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Medal of Honor Recipients from Nebraska

20 Medals of Honor are credited to Nebraska, and 21 recipients were born there; 33 are buried in the state.

20credited
21born here
33buried here
1living
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By conflict

World War II8
Vietnam War6
Indian Campaigns4
Spanish-American War3
Korean War2
World War I1
Interim 1899 - 19101
Somalia (Operation Restore Hope)1
U.S. Civil War1
Action Against Outlaws, Philippines 19111

Hometowns (credited)

Omaha5
Fort Omaha1
Callaway1
Columbus1
Fort McPherson1
Lincoln1
North Platte Barracks1
Dwight1

Cemeteries in Nebraska

  • Fort McPherson National Cemetery4 recipients
  • Holy Sepulchre Cemetery2 recipients
  • St. Mary's Cemetery2 recipients
  • Forest Lawn Memorial Park2 recipients
  • Forest Lawn Cemetery2 recipients
  • Greenwood Cemetery2 recipients
  • Aurora Cemetery1 recipient
  • Rose Hill Cemetery1 recipient
  • Dorchester City Cemetery1 recipient
  • Fairview Cemetery1 recipient
  • Tecumseh Cemetery1 recipient
  • Arbor Cemetery1 recipient

Living recipients from Nebraska

Joseph Robert Kerrey Lieutenant · Navy Vietnam War · 1969

Recipients born in or credited to Nebraska

A–Z
Harold William "indian joe" Bauer Lieutenant Colonel · Marine Corps World War II · 1942 ✦ GB George Francis Berg Private · Army Spanish-American War · 1898 Robert D. Booker Private · Army World War II · 1943 ✦ CC Co-Rux-Te-Chod-Ish (Mad Bear) Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869 William Frederick "buffalo bill" Cody Guide · Army Indian Campaigns · 1872 Ronald Leroy Coker Private First Class · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1969 ✦ RC Richard Eller Cowan Private First Class · Army World War II · 1944 ✦ JE John Walter Ehle Fireman First Class · Navy Spanish-American War · 1898 JF James William Fous Private First Class · Army Vietnam War · 1968 ✦ Edward Gomez Private First Class · Marine Corps Korean War · 1951 ✦ Charles Chris Hagemeister Specialist Fourth Class · Army Vietnam War · 1967 Dale Merlin Hansen Private · Marine Corps World War II · 1945 ✦ RH Robert John Hibbs Second Lieutenant · Army Vietnam War · 1966 ✦ Nelson Miles Holderman Captain · Army World War I · 1918 Miguel Keith Lance Corporal · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1970 ✦ Joseph Robert Kerrey Lieutenant · Navy Vietnam War · 1969 JK John A. Kirkwood Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 EK Ernest Richard Kouma Master Sergeant · Army Korean War · 1950 Floyd K. Lindstrom Private First Class · Army World War II · 1943 ✦ FL Frank W. Lohnes Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1865 JM James Meredith Private · Marine Corps Spanish-American War · 1898 JP John Joseph Parle Ensign · Navy World War II · 1943 ✦ LP Leo J. Powers Private First Class · Army World War II · 1944 Otto Diller Schmidt Seaman · Navy Interim 1899–1910 · 1905 Donald K. Schwab First Lieutenant · Army World War II · 1944 ✦ Randall David Shughart Sergeant First Class · Army Somalia 1993 · 1993 ✦ Victor Vifquain Lieutenant Colonel · Army Civil War · 1865 JV Jacob Volz Carpenter's Mate Third Class · Navy Philippines 1911 · 1911