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Medal of Honor Recipients from Minnesota

45 Medals of Honor are credited to Minnesota, and 26 recipients were born there; 39 are buried in the state.

45credited
26born here
39buried here
0living
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By conflict

U.S. Civil War16
World War II12
Indian Campaigns9
Vietnam War6
World War I4
Philippine Insurrection3
Interim 1899 - 19102
Mexican Campaign (Vera Cruz)1
Interim 1920 - 19401
Korean War1

Hometowns (credited)

Minneapolis10
Fort Snelling6
Mankato3
St. Paul3
Owatonna1
New Ulm1
Crystal Lake1
Wasioja1

Cemeteries in Minnesota

  • Fort Snelling National Cemetery8 recipients
  • Oakland Cemetery5 recipients
  • Lakewood Cemetery4 recipients
  • Calvary Cemetery2 recipients
  • Glenwood Cemetery2 recipients
  • New Ulm City Cemetery1 recipient
  • St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery1 recipient
  • Hebron Cemetery1 recipient
  • Forest Hill Cemetery1 recipient
  • Calvary Catholic Cemetery1 recipient
  • Greenwood Cemetery1 recipient
  • Oakdale Cemetery1 recipient

Recipients born in or credited to Minnesota

A–Z
George Emerson Albee First Lieutenant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869 JB Jesse T. Barrick Corporal · Army Civil War · 1863 HB Harry Bell Captain · Army Philippine Insurrection · 1899 Willibald Charles Bianchi First Lieutenant · Army World War II · 1942 ✦ Michael Reinert Blanchfield Specialist Fourth Class · Army Vietnam War · 1969 ✦ Joseph Burger Private · Army Civil War · 1863 Oscar R. Burkard Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1898 CC Clinton Albert Cilley Captain · Army Civil War · 1863 WC William A. Clark Corporal · Army Civil War · 1863 Michael "Mike" Colalillo Private First Class · Army World War II · 1945 Henry Alexius Courtney Jr. Major · Marine Corps World War II · 1945 ✦ Louis Cukela Sergeant · Marine Corps World War I · 1918 Louis Cukela Sergeant · Marine Corps World War I · 1918 CD Charles P. Davis Private · Army Philippine Insurrection · 1899 RD Raymond Erwin Davis Quartermaster Third Class · Navy Interim 1899–1910 · 1905 JD Jesse Farley Dyer Captain · Marine Corps Veracruz 1914 · 1914 JF James Flannigan Private · Army Civil War · 1863 Richard Eugene Fleming Captain · Marine Corps World War II · 1942 ✦ Thomas Parke Gere First Lieutenant & Adjutant · Army Civil War · 1864 MH Milton Hanna Corporal · Army Civil War · 1863 Louis James Hauge Jr. Corporal · Marine Corps World War II · 1945 ✦ Lloyd C. Hawks Private First Class · Army World War II · 1944 HH Harry Leroy Hawthorne Second Lieutenant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1890 LH Lovilo N. Holmes First Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1863 Eli Lundy Huggins Captain · Army Indian Campaigns · 1880 Richard Edward Kraus Private First Class · Marine Corps World War II · 1944 ✦ James Dennis la Belle Private First Class · Marine Corps World War II · 1945 ✦ Charles Augustus Lindbergh Jr. Captain · Air Force Interim 1920–1940 · 1927 George H. Mallon Captain · Army World War I · 1918 JM James W. McIntyre Private · Army Philippine Insurrection · 1899 ✦ AM Albert Walter McMillian Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1890 JM John G. Merritt Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1861 CM Charles H. Montrose Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 George Horace Morgan Second Lieutenant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1882 Oscar Frederick Nelson Machinist's Mate First Class · Navy Interim 1899–1910 · 1905 Henry D. O'Brien Corporal · Army Civil War · 1863 Kenneth Lee Olson Specialist Fourth Class · Army Vietnam War · 1968 ✦ John Upshur dennis Page Lieutenant Colonel · Army Korean War · 1950 ✦ BP Byron E. Pay Private · Army Civil War · 1863 Alonzo H. Pickle Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 RP Robert Joseph Pruden Staff Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1969 ✦ Laszlo Rabel Staff Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1968 ✦ AR Axel Hayford Reed Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1863 GR George William Rud Chief Machinist's Mate · Navy Interim 1915–1916 · 1916 ✦ Donald Eugene Rudolph Second Lieutenant · Army World War II · 1945 MS Marshall Sherman Private · Army Civil War · 1863 Richard Keith Sorenson Private · Marine Corps World War II · 1944 Leo Keith Thorsness Lieutenant Colonel · Air Force Vietnam War · 1967 JV John Vale Private · Army Civil War · 1863 Franklin van Valkenburgh Captain · Navy World War II · 1941 ✦ Dirk John cornelius Vlug Private First Class · Army World War II · 1944 DW Dale Eugene Wayrynen Specialist Fourth Class · Army Vietnam War · 1967 ✦ CW Charles H. Welch Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 WW William Othello Wilson Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1890 NW Nels T. Wold Private · Army World War I · 1918 ✦ SW Samuel Wright Corporal · Army Civil War · 1863