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Medal of Honor Recipients from New York

678 Medals of Honor are credited to New York, and 476 recipients were born there; 374 are buried in the state.

678credited
476born here
374buried here
6living
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By conflict

U.S. Civil War468
Indian Campaigns100
World War II40
Interim 1871 - 189938
Vietnam War37
Spanish-American War33
World War I27
Interim 1899 - 191015
China Relief Expedition (Boxer Rebellion)14
Mexican Campaign (Vera Cruz)11

Hometowns (credited)

New York239
Brooklyn39
Buffalo15
Albany13
Rochester11
Syracuse9
Troy7
Plattsburgh6

Cemeteries in New York

Living recipients from New York

David G. Bellavia Staff Sergeant · Army Iraq · 2004 Drew Dennis Dix Staff Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1968 JD John J. Duffy Major · Army Vietnam War · 1972 Jack Howard Jacobs First Lieutenant · Army Vietnam War · 1968 Robert Emmett O'Malley Corporal · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1965 Gary Michael Rose Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1970

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Harry Chapman Adriance Corporal · Marine Corps Boxer Rebellion · 1900 WA William Ahern Watertender · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1897 EA Edward G. Allen Boatswain's Mate First Class · Navy Boxer Rebellion · 1900 James Allen Private · Army Civil War · 1862 BA Bruce Anderson Private · Army Civil War · 1865 WA William Anderson Coxswain · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1878 Edwin Nelson Appleton Corporal · Marine Corps Boxer Rebellion · 1900 LA Lester Archer Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 ✦ EA Eugene Ashley Jr. Sergeant First Class · Army Vietnam War · 1968 ✦ JA John F. Auer Ordinary Seaman Apprentice · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1883 WA William Grafton Austin Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1890 JA James Avery Seaman · Navy Civil War · 1864 CB Charles Baker Quarter Gunner · Navy Civil War · 1864 JB John Baker Musician · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 TB Thomas Alexander Baker Jr. Sergeant · Army World War II · 1944 ✦ NB Neil Bancroft Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 Henry Alanson Barnum Colonel · Army Civil War · 1863 CB Charles L. Barrell First Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1865 CB Carlton William Barrett Private · Army World War II · 1944 RB Richard Barrett First Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1872 AB Augustus Barry Sergeant Major · Army Civil War · 1863 FB Frank J. Bart Private · Army World War I · 1918 GB Gurdon H. Barter Landsman · Navy Civil War · 1865 John "Manila John" Basilone Sergeant · Marine Corps World War II · 1942 DB David L. Bass Seaman · Navy Civil War · 1865 Delavan Bates Colonel · Army Civil War · 1864 RB Richard Bates Seaman · Navy Interim 1865–1870 · 1866 RB Richard Beddows Private · Army Civil War · 1864 William Sully Beebe First lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1864 TB Terrence Begley Private · Army Civil War · 1864 ✦ Gary Burnell Beikirch Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1970 Bernard Pious Bell Technical Sergeant · Army World War II · 1944 GB George H. Bell Captain of the Afterguard · Navy Civil War · 1861 JB James Bell Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 David G. Bellavia Staff Sergeant · Army Iraq · 2004 Edward Clyde "ted" Benfold Hospital Corpsman Third Class · Navy Korean War · 1952 ✦ JB John Francis Benjamin Corporal · Army Civil War · 1865 Samuel Nicholl Benjamin First Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1861 Floyd Bennett Machinist · Navy Interim 1920–1940 · 1926 JB James Harvey Bennett Chief Boatswain's Mate · Navy Spanish-American War · 1898 AB Asa Betham Coxswain · Navy Civil War · 1864 HB Henry H. Bickford Corporal · Army Civil War · 1865 HB Horatio L. Birdsall Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1865 EB Ernest H. Bjorkman Ordinary Seaman · Navy Interim 1899–1910 · 1903 WB William Blagheen Ship's Cook · Navy Civil War · 1864 John W. Blunt First Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1864 John Paul Bobo Second Lieutenant · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1967 ✦ PB Peter Martin Boehm Second Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1865 TB Thomas Bourne Seaman and Gun Captain · Navy Civil