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Medal of Honor Recipients from Missouri

78 Medals of Honor are credited to Missouri, and 48 recipients were born there; 67 are buried in the state.

78credited
48born here
67buried here
2living
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By conflict

Indian Campaigns29
U.S. Civil War19
World War II15
World War I9
Korean War8
Vietnam War6
Philippine Insurrection3
Haitian Campaign 1919 - 19202
Interim 1915 - 19161
Interim 1920 - 19401

Hometowns (credited)

St. Louis45
Kansas City8
Hannibal2
Stotts City1
Blairstown1
Bunceton1
Esther1
Pilot Knob1

Cemeteries in Missouri

Living recipients from Missouri

Donald Everett Ballard Hospital Corpsman Second Class · Navy Vietnam War · 1968 James Phillip Fleming Captain · Air Force Vietnam War · 1968

Recipients born in or credited to Missouri

A–Z
William Edward Adams Major · Army Vietnam War · 1971 ✦ JA James Anderson Jr. Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1870 John Henry Balch Pharmacist's Mate First Class · Navy World War I · 1918 Donald Everett Ballard Hospital Corpsman Second Class · Navy Vietnam War · 1968 CB Charles Denver Barger Private First Class · Army World War I · 1918 JB John Lewis Barkley Private First Class · Army World War I · 1918 CB Charles Bieger Private · Army Civil War · 1864 AB Abram B. Brant Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 ✦ William Charles Bryan Hospital Steward · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 HB Herbert Hoover Burr Staff Sergeant · Army World War II · 1945 William Robert Button Corporal · Marine Corps Haiti 1919–1920 · 1919 JC Joseph A. Cable Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 George Ham Cannon First Lieutenant · Marine Corps World War II · 1941 ✦ Robert Webster Cary Lieutenant Commander · Navy Interim 1915–1916 · 1915 Darrell Samuel Cole Sergeant · Marine Corps World War II · 1945 ✦ Orson Leon Crandall Chief Boatswain's Mate · Navy Interim 1920–1940 · 1939 Thomas Elbert Creek Lance Corporal · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1969 ✦ Jack Arden Davenport Corporal · Marine Corps Korean War · 1951 ✦ Albert Leroy David Lieutenant · Navy World War II · 1944 ✦ CD Charles H. Depuy First Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 Michael B. Ellis Sergeant · Army World War I · 1918 EE Edwin L. Elwood Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869 JE Joseph L. Epps Private · Army Philippine Insurrection · 1899 William Evans Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 James Phillip Fleming Captain · Air Force Vietnam War · 1968 James Edward Flynn Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1863 Joseph Leonard Follett Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1862 NF Nicholas Foran Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1868 AF Arthur J. Forrest Sergeant · Army World War I · 1919 TF Thomas Hall Forsyth First Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 Henry F. Frizzell Private · Army Civil War · 1863 Jesse N. Funk Private First Class · Army World War I · 1918 Samuel Glenn Fuqua Captain · Navy World War II · 1941 LG Louis Rene Gaiennie Private · Marine Corps Boxer Rebellion · 1900 George Geiger Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 M. R. William Grebe Captain · Army Civil War · 1864 Fitz W. Guerin Private · Army Civil War · 1863 Nathaniel Mcclean Gwynne Private · Army Civil War · 1864 William Preble Hall First Lieutenant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1879 HH Henry A. Hammel Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1863 Lester Hammond Jr. Corporal · Army Korean War · 1952 ✦ Herman Henry Hanneken Sergeant · Marine Corps Haiti 1919–1920 · 1919 MH Mosher A. Harding Blacksmith · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869 MH M. Waldo Hatler Sergeant · Army World War I · 1918 FH Frank E. Hill Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1872 AH August Holtz Chief Watertender · Navy Interim 1899–1910 · 1910 James Howell Howard Lieutenant Colonel · Air Force World War II · 1944 LH Louis T. Hunt Private · Army Civil War · 1863 WJ Willy F. James Jr. Private First Class · Army World War II · 1945 ✦ Leon William Johnson Colonel · Air Force World War II · 1943 BK Billie Gene Kanell Private · Army Korean War · 1951 ✦ OK Ova Art Kelley Private · Army World War II · 1944 ✦ Dennis Thomas Kirby Major · Army Civil War · 1863 Hubert Louis Lee Master Sergeant · Army Korean War · 1951 CL Charles Richard Long Sergeant · Army Korean War · 1951 ✦ William Wallace McCammon First Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1862 MM Michael A. McGann First Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 Fred Henry McGuire Hospital Apprentice · Navy Philippines 1911 · 1911 AM Albert Walter McMillian Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1890 Archie Miller First Lieutenant · Army Philippine Insurrection · 1909 FM Fred Myers Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1891 AN Adam Neder Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1890 Edward Henry "butch" O'Hare Lieutenant · Navy World War II · 1942 LP Laverne Parrish Technician Fourth Grade · Army World War II · 1945 ✦ FP Forrest E. Peden Technician Fifth Grade · Army World War II · 1945 ✦ Patrick Henry Pentzer Captain · Army Civil War · 1865 JP Joseph M. Pesch Private · Army Civil War · 1863 DP Danny John Petersen Specialist Fourth Class · Army Vietnam War · 1970 ✦ George Phillips Private · Marine Corps World War II · 1945 ✦ SP Samuel D. Phillips Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1877 EP Edwin Phoenix Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1874 AP Ambrose Porter Commissary Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 CR Charles W. Ray Sergeant · Army Philippine Insurrection · 1899 PR Paul F. Riordan Second Lieutenant · Army World War II · 1944 ✦ CS Charles Schroeter Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869 RS Robert B. Scott Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869 CS Charles Sheppard Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 JS John Henry Shingle First Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 George Kenton Sisler First Lieutenant · Army Vietnam War · 1967 ✦ Carl Leonard Sitter Captain · Marine Corps Korean War · 1950 AS Alexander Rives Skinker Captain · Army World War I · 1918 ✦ CS Charles E. Smith Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1870 JS Joe C. Specker Sergeant · Army World War II · 1944 ✦ CS Christian Steiner Saddler · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869 Bernard Taylor Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1874 ✦ CT Charles Taylor First Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1882 Julius Curtis Townsend Lieutenant · Navy Veracruz 1914 · 1914 Howell G. Trogden Private · Army Civil War · 1863 Harold Leo Turner Corporal · Army World War I · 1918 LV Leroy H. Vokes First Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1872 JW John W. Wagner Corporal · Army Civil War · 1863 Jack Weinstein Sergeant · Army Korean War · 1951 ✦ EW Enoch R. Weiss Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869 William Macky Wherry First Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1861 HW Henry Wills Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1873 Richard G. Wilson Private First Class · Army Korean War · 1950 ✦ JW Joseph Wortick Private · Army Civil War · 1863