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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.

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Ovila Cayer Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 Stephen Edwin Chandler Quartermaster Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1865 AC August Chandron Seaman Apprentice Second Class · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1885 Alaric B. Chapin Private · Army Civil War · 1865 LC Louis G. Chaput Landsman · Navy Civil War · 1864 Cornelius H. Charlton Sergeant · Army Korean War · 1951 ✦ Ralph Cheli Major · Air Force World War II · 1943 ✦ JC James T. Clancy Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 JC John E. Clancy Musician · Army Indian Campaigns · 1890 JC Joseph Clancy Chief Boatswain's Mate · Navy Boxer Rebellion · 1900 AC Albert Adams Clapp First Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1865 FC Francis J. Clark Technical Sergeant · Army World War II · 1944 Harrison Clark Corporal · Army Civil War · 1863 DC Dayton P. Clarke Captain · Army Civil War · 1864 Claus Kristian randolph Clausen Coxswain · Navy Spanish-American War · 1898 Charles Franklin Cleveland Private · Army Civil War · 1862 JC James Coey Major · Army Civil War · 1865 PC Patrick Colbert Coxswain · Navy Civil War · 1864 GC Gabriel Cole Corporal · Army Civil War · 1864 TC Thomas D. Collins Sr. Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 Wilbur E. Colyer Sergeant · Army World War I · 1918 ✦ HC Hartwell B. Compson Major · Army Civil War · 1865 MC Martin Conboy First Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1862 DC Dennis Conlan Seaman · Navy Civil War · 1864 JC James Connors Private · Army Civil War · 1864 Donald Gilbert Cook Colonel · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1964 ✦ JC John Cooper Quartermaster · Navy Interim 1865–1870 · 1865 JC John Cooper Coxswain · Navy Civil War · 1864 DC Demetri Corahorgi Fireman First Class · Navy Interim 1899–1910 · 1905 Thomas E. Corcoran Landsman · Navy Civil War · 1863 WC William Corey Landsman · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1876 Stephen Potter Corliss First Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1865 Richard H. Cosgriff Private · Army Civil War · 1865 JC John Costello Ordinary Seaman · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1876 PC Peter Cotton Ordinary Seaman · Navy Civil War · 1862 JC John Nicholas Coyne Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1862 WC William James Creelman Landsman · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1897 GC George Cregan Coxswain · Navy Veracruz 1914 · 1914 WC William Henry harrison Crosier Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 JC James Edwin Cross Corporal · Army Civil War · 1861 MC Michael Crowley Private · Army Civil War · 1865 TC Thomas Cullen Corporal · Army Civil War · 1863 Amos Jay Cummings Sergeant Major · Army Civil War · 1863 CC Charles Cunningham Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 RC Richard J. Curran Assistant Surgeon · Army Civil War · 1862 Francis Sherman "frank" Currey Private First Class · Army World War II · 1944 Newton Martin Curtis Brigadier General · Army Civil War · 1865 Alonzo H. Cushing First Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1863 ✦ PD Peter Joseph Dalessondro Technical Sergeant · Army World War II · 1944 Daniel Joseph Daly Private · Marine Corps Boxer Rebellion · 1900 Daniel Joseph Daly Gunnery Sergeant · Marine Corps Haiti 1915 · 1915 Michael Joseph Daly Captain · Army World War II · 1945 AD Andrew Davidson First Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1864 John Davis Gunner's Mate Third Class · Navy Spanish-American War · 1898 TD Thomas Davis Private · Army Civil War · 1865 MD Michael Dawson Trumpeter · Army Indian Campaigns · 1875 CD Charles Day Private · Army Civil War · 1865 CD Charles Deakin Boatswain's Mate · Navy Civil War · 1864 WD William de Armond Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1874 ✦ PD Percy A. Decker Boatswain's Mate Second Class · Navy Veracruz 1914 · 1914 Charles N. Deglopper Private First Class · Army World War II · 1944 ✦ Austin Denham Seaman · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1872 JD John Denny Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1879 WD William Densmore Chief Boatswain's Mate · Navy Civil War · 1864 Louis Palma di Cesnola Colonel · Army Civil War · 1863 William Donaldson Dickey Captain · Army Civil War · 1864 Robert H. Dietz Staff Sergeant · Army World War II · 1945 ✦ Hubert Dilger Captain · Army Civil War · 1863 JD John Ditzenback Quartermaster · Navy Civil War · 1864 Drew Dennis Dix Staff Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1968 SD Stephen Holden Doane First Lieutenant · Army Vietnam War · 1969 ✦ WD Warren C. Dockum Private · Army Civil War · 1865 ED Edward Edwin Dodds Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 CD Charles W. Dolloff Corporal · Army Civil War · 1865 MD Michael Aloyisius Donaldson Sergeant · Army World War I · 1918 CD Cornelius Donavan Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869 Roger H.C. Donlon Captain · Army Vietnam War · 1964 JD John C. Donnelly Ordinary Seaman · Navy Civil War · 1864 TD Timothy Donoghue Private · Army Civil War · 1862 William Joseph "wild bill" Donovan Lieutenant Colonel · Army World War I · 1918 PD Patrick H. Doody Corporal · Army Civil War · 1864 GD George H. Dore Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1863 PD Patrick Dougherty Landsman · Navy Civil War · 1864 JD John J. Duffy Major · Army Vietnam War · 1972 Jason L. Dunham Corporal · Marine Corps Iraq · 2004 ✦ PD Parker Francis Dunn Private First Class · Army World War I · 1918 ✦ Richard D. Dunphy Coal Heaver · Navy Civil War · 1864 JD John S. Durham Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1862 DE David Edwards Private · Army Civil War · 1865 WE William D. Edwards First Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1877 AE Alan Louis Eggers Sergeant · Army World War I · 1918 JE John Eglit Seaman · Navy Spanish-American War · 1898 GE George H. Eldridge Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1870 AE Andrew Henry Embler Captain · Army Civil War · 1864 Robert Temple Emmet Second Lieutenant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1879 EE Edmund English First Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 TE Thomas English Signal Quartermaster · Navy Civil War · 1865 JE John P. Erickson Captain of the Forecastle · Navy Civil War · 1865 NE Nicholas Erickson Coxswain · Navy Spanish-American War · 1898 JE James Robert Evans Private · Army Civil War · 1864 JE John Everetts Gunner's Mate Third Class · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1898 AE Adelbert Everson Private · Army Civil War · 1865 Herbert E. Farnsworth Sergeant Major · Army Civil War · 1864 Edward Farrell Quartermaster · Navy Civil War · 1862 JF James Fegan Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1868 GF George Ferrari Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869 HF Hermann Emil Fichter Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1871 OF Oscar Wadsworth Field Private · Marine Corps Spanish-American War · 1898 AF Almond Edward Fisher Second Lieutenant · Army World War II · 1944 John Fitzgerald Private · Marine Corps Spanish-American War · 1898 JF John Flannagan Boatswain's Mate · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1878 TF Thomas S. Flood Boy · Navy Civil War · 1862 WF William H. Folly Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1868 AF Andrew Peter Forbeck Seaman · Navy Philippine Insurrection · 1900 GF George W. Ford First Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1865 FF Frank Ottis Fournia Private · Army Spanish-American War · 1898 CF Christopher Fowler Quartermaster · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1874 Joseph John Franklin Private · Marine Corps Spanish-American War · 1898 FF Frank Rocco Fratellenico Corporal · Army Vietnam War · 1970 ✦ Archibald Freeman Private · Army Civil War · 1864