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Medal of Honor Recipients from Ohio

256 Medals of Honor are credited to Ohio, and 223 recipients were born there; 145 are buried in the state.

256credited
223born here
145buried here
6living
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By conflict

U.S. Civil War201
Indian Campaigns53
World War II33
Vietnam War15
Philippine Insurrection5
World War I4
Korean War4
China Relief Expedition (Boxer Rebellion)4
Spanish-American War3
Mexican Campaign (Vera Cruz)3

Hometowns (credited)

Cincinnati49
Columbus15
Cleveland12
Chillicothe5
Steubenville4
Portsmouth4
Toledo3
Urbana3

Cemeteries in Ohio

Living recipients from Ohio

Edward C. Byers Jr. Chief · Navy Afghanistan · 2012 KD Kenneth J. David Private First Class · Army Vietnam War · 1970 PD Paris D. Davis Captain · Army Vietnam War · 1965 Sammy Lee Davis Private First Class · Army Vietnam War · 1967 GR Gordon Ray Roberts Specialist Fourth Class · Army Vietnam War · 1969 Brian Miles Thacker First Lieutenant · Army Vietnam War · 1971

Recipients born in or credited to Ohio · page 1 of 3

A–Z
CA Christian Albert Private · Army Civil War · 1863 SA Sylvester Antolak Sergeant · Army World War II · 1944 ✦ WA William J. Archinal Corporal · Army Civil War · 1863 Edgar R. Aston Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1868 DA David Ayers Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1863 AB Albert E. Baesel Second Lieutenant · Army World War I · 1918 ✦ Addison Earl Baker Lieutenant Colonel · Air Force World War II · 1943 ✦ EB Edward Lee Baker Jr. Sergeant Major · Army Spanish-American War · 1898 George Lovell Banks Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1863 JB Jesse T. Barrick Corporal · Army Civil War · 1863 WB William H. Barringer Private · Army Civil War · 1863 TB Thomas Barton Seaman · Navy Civil War · 1862 William Bernard Baugh Private First Class · Marine Corps Korean War · 1950 ✦ HB Harry C. Beasley Seaman · Navy Veracruz 1914 · 1914 Powhatan Beaty First Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 Edward James Bebb Private · Army Civil War · 1865 JB James Bennett Bell Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1863 EB Edward Andrew Bennett Corporal · Army World War II · 1945 WB William Bensinger Private · Army Civil War · 1862 Charles Joseph Berry Corporal · Marine Corps World War II · 1945 ✦