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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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JJ John Jones Landsman · Navy Civil War · 1862 WJ William Jones First Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 ✦ RJ Robert Jordan Coxswain · Navy Civil War · 1863 SJ Simeon T. Josselyn First Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1863 FJ Francis W. Judge First Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1863 JK John Kaiser First Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1862 JK John Kane Corporal · Army Civil War · 1865 Peter Kappesser Private · Army Civil War · 1863 Stephen Edward Karopczyc First Lieutenant · Army Vietnam War · 1967 ✦ TK Thomas Wilbur Kates Private · Marine Corps Boxer Rebellion · 1900 Benjamin Kaufman First Sergeant · Army World War I · 1918 AK August Kauss Corporal · Army Civil War · 1865 John James Kedenburg Specialist Fifth Class · Army Vietnam War · 1968 ✦ Joseph Keele Sergeant Major · Army Civil War · 1864 BK Bartholomew T. Keenan Trumpeter · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869 JK Joseph Keene Private · Army Civil War · 1862 WK William G. Keller Private · Army Spanish-American War · 1898 CK Charles Kelley Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869 Leverett Mansfield Kelley Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1863 DK Daniel Armer Kelly Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1865 TK Thomas Joseph Kelly Corporal · Army World War II · 1945 TK Thomas Kelly Private · Army Spanish-American War · 1898 TK Thomas Kelly Private · Army Civil War · 1864 TK Thomas Kelly Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1874 JK John Kennedy Private · Army Civil War · 1864 CK Charles W. Kenyon Fireman · Navy Civil War · 1862 John Snyders Kenyon Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1862 SK Samuel P. Kenyon Private · Army Civil War · 1865 TK Thomas Kerrigan Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1870 John Kiggins Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1863 Horatio Collins King Major & Quartermaster · Army Civil War · 1865 HK Hugh King Ordinary Seaman · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1871 JK John King Watertender · Navy Interim 1899–1910 · 1901 John King Watertender · Navy Interim 1899–1910 · 1909 Robert Henry King Landsman · Navy Civil War · 1864 Rufus King Jr. First Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1862 Samuel W. Kinnaird Landsman · Navy Civil War · 1864 Dennis Thomas Kirby Major · Army Civil War · 1863 HK Harry Kline Private · Army Civil War · 1865 Abiather J. Knowles Private · Army Civil War · 1861 Edward M. Knox Second Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1863 Matej Kocak Sergeant · Marine Corps World War I · 1918 ✦ Matej Kocak Sergeant · Marine Corps World War I · 1918 ✦ WK William Koelpin Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1874 EK Ernest Krause Coxswain · Navy Spanish-American War · 1898 Leonard M. Kravitz Private First Class · Army Korean War · 1951 ✦ George Kretsinger Private · Army Civil War · 1863 HK Hermann Wilhelm Kuchneister Private · Marine Corps Spanish-American War · 1898 Andrew Kuder Second Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1865 GL George Ladd Private · Army Civil War · 1865 JL John Lafferty Fireman · Navy Civil War · 1864 WL William Laing Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 ✦ TL Thomas Lakin Seaman · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1874 ML Morgan D. Lane Private · Army Civil War · 1865 GL George Charles Lang Specialist Fourth Class · Army Vietnam War · 1969 Johann Christoph julius Langbein Musician · Army Civil War · 1862 GL Garfield Mcconnell Langhorn Private First Class · Army Vietnam War · 1969 ✦ JL John S. Lann Landsman · Navy Civil War · 1865 JL James W. Larrabee Corporal · Army Civil War · 1863 Louis Bowem Lawton First Lieutenant · Army Boxer Rebellion · 1900 Howard Vincent Lee Major · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1966 JL James H. Lee Seaman · Navy Civil War · 1864 EL Emile Lejeune Seaman · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1876 JL Joseph H. Leonard Private · Marine Corps Philippine Insurrection · 1899 PL Patrick Thomas Leonard Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 William F. Leonard Private First Class · Army World War II · 1944 ✦ FL Frank Leslie Private · Army Civil War · 1864 Benjamin Bennett Levy Private · Army Civil War · 1862 AL Adolph Libaire Captain · Army Civil War · 1862 Charles James (Angelo) Liteky Captain · Army Vietnam War · 1967 TL Thomas Little Bugler · Army Indian Campaigns · 1868 JL John W. Lloyd Coxswain · Navy Civil War · 1864 Lewis Locke Private · Army Civil War · 1865 FL Frank W. Lohnes Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1865 Oscar Fitzalan Long Second Lieutenant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1877 JL Joseph Lonsway Private · Army Civil War · 1864 Andrew Jackson Lorish Commissary Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 George Maltby Love Colonel · Army Civil War GL George Low Seaman · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1881 Carlos James Lozada Private First Class · Army Vietnam War · 1967 ✦ Andre Cavaro Lucas Lieutenant Colonel · Army Vietnam War · 1970 ✦ JL John Lucy Second Class Boy · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1876 William Ludgate Captain · Army Civil War · 1865 CL Carl Ludwig Private · Army Civil War · 1864 FL Franklin W. Lutes Corporal · Army Civil War · 1865 Joel Huntington Lyman Quartermaster Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 JM James MacHon Boy · Navy Civil War · 1864 AM Alexander Mack Captain of the Top · Navy Civil War · 1864 John Freeman Mackie Corporal · Marine Corps Civil War · 1862 MM Michael Madden Private · Army Civil War · 1861 WM William Madden Coal Heaver · Navy Civil War · 1864 JM James Madison Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1865 HM Harry J. Mandy First Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 RM Richard Christopher Mangam Private · Army Civil War · 1865 Albert Marsh Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 PM Patrick Martin Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1873 WM William Martin Seaman · Navy Civil War · 1862 WM William Martin Boatswain's Mate · Navy Civil War · 1862 Frederick William Mausert III Sergeant · Marine Corps Korean War · 1951 ✦ JM John Maxwell Fireman Second Class · Navy Spanish-American War · 1898 BM Bernard McBride Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1868 William McBryar Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1890 BM Bernard McCann Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 ✦ RM Robert Howard McCard Gunnery Sergeant · Marine Corps World War II · 1944 ✦ Michael McCarthy First Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1877 JM John McCarton Ship's Printer · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1882 MM Matthew McClelland First Class Fireman · Navy Civil War · 1863 JM John McCloy Coxswain · Navy Boxer Rebellion · 1900 JM John McCloy Chief Boatswain · Navy Veracruz 1914 · 1914 JM James McConnell Private · Army Philippine Insurrection · 1899 RM Robert McDonald First Lieutenant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1877 PM Patrick H. McEnroe Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 DM Daniel Robert McFall Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 EM Edward McGinn Private · Army Civil War · 1863 AM Andrew Jackson McGonnigle Captain & Assistant Quartermaster · Army Civil War · 1864 OM Owen McGough Corporal · Army Civil War · 1861 JM John McGowan Quartermaster · Navy Civil War · 1862 JM John McHugh Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 JM James McIntosh Captain of the Top · Navy Civil War · 1864 CM Charles W. McKay Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864