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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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RS Robert Francis Stryker Specialist Fourth Class · Army Vietnam War · 1967 ✦ JS James Sullivan Ordinary Seaman · Navy Civil War · 1864 JS John Sullivan Seaman · Navy Civil War · 1864 TS Timothy Sullivan Coxswain · Navy Civil War Robert Summers Chief Quartermaster · Navy Civil War · 1865 GS Gustav Adolf Sundquist Ordinary Seaman · Navy Spanish-American War · 1898 Jacob E. Swap Private · Army Civil War · 1864 ES Edward Swatton Seaman · Navy Civil War · 1865 HS Harlan J. Swift Second Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1864 GT George Taylor Armorer · Navy Civil War · 1864 BT Benjamin Thackrah Private · Army Civil War · 1864 KT Karl Thomas Coxswain · Navy Boxer Rebellion · 1900 GT George W. Thompkins Corporal · Army Civil War · 1865 AT Allen Thompson Private · Army Civil War · 1865 GT George Washington Thompson Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1870 JT James Granville Thompson Private · Army Civil War · 1865 JT James Harry Thompson Surgeon · Army Civil War · 1862 WT William Henry Thompson Private First Class · Army Korean War · 1950 ✦ WT William P. Thompson Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 ✦ CT Clifford Thomson First Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1863 WT William George Thordsen Coxswain · Navy Philippine Insurrection · 1900 Walter Thorn Second Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1865 ET Eugene M. Tinkham Corporal · Army Civil War · 1864 John James Toffey First Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1863 FT Frank Tolan Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 Charles Henry Tompkins First Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1861 TT Thomas Toohey Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 FT Frederick Ernest Toy First Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1890 Benjamin Franklin Tracy Colonel · Army Civil War · 1864 WT William Gardner Tracy Second Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1863 AT Andrew Traynor Corporal · Army Civil War · 1864 Henry Edwin Tremain Major & Aide-de-Camp · Army Civil War · 1864 JT John Tribe Private · Army Civil War · 1862 ST Samuel S. Triplett Ordinary Seaman · Navy Spanish-American War · 1898 JT Jeremiah Troy Chief Boatswain's Mate · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1882 WT William Bradford Turner First Lieutenant · Army World War I · 1918 ✦ George Uhrl Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1862 Matt Louis Urban Lieutenant Colonel · Army World War II · 1944 Michael Emmet Urell Private · Army Civil War · 1863 AV Albert Vadas Seaman · Navy Spanish-American War · 1898 Michael Valente Private · Army World War I · 1918 Leon Robert Vance Jr. Lieutenant Colonel · Air Force World War II · 1944 ✦ HV Hudson van Etten Seaman · Navy Spanish-American War · 1898 LV Louis Joseph van Schaick First Lieutenant · Army Philippine Insurrection · 1901 EV Edward (edwin) van Winkle Corporal · Army Civil War · 1864 Charles Albert Varnum Captain · Army Indian Campaigns · 1890 RV Rudolph von Medem Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1872 Ernest von Vegesack Major & Aide-de-Camp · Army Civil War · 1862 Forrest Lee "woody" Vosler Technical Sergeant · Air Force World War II · 1943 RW Reidar Waaler Sergeant · Army World War I · 1918 Maurice Wagg Coxswain · Navy Civil War · 1862 JW John Wainwright First Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1865 Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright IV General · Army World War II · 1942 EW Edward Alexander Walker Sergeant · Marine Corps Boxer Rebellion · 1900 Mary Edwards Walker Contract Surgeon · Army Civil War · 1861 JW Jerry C. Wall Private · Army Civil War · 1863 WW William Wallace Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 WW William Henry Walling Captain · Army Civil War · 1864 JW James Aloysius Walsh Seaman · Navy Veracruz 1914 · 1914 Kenneth Ambrose Walsh First Lieutenant · Marine Corps World War II · 1943 MW Martin Wambsgan Private · Army Civil War · 1864 JW James Ward Quarter Gunner · Navy Civil War · 1864 DW David Warren Coxswain · Navy Civil War · 1864 JW John Earl Warren Jr. First Lieutenant · Army Vietnam War · 1969 ✦ JW James C. Watson Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1870 Alexander Stewart Webb Brigadier General · Army Civil War · 1863 JW James W. Webb Private · Army Civil War · 1862 AW Alason P. Webber Musician · Army Civil War · 1864 HW Henry S. Webster Landsman · Navy Civil War · 1865 JW John Henry Weeks Private · Army Civil War · 1864 HW Henry Cary Weir Captain & Assistant Adjutant General · Army Civil War · 1864 AW Adam Weissel Ship's Cook · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1881 CW Charles H. Welch Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 MW Michael Welch Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1870 SW Stephen Welch Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 HW Henry S. Wells Private · Army Civil War · 1864 ✦ TW Thomas Mccoy Wells Chief Bugler · Army Civil War · 1864 WW William Wells Quartermaster · Navy Civil War · 1864 Frank West First Lieutenant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1882 KW Karl Westa Chief Machinist's Mate · Navy Interim 1899–1910 · 1910 WW William Westerhold Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 JW John Hunter Wickersham Second Lieutenant · Army World War I · 1918 ✦ FW Franklin L. Wilcox Ordinary Seaman · Navy Civil War · 1865 JW Julius August robert Wilke Boatswain's Mate First Class · Navy Spanish-American War · 1898 HW Henry Wilkens First Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1877 HW Henry Wilkes Landsman · Navy Civil War · 1864 WW Walter J. Will First Lieutenant · Army World War II · 1945 ✦ LW Louis Edward Willett Private First Class · Army Vietnam War · 1967 ✦ FW Frank Williams Seaman · Navy Spanish-American War · 1898 JW John Williams II Boatswain's Mate · Navy Civil War · 1861 Leroy Williams Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 RW Robert Williams Signal Quartermaster · Navy Civil War · 1862 AW August Wilson Boilermaker · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1897 CW Charles Windolph Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 WW William Wirt Winegar First Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1865 LW Lewis S. Wisner First Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1864 Carle Augustus Woodruff First Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1863 JW John Woon Boatswain's Mate · Navy Civil War · 1863 Charles B. Woram Seaman · Navy Civil War · 1864 EW Edward Wright Quartermaster · Navy Civil War · 1862 Raymond Richard "Buzzer" Wright Specialist Fourth Class · Army Vietnam War · 1967 JY James Marvin Young Private · Army Civil War · 1864 WY William Young Boatswain's Mate · Navy Civil War · 1862