War · 1862 CB Chester Bennett Bowen Corporal · Army Civil War · 1864 EB Emmer Bowen Private · Army Civil War · 1863 GB George W. g Boyce Jr. Second Lieutenant · Army World War II · 1944 ✦ AB Amos Bradley Landsman · Navy Civil War · 1862 CB Charles Bradley Boatswain's Mate · Navy Civil War · 1863 GB George Bradley Chief Gunner's Mate · Navy Veracruz 1914 · 1914 Thomas Wilson Bradley Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1863 Willis Winter Bradley Jr. Commander · Navy World War I · 1917 GB George F. Brady Chief Gunner's Mate · Navy Spanish-American War · 1898 EB Edward Branagan Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1872 AB Abram B. Brant Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 ✦ JB John Breen Boatswain's Mate · Navy Civil War · 1862 WB William John Brewer Private · Army Civil War · 1865 AB Andrew Bringle Corporal · Army Civil War · 1865 AB Andrew Brinn Seaman · Navy Civil War · 1863 AB August Frederick Bronner Private · Army Civil War · 1862 JB John Brosnan Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 CB Charles Brown Corporal · Marine Corps Korea 1871 · 1871 EB Edward Brown Jr. Corporal · Army Civil War · 1863 Henri Le fevre Brown Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 JB James Brown Quartermaster · Navy Civil War · 1863 JB James Brown Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1872 JB John Brown Captain of the Forecastle · Navy Civil War · 1864 MB Morris Brown Jr. Captain · Army Civil War · 1863 ✦ RB Robert Brown Captain of the Top · Navy Civil War · 1864 Francis Edwin Brownell Private · Army Civil War · 1861 WB William P. Brownell Coxswain · Navy Civil War · 1863 George Washington Brush Second Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1864 CB Christopher C. Bruton Captain · Army Civil War · 1865 Paul William Bucha Captain · Army Vietnam War · 1968 GB George A. Buchanan Private · Army Civil War · 1864 ✦ DB Denis Buckley Private · Army Civil War · 1864 ✦ HB Howard Major Buckley Private · Marine Corps Philippine Insurrection · 1899 EB E. Michael Burk Private · Army Civil War · 1864 TB Thomas Burk Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 Francis Xavier Burke First Lieutenant · Army World War II · 1945 RB Richard Burke Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 TB Thomas Burke Seaman · Navy Interim 1865–1870 · 1866 Thomas M. Burke Private · Army Civil War · 1863 JB John M. Burns Seaman · Navy Civil War · 1864 WB William Wallace Burritt Private · Army Civil War · 1863 AB Albert Burton Seaman · Navy Civil War · 1865 EB Edmond Thomas Butler Captain · Army Indian Campaigns · 1877 Daniel Adams Butterfield Brigadier General · Army Civil War · 1862 GB George Butts Gunner's Mate · Navy Civil War · 1864 John Edward Butts Second Lieutenant · Army World War II · 1944 ✦ DB Denis Byrne Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 JB James Byrnes Boatswain's Mate · Navy Civil War · 1863 LC Luman Lewis Cadwell Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 Hector Albert Cafferata Jr. Private · Marine Corps Korean War · 1950 TC Thomas Cahey Seaman · Navy Interim 1899–1910 · 1901 IC Ivers S. Calkin First Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1865 DC Donald Marshall Call Corporal · Army World War I · 1918 JC James A. Campbell Private · Army Civil War · 1865 Tedford Harris Cann Seaman · Navy World War I · 1917 Vincent Robert Capodanno Lieutenant · Navy Vietnam War · 1967 ✦ HC Hugh Carey Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1863 ✦ JC James Carey Seaman · Navy Interim 1865–1870 · 1867 James Lemuel Carey Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1865 WC Warren Carman Private · Army Civil War · 1865 Eugene Asa Carr Colonel · Army Civil War · 1862 Bruce Wayne Carter Private First Class · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1969 ✦ JC John Joice Carter Second Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1862 William Harding Carter First Lieutenant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1881 Orlando Emanuel Caruana Private · Army Civil War · 1862 AC Anthony Casamento Corporal · Marine Corps World War II · 1942 James Seaman Casey Captain · Army Indian Campaigns · 1877 MC Michael Cassidy Landsman · Navy Civil War · 1864 Albertus Wright Catlin Major · Marine Corps Veracruz 1914 · 1914 Isaac Swartwood Catlin Colonel · Army Civil War · 1864 TC Thomas Cavanaugh Fireman First Class · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1898