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Medal of Honor Recipients from Mississippi

18 Medals of Honor are credited to Mississippi, and 15 recipients were born there; 19 are buried in the state.

18credited
15born here
19buried here
1living
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By conflict

World War II6
Korean War5
U.S. Civil War4
Vietnam War2
Spanish-American War2
War on Terrorism (Afghanistan)1
World War I1

Hometowns (credited)

Hattiesburg2
Gulfport2
Carthage1
Mississippi River1
Natchez1
Ship's Island1
Greenville1
Collins1

Cemeteries in Mississippi

  • Greenville Cemetery2 recipients
  • Old Biloxi Cemetery1 recipient
  • Natchez National Cemetery1 recipient
  • Evergreen Cemetery1 recipient
  • Natchez City Cemetery1 recipient
  • Greenwood Cemetery1 recipient
  • Robinson Cemetery1 recipient
  • Station Creek Cemetery1 recipient
  • Leland-Stoneville Cemetery1 recipient
  • White House Cemetery1 recipient
  • Highland Cemetery1 recipient
  • West Grove Baptist Church Cemetery1 recipient

Living recipients from Mississippi

William Kyle Carpenter Lance Corporal · Marine Corps Afghanistan · 2010

Recipients born in or credited to Mississippi

A–Z
Van Thomas Barfoot Second Lieutenant · Army World War II · 1944 John Charles Black Lieutenant Colonel · Army Civil War · 1862 WB Wilson Brown Landsman · Navy Civil War · 1864 William Kyle Carpenter Lance Corporal · Marine Corps Afghanistan · 2010 Henry Alfred Commiskey Sr. First Lieutenant · Marine Corps Korean War · 1950 James H. Diamond Private First Class · Army World War II · 1945 ✦ AD August Dorley Private · Army Civil War · 1865 Ed W. Freeman Captain · Army Vietnam War · 1965 Martin Freeman 1st Class Pilot · Navy Civil War · 1864 JH Jack G. Hanson Private First Class · Army Korean War · 1951 ✦ John William Heard First Lieutenant · Army Spanish-American War · 1898 Robert T. Henry Private · Army World War II · 1944 ✦ MJ Mack A. Jordan Private First Class · Army Korean War · 1951 ✦ Hubert Louis Lee Master Sergeant · Army Korean War · 1951 Jake William Lindsey Sr. Technical Sergeant · Army World War II · 1944 James Jonas Madison Lieutenant Commander · Navy World War I · 1918 John Albert Pittman Sergeant · Army Korean War · 1950 JS James Daniel Slaton Corporal · Army World War II · 1943 Ira Clinton Welborn Second Lieutenant · Army Spanish-American War · 1898 Roy Mitchell Wheat Lance Corporal · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1967 ✦ Louis Hugh Wilson Jr. Captain · Marine Corps World War II · 1944