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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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William Henry Freeman Private · Army Civil War · 1865 CF Christopher Freemeyer Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 Samuel S. French Private · Army Civil War · 1862 Frederick W. Fuger Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1863 FG Frank J. Gaffney Private First Class · Army World War I · 1918 RG Robert Galbraith Gunner's Mate Third Class · Navy Philippine Insurrection · 1899 PG Peter W. Gardiner Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1875 RG Robert J. Gardner Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1865 William Gardner Seaman · Navy Civil War · 1864 JG James R. Garrison Coal Heaver · Navy Civil War · 1864 RG Richard Gasson Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 ✦ JG John Georgian Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869 Frederick William Gerber Sergeant Major · Army Interim 1865–1870 Thomas Parke Gere First Lieutenant & Adjutant · Army Civil War · 1864 JG John Gary Gertsch Staff Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1969 ✦ MG Michael Gibbons Oiler · Navy Spanish-American War · 1898 BG Benjamin Gifford Private · Army Civil War · 1865 John Curtis Gilmore Major · Army Civil War · 1863 PG Patrick J. Ginley Private · Army Civil War · 1864 Thaddeus Brown Glover Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1880 MG Michael Glynn Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1872 Philip Goettel Private · Army Civil War · 1863 CG Charles Arthur Goheen First Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1865 Edwin Goodrich First Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1864 GG George Edward Gouraud Captain & Aide-de-Camp · Army Civil War · 1864 WG William Henry Gowan Boatswain's Mate · Navy Interim 1899–1910 · 1909 WG William J. Grabiarz Private First Class · Army World War II · 1945 ✦ RG Robert Graham Landsman · Navy Civil War · 1864 TG Terrence Collinson Graves Second Lieutenant · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1968 ✦ JG John Greene Captain of the Forecastle · Navy Civil War · 1862 Oliver Duff Greene Major & Assistant Adjutant General · Army Civil War · 1862 SG Stephen Raymond Gregg Second Lieutenant · Army World War II · 1944 TG Theodore W. Greig Second Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1862 JG James H. Gribben First Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1865 James G. Grindlay Colonel · Army Civil War · 1865 GG George M. Grueb Private · Army Civil War · 1864 PG Peter Mathew Guenette Specialist Fourth Class · Army Vietnam War · 1968 ✦ Fitz W. Guerin Private · Army Civil War · 1863 Lester Goodel Hack Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1865 Cornelius Minor Hadley Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1863 AH Asel Hagerty Private · Army Civil War · 1865 JH John H. Haight Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1861 Francis Bloodgood Hall Chaplain · Army Civil War · 1863 Henry Seymour Hall Second Lieutenant & Captain · Army Civil War · 1863 LH Luovi Halling Boatswain's Mate First Class · Navy Interim 1899–1910 · 1904 NH Nathan Mullock Hallock Private · Army Civil War · 1863 WH William W. Halstead Coxswain · Navy Civil War · 1864 HH Hugh Hamilton Coxswain · Navy Civil War · 1864 MH Mathew H. Hamilton Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1890 PH Pierpont Morgan Hamilton Major · Air Force World War II · 1942 EH Edward R. Hanford Private · Army Civil War · 1864 Douglas Hapeman Lieutenant Colonel · Army Civil War · 1864 AH Abram Pye Haring First Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1864 Bernard Harley Ordinary Seaman · Navy Civil War · 1864 CH Charles D. Harris Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869 JH John Harris Captain of the Forecastle · Navy Civil War · 1864 WH William E. Hart Private · Army Civil War · 1864 Charles Conway Hartigan Lieutenant · Navy Veracruz 1914 · 1914 HH Harry Harvey Sergeant · Marine Corps Philippine Insurrection · 1900 HH Harry Harvey Corporal · Army Civil War · 1865 John Porter Hatch Brigadier General · Army Civil War · 1862 HH Harris Smith Hawthorne Corporal · Army Civil War · 1865 William Laing Heermance Captain · Army Civil War · 1863 CH Clamor Heise Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1868 Joseph C. Hibson Private · Army Civil War · 1863 DH Dennis William Hickey Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 Edward Hill Captain · Army Civil War · 1864 GH George Hill Chief Quarter Gunner · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1872 JH James Samuel Hill Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 ✦ WH William Lowell Hill Captain of the Top · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1881 BH Benjamin F. Hilliker Musician · Army Civil War · 1863 William Giles Hills Private · Army Civil War · 1864 WH William Hinnegan Second Class Fireman · Navy Civil War · 1864 TH Thomas Hoban Coxswain · Navy Spanish-American War · 1898 Richmond Pearson Hobson Lieutenant · Navy Spanish-American War · 1898 CH Charles F. Hoffman Gunnery Sergeant · Marine Corps World War I · 1918 CH Charles F. Hoffman Gunnery Sergeant · Marine Corps World War I · 1918 William P. Hogarty Private · Army Civil War · 1862 GH George Hollat Third Class Boy · Navy Civil War · 1862 LH Lovilo N. Holmes First Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1863 CH Charles Maynard Holton First Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1863 GH George White Hooker First Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1862 TH Thomas Horan Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1863 CH Charles H. Houghton Captain · Army Civil War · 1865 William M. Houlton Commissary Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1865 JH James Howard Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1865 MH Martin Howard Landsman · Navy Civil War · 1864 MH Michael Hudson Sergeant · Marine Corps Civil War · 1864 John Arthur Hughes Captain · Marine Corps Veracruz 1914 · 1914 CH Charles Frederic Humphrey First Lieutenant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1877 Henry McLaren Pinckney Huse Captain · Navy Veracruz 1914 · 1914 MH Michael Huskey Fireman · Navy Civil War · 1863 Carlton Barmore Hutchins Lieutenant · Navy Interim 1920–1940 · 1938 ✦ HH Henry J. Hyde Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1872 JI Joseph Irlam Seaman · Navy Civil War · 1864 Francis Irsch Captain · Army Civil War · 1863 JI John Irving Coxswain · Navy Civil War · 1864 TI Thomas Irving Coxswain · Navy Civil War · 1863 BI Bernard John dowling Irwin Assistant Surgeon · Army Indian Campaigns · 1861 NI Nicholas Irwin Seaman · Navy Civil War · 1864 Jack Howard Jacobs First Lieutenant · Army Vietnam War · 1968 Douglas Thomas Jacobson Private First Class · Marine Corps World War II · 1945 EJ Eugene Philip Jacobson Sergeant Major · Army Civil War · 1863 JJ John James Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1874 WJ Walter Jamieson First Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 FJ Frederick Jarvis Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869 BJ Bernhard Jetter Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1890 Lawrence Joel Specialist Sixth Class · Army Vietnam War · 1965 JJ Johan J. Johansson Ordinary Seaman · Navy Spanish-American War · 1898 FJ Franklin Johndro Private · Army Civil War · 1864 CJ Charles Robert Johnson Private First Class · Army Korean War · 1953 ✦ FJ Follett Johnson Corporal · Army Civil War · 1864 Henry Johnson Private · Army World War I · 1918 ✦ HJ Henry Johnson Seaman · Navy Civil War · 1864 WJ Wallace W. Johnson Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1863 WJ William Johnson Cooper · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1879 EJ Edward Johnston Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 WJ William "Willie" Johnston Musician · Army Civil War · 1862 AJ Andrew Jones Chief Boatswain's Mate · Navy Civil War · 1864 JJ John E. Jones Quartermaster · Navy Civil War · 1864