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Medal of Honor Recipients from North Carolina

22 Medals of Honor are credited to North Carolina, and 30 recipients were born there; 19 are buried in the state.

22credited
30born here
19buried here
2living
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By conflict

Vietnam War8
World War II8
U.S. Civil War5
Mexican Campaign (Vera Cruz)3
World War I3
Indian Campaigns3
Korean War3
Spanish-American War2
Philippine Insurrection2

Hometowns (credited)

Wilmington2
Fort Bragg2
Raleigh2
Hurdle Mills1
Forest City1
LaGrange1
Whittier1
Roseboro1

Cemeteries in North Carolina

  • Oakwood Cemetery3 recipients
  • Rochfish Memorial Park1 recipient
  • Raleigh National Cemetery1 recipient
  • Mt. Zion United Methodist Church Cemetery1 recipient
  • Fort Bragg Post Cemetery1 recipient
  • West View Cemetery1 recipient
  • Yellow Hill Cemetery1 recipient
  • Sandhills State Veterans Cemetery1 recipient
  • Hollywood Cemetery1 recipient
  • Efland Methodist Church Cemetery1 recipient
  • Guilford Memorial Park1 recipient
  • Riverside Cemetery1 recipient

Living recipients from North Carolina

MM Melvin Morris Staff Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1969 Robert Martin Patterson Specialist Fourth Class · Army Vietnam War · 1968

Recipients born in or credited to North Carolina

A–Z
Edwin Alexander Anderson Captain · Navy Veracruz 1914 · 1914 EA Eugene Ashley Jr. Sergeant First Class · Army Vietnam War · 1968 ✦ DB David Duffy Barrow Seaman · Navy Spanish-American War · 1898 RB Robert Lester Blackwell Private · Army World War I · 1918 ✦ LB Lorenzo Dow Brown Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1877 Jerry Kirt Crump Corporal · Army Korean War · 1951 HD Harold Bascom Durham Jr. Second Lieutenant · Army Vietnam War · 1967 ✦ Ray E. Eubanks Sergeant · Army World War II · 1944 ✦ WF William J. Franks Seaman · Navy Civil War · 1864 Charles George Private First Class · Army Korean War · 1952 ✦ William David Halyburton Jr. Pharmacist's Mate Second Class · Navy World War II · 1945 ✦ Rufus Geddie Herring Lieutenant, j.g. · Navy World War II · 1945 Lawrence Joel Specialist Sixth Class · Army Vietnam War · 1965 Henry Johnson Private · Army World War I · 1918 ✦ Gordon Johnston First Lieutenant · Army Philippine Insurrection · 1906 Rufus Zenas Johnston Jr. Lieutenant Commander · Navy Veracruz 1914 · 1914 WJ William H. Jones Farrier · Army Indian Campaigns · 1877 Jacklyn Harold Lucas Private First Class · Marine Corps World War II · 1945 William McBryar Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1890 FM Franklin Douglas Miller Staff Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1970 MM Melvin Morris Staff Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1969 Charles Patrick "Chuck" Murray Jr. First Lieutenant · Army World War II · 1944 HN Hugh Reavis Nelson Jr. Captain · Army Vietnam War · 1966 ✦ PP Pomeroy Parker Private · Marine Corps Spanish-American War · 1898 Samuel Iredell Parker Second Lieutenant · Army World War I · 1918 Robert Martin Patterson Specialist Fourth Class · Army Vietnam War · 1968 CR Charles W. Ray Sergeant · Army Philippine Insurrection · 1899 Aaron Sanderson Landsman · Navy Civil War · 1865 JS Joseph Henry Shea Private · Army Civil War · 1864 AS Adolphus Staton Lieutenant · Navy Veracruz 1914 · 1914 JS James Stoddard Seaman · Navy Civil War · 1864 MS Mitchell William Stout Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1970 ✦ Max Thompson Sergeant · Army World War II · 1944 Howell G. Trogden Private · Army Civil War · 1863 Matt Louis Urban Lieutenant Colonel · Army World War II · 1944 HW Henry F. Warner Corporal · Army World War II · 1944 ✦ Bryant Homer Womack Private · Army Korean War · 1952 ✦