton Jr. Brigadier General · Army Civil War · 1862 PS Patrick Scanlan Private · Army Civil War · 1864 DS David John Scannell Private · Marine Corps Boxer Rebellion · 1900 MS Martin Schwenk Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1863

Joseph Francis Scott Private · Marine Corps Spanish-American War · 1898 WS William Seach Ordinary Seaman · Navy Boxer Rebellion · 1900 JS James Seanor Master-at-Arms · Navy Civil War · 1864

Britt Kelly Slabinski Senior Chief · Navy Afghanistan · 2002 JS Joseph Alton Sladen Private · Army Civil War · 1864 FS Frank Elmer Smith Oiler · Navy Boxer Rebellion · 1900 JS John Smith Captain of the Forecastle · Navy Civil War · 1864 TS Thomas Smith Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869 WS William Smith Quartermaster · Navy Civil War · 1864 ES Elmer A. Snow Trumpeter · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 WS William Bradford Stacy Seaman · Navy Interim 1865–1870 · 1866 WS William A. Stanley Shell Man · Navy Civil War · 1864

Daniel Dickerson Stevens Quartermaster · Navy Civil War · 1865 BS Benjamin F. Stewart Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 HS Herman Osman Stickney Commander · Navy Veracruz 1914 · 1914 JS James N. Strong Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1863 ES Edward Sullivan Private · Marine Corps Spanish-American War · 1898 JS James F. Sullivan Boatswain's Mate · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1882 JS John Swanson Seaman · Navy Civil War · 1865 ES Edward Swatton Seaman · Navy Civil War · 1865 JS Joseph Sewell gerrish Sweatt Private · Army Civil War · 1863 WS William Sweeney Landsman Engineer's Force · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1880

William L. s Tabor Private · Army Civil War · 1863 CT Charles A. Taggart Private · Army Civil War · 1865

Ralph Talbot Second Lieutenant · Marine Corps World War I · 1918 ✦ WT William Talbott Captain of the Forecastle · Navy Civil War · 1863 WT Wilbur Nelson Taylor Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1868

John Darling Terry Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1862 HT Henry Thielberg Seaman · Navy Civil War · 1863 WT William Thompson Signal Quartermaster · Navy Civil War · 1861

John Michael Tobin First Lieutenant & Adjutant · Army Civil War · 1862 FT Frank Tolan Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 CT Charles H. Tracy Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1865 WT William Troy Ordinary Seaman · Navy Korea 1871 · 1871 ET Edwin M. Truell Private · Army Civil War · 1864 CT Charles William Turner Sergeant First Class · Army Korean War · 1950 ✦ WT William Bradford Turner First Lieutenant · Army World War I · 1918 ✦ JT James H. Turpin First Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1872

Joseph Vittori Corporal · Marine Corps Korean War · 1951 ✦ FW Frank T. o Walker Private · Army Philippine Insurrection · 1900 JW John Walsh Corporal · Army Civil War · 1864

William Gary Walsh Gunnery Sergeant · Marine Corps World War II · 1945 ✦ JW James Ward Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1890

Francis Emroy Warren Corporal · Army Civil War · 1863 RW Richard Welch Corporal · Army Civil War · 1865 FW Frank M. Whitman Private · Army Civil War · 1862 CW Charles White Whittlesey Major · Army World War I · 1918

William Hale Wilbur Colonel · Army World War II · 1942 EW Edward G. Wilkin Corporal · Army World War II · 1945 ✦

Charles H. Willey Machinist · Navy Interim 1915–1916 · 1916 AW Anthony Williams Sailmaker's Mate · Navy Civil War · 1864 AW Augustus Williams Seaman · Navy Civil War · 1865

George Willis Coxswain · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1873 WW William Winterbottom Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1870

William Herbert Withington Captain · Army Civil War · 1861

Leonard Wood Assistant Surgeon · Army Indian Campaigns · 1886 GW George G. Wortman Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1868

Samuel Cole Wright Private · Army Civil War · 1862 SW Samuel Wright Corporal · Army Civil War · 1863 HY Horatio Nelson Young Seaman · Navy Civil War · 1863