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Medal of Honor Recipients from New Jersey

93 Medals of Honor are credited to New Jersey, and 71 recipients were born there; 70 are buried in the state.

93credited
71born here
70buried here
1living
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By conflict

U.S. Civil War46
World War II19
World War I10
Indian Campaigns10
Spanish-American War8
Vietnam War7
Interim 1899 - 19104
China Relief Expedition (Boxer Rebellion)4
Korean War4
Interim 1871 - 18994

Hometowns (credited)

Jersey City10
Newark7
Trenton7
Camden4
Summit2
Bayonne2
Fort Dix2
Paterson2

Cemeteries in New Jersey

Living recipients from New Jersey

Jack Howard Jacobs First Lieutenant · Army Vietnam War · 1968

Recipients born in or credited to New Jersey · page 1 of 2

A–Z
Jedh Colby Barker Lance Corporal · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1967 ✦ FB Frank J. Bart Private · Army World War I · 1918 John "Manila John" Basilone Sergeant · Marine Corps World War II · 1942 John P. Beech Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 FB Frederick Behne Fireman First Class · Navy Interim 1899–1910 · 1905 GB George Benjamin Jr. Private First Class · Army World War II · 1944 ✦ RB Robert Blume Seaman · Navy Spanish-American War · 1898 SB Sanford Bradbury First Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869 WB William Brant Jr. Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1865 GB George Breeman Seaman · Navy Interim 1899–1910 · 1906 Andre Walker Brewster Captain · Army Boxer Rebellion · 1900 Nelson Vogel Brittin Sergeant First Class · Army Korean War · 1951 ✦ Francis Xavier Burke First Lieutenant · Army World War II · 1945 Hector Albert Cafferata Jr. Private · Marine Corps Korean War · 1950 Isaac Harrison Carmin Corporal · Army Civil War · 1863 Louis Henry Carpenter Captain · Army Indian Campaigns · 1868 Frederick Walker Castle Brigadier General · Air Force World War II · 1944 ✦ George Robert Cholister Boatswain's Mate First Class · Navy Interim 1920–1940 · 1924 ✦ JC James T. Clancy Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 RC Richard Conner Private · Army Civil War · 1862 Peter Spencer Connor Staff Sergeant · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1966 ✦ TC Thomas C. Cooney Chief Machinist · Navy Spanish-American War · 1898 Samuel Streit Coursen First Lieutenant · Army Korean War · 1950 ✦ Frank William Crilley Chief Gunner's Mate · Navy Interim 1915–1916 · 1915 Amos Jay Cummings Sergeant Major · Army Civil War · 1863 JD John Davis Quarter Gunner · Navy Civil War · 1862 JD John S. Donelly Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 James Madison Drake Second Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1864 JD John W. Dutko Private First Class · Army World War II · 1944 ✦ AE Alan Louis Eggers Sergeant · Army World War I · 1918 HE Henry A. Eilers Gunner's Mate · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1892 EE Edmund English First Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 Thomas Timothy Fallon Private · Army Civil War · 1864 Frank E. Fesq Private · Army Civil War · 1865 OF Oscar Wadsworth Field Private · Marine Corps Spanish-American War · 1898 Joseph Leonard Follett Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1862 WF William H. Folly Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1868 Eli Thompson Fryer Captain · Marine Corps Veracruz 1914 · 1914 JG John Gary Gertsch Staff Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1969 ✦ Gabriel Grant Surgeon · Army Civil War · 1862 SG Stephen Raymond Gregg Second Lieutenant · Army World War II · 1944 William Francis Hamberger Chief Carpenter's Mate · Navy Boxer Rebellion · 1900 HH Harry Harvey Sergeant · Marine Corps Philippine Insurrection · 1900 CH Charles Pettit Heath Heyl Second Lieutenant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 WH William B. Hooper Corporal · Army Civil War · 1865 CH Charles F. Hopkins Corporal · Army Civil War · 1862 Charles Ernest Hosking Jr. Master Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1967 ✦ JH James Howard Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1865 JJ James Jackson Captain · Army Indian Campaigns · 1877 Jack Howard Jacobs First Lieutenant · Army Vietnam War · 1968 Elden Harvey Johnson Private · Army World War II · 1944 ✦ William James Johnston Sr. Private First Class · Army World War II · 1944 TK Thomas Kane Captain of the Hold · Navy Civil War · 1865 John Cridland Latham Sergeant · Army World War I · 1918 Lewis Locke Private · Army Civil War · 1865 James Jonas Madison Lieutenant Commander · Navy World War I · 1918 WM William Magee Drummer · Army Civil War · 1864 GM George Frederick Mager Apprentice First Class · Navy Spanish-American War · 1898 MM Martin O. May Private First Class · Army World War II · 1945 ✦ FM Francis Xavier McGraw Private First Class · Army World War II · 1944 ✦ Thomas Buchanan McGuire Jr. Major · Air Force World War II · 1944 ✦ JM John William Meagher Technical Sergeant · Army World War II · 1945 LM Louis Wardlaw Miles Captain · Army World War I · 1918 NM Nicholas Minue Private · Army World War II · 1943 ✦ TO Thomas E. O'Shea Corporal · Army World War I · 1918 ✦ NO Nicholas Oresko Master Sergeant · Army World War II · 1945 AO Albert Oss Private · Army Civil War · 1863 AP Alexander Parker Boatswain's Mate · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1876 JP James Parker Lieutenant Colonel · Army Philippine Insurrection · 1899 CP Carl Emil Petersen Chief Machinist · Navy Boxer Rebellion · 1900 LP Louis Fred Pfeifer Private · Marine Corps Interim 1899–1910 · 1901 George J. Pitman Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1865 WP William Porter Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1865 HP Herbert Irving Preston Private · Marine Corps Boxer Rebellion · 1900 AQ Alexander M. Quinn Sergeant · Army Spanish-American War · 1898 Carlton Robert Rouh First Lieutenant · Marine Corps World War II · 1944 JS Joseph John Sadowski Sergeant · Army World War II · 1944 ✦ JS John Christopher Sagelhurst Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1865 WS William Sawelson Sergeant · Army World War I · 1918 ✦ WS William Joyce Sewell Colonel · Army Civil War · 1863 JS John Sheerin Blacksmith · Army Indian Campaigns · 1873 William Shemin Sergeant · Army World War I · 1918 ✦ JS James Sheridan Quartermaster · Navy Civil War · 1864 JS John Shivers Private · Marine Corps Civil War · 1865 JS John Otto Siegel Boatswain's Mate Second Class · Navy World War I · 1918 Franklin Earl Sigler Private · Marine Corps World War II · 1945 TS Theodore F. Smith Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869 DS David Southard Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1865 GS George W. Stewart First Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1865 RS Robert Strahan Captain of the Top · Navy Civil War · 1864 CS Christian Streile Private · Army Civil War · 1865 TS Thomas Sullivan Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1890 HS Henry Svehla Private First Class · Army Korean War · 1952 ✦ RS Robert Augustus Sweeney Ordinary Seaman · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1881 RS Robert Augustus Sweeney Ordinary Seaman · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1883 Anthony Taylor First Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1863 FT Forrester Lore Taylor Captain · Army Civil War · 1863 AT August P. Teytand Quartermaster Third Class · Navy Interim 1899–1910 · 1903 WT William H. Thompkins Private · Army Spanish-American War · 1898 WT William Thompson Signal Quartermaster · Navy Civil War · 1861 HT Horace Marvin Thorne Corporal · Army World War II · 1944 ✦ Henry Remsen Tilton Major and Surgeon · Army Indian Campaigns · 1877 CT Charles Titus Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1865 John James Toffey First Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1863 Peter Tomich Chief Watertender · Navy World War II · 1941 ✦ AT Andrew J. Tomlin Corporal · Marine Corps Civil War · 1865 AT Aaron B. Tompkins Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1865 AT Andrew Traynor Corporal · Army Civil War · 1864 HV Hudson van Etten Seaman · Navy Spanish-American War · 1898 Ludovicus M.m van Iersel Sergeant · Army World War I · 1918 MV Moses Veale Captain · Army Civil War · 1863 GW George Henry Wanton Private · Army Spanish-American War · 1898 Charles Joseph Watters Major · Army Vietnam War · 1967 ✦ CW Charles H. Weeks Captain of the Foretop · Navy Civil War · 1864 DW Daniel Whitfield Quartermaster · Navy Civil War · 1864 JW John Williams II Boatswain's Mate · Navy Civil War · 1861 CW Charles E. Wilson Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1865 JW John Wilson Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1865 RW Richard H. Wood Captain · Army Civil War · 1863 EY Edward B. Young Coxswain · Navy Civil War · 1864