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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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Edgar Pierpont Putnam Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 GP George Pyne Seaman · Navy Civil War · 1865 JQ Joseph Quick Coxswain · Navy Interim 1899–1910 · 1902 James Quinlan Major · Army Civil War · 1862 Peter F. Rafferty Private · Army Civil War · 1862 Theodore Ragnar First Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1890 Charles Franklin Rand Private · Army Civil War · 1861 George E. Ranney Assistant Surgeon · Army Civil War · 1864 MR Myron H. Ranney Private · Army Civil War · 1862 Bernard James Ray First Lieutenant · Army World War II · 1944 ✦ William H. Raymond Corporal · Army Civil War · 1863 CR Charles Read Ordinary Seaman · Navy Civil War · 1865 MR Morton A. Read First Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1865 PR Patrick Regan Ordinary Seaman · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1873 PR Patrick Reid Chief Watertender · Navy Interim 1899–1910 · 1910 GR George Reynolds Private · Army Civil War · 1864 Julius Dexter Rhodes Private · Army Civil War · 1862 LR Louis Richards Quartermaster · Navy Civil War · 1862 RR Rudolph R. Riddell Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1865 DR Demensio Rivera Private · Army Korean War · 1951 ✦ JR James S. Roantree Sergeant · Marine Corps Civil War · 1864 Robert Stoddart Robertson First Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1864 AR Alexander Robinson Boatswain's Mate · Navy Civil War · 1864 CR Charles Robinson Boatswain's Mate · Navy Civil War · 1862 John Cleveland Robinson Brigadier General · Army Civil War · 1864 Robert Guy Robinson Gunnery Sergeant · Marine Corps World War I · 1918 TR Thomas Robinson Captain of the Afterguard · Navy Interim 1865–1870 · 1866 DR David Roche First Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 Charles Mortimer Rockefeller Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1865 SR Samuel F. Rogers Quartermaster · Navy Korea 1871 · 1871 Henry Romeyn First Lieutenant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1877 ER Edward Rooney Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 Theodore Roosevelt Lieutenant Colonel · Army Spanish-American War · 1898 ✦ Theodore Roosevelt Jr. Brigadier General · Army World War II · 1944 ✦ Gary Michael Rose Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1970 VR Valentine Rossbach Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 PR Peter Paul Roth Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1874 LR Lewis A. Rounds Private · Army Civil War · 1864 Tibor Rubin Corporal · Army Korean War · 1950 CR Charles L. Russell Corporal · Army Civil War · 1864 HR Henry Peter Russell Landsman · Navy Spanish-American War · 1898 JR James Russell Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869 JR John Russell Seaman · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1880 John T. Rutherford First Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1864 DR Denis Ryan First Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1874 William Hampden Sage Captain · Army Philippine Insurrection · 1899 JS John Christopher Sagelhurst Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1865 AS Albert Sale Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869 Hector Santiago-Colon Specialist Fourth Class · Army Vietnam War · 1968 ✦ Henry Sartwell Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1863 JS Joseph Edward Schaefer Staff Sergeant · Army World War II · 1944 Charles Stephen Schepke Gunner's Mate First Class · Navy Interim 1899–1910 · 1904 JS John Schiller Private · Army Civil War · 1864 PS Philipp Schlachter Private · Army Civil War · 1864 GS George William Schmal Blacksmith · Army Civil War · 1865 FS Fred Jurgen Schnepel Ordinary Seaman · Navy Veracruz 1914 · 1914 JS John P. Schnitzer Wagoner · Army Indian Campaigns · 1882 John Mcallister Schofield Major · Army Civil War · 1861 JS Julius Alexis Schou Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1870 Martin Schubert Private · Army Civil War · 1862 GS George Schutt Coxswain · Navy Civil War · 1865 Theodore Schwan First Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1864 DS David H. Scofield Quartermaster Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 RS Robert B. Scott Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869 JS James Seanor Master-at-Arms · Navy Civil War · 1864 Cyrus Sears First Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1862 Alexander Shaler Colonel · Army Civil War · 1863 PS Patrick Shanahan Chief Boatswain's Mate · Navy Interim 1899–1910 · 1899 HS Hendrick Sharp Seaman · Navy Civil War · 1864 Charles William Shea Second Lieutenant · Army World War II · 1944 William Shemin Sergeant · Army World War I · 1918 ✦ IS Irwin Shepard Corporal · Army Civil War · 1863 JS James Sheridan Quartermaster · Navy Civil War · 1864 RS Robert F. Shipley First Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1865 WS William Shipman Coxswain · Navy Civil War · 1865 CS Curtis F. Shoup Staff Sergeant · Army World War II · 1945 ✦ FS Frank Shubert Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1865 Daniel Edgar Sickles Major General · Army Civil War · 1863 William H. Sickles Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1865 George Dallas Sidman Private · Army Civil War · 1862 LS Lebbeus Simkins Coxswain · Navy Civil War · 1864 JS John Simmons Private · Army Civil War · 1865 HS Henry Simpson Fireman First Class · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1877 ES Ebenezer Skellie Corporal · Army Civil War · 1864 Alonzo Smith Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 CS Charles E. Smith Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1870 DS David Lafayette Smith Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1862 ES Edwin Smith Ordinary Seaman · Navy Civil War · 1862 GS George W. Smith Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1874 ✦ JS James A. Smith Landsman · Navy Boxer Rebellion · 1900 JS James Smith Seaman · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1872 JS James Smith Captain of the Forecastle · Navy Civil War · 1864 JS John Smith Seaman · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1880 JS John Smith Captain of the Forecastle · Navy Civil War · 1864 JS John Smith Second Captain of the Top · Navy Civil War · 1864 OS Oloff Smith Coxswain · Navy Civil War · 1864 RS Richard Smith Private · Army Civil War · 1864 TS Thomas J. Smith Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869 TS Thomas Smith Seaman · Navy Civil War · 1865 WS Walter B. Smith Ordinary Seaman · Navy Civil War · 1864 WS Wilhelm Smith Gunner's Mate First Class · Navy Interim 1915–1916 · 1916 WS Willard M. Smith Corporal · Marine Corps Civil War · 1864 Wilson Smith Corporal · Army Civil War · 1862 JS Joseph E. Sova Saddler · Army Civil War · 1865 WS William Spicer Gunner's Mate First Class · Navy Spanish-American War · 1898 TS Timothy Spillane Private · Army Civil War · 1865 Benona Sprague Corporal · Army Civil War · 1863 John Wilson Sprague Colonel · Army Civil War · 1864 ✦ DS David Sprowle Orderly Sergeant · Marine Corps Civil War · 1864 JS Julius H. Stahel Major General · Army Civil War · 1864 ES Edward Stanley Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869 Robert Henry Stanley Hospital Apprentice · Navy Boxer Rebellion · 1900 TS Thomas Stanton Chief Machinist's Mate · Navy Interim 1899–1910 · 1910 JS John H. Starkins Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1863 WS William G. Stephens Private · Army Civil War · 1863 George Evans Stewart Second Lieutenant · Army Philippine Insurrection · 1899 FS Fred William Stockham Gunnery Sergeant · Marine Corps World War I · 1918 ✦ John S. Stokes Chief Master-of-Arms · Navy Interim 1899–1910 · 1899 LS Lester Raymond Stone Jr. Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1969 ✦ RS Richard Stout Landsman · Navy Civil War · 1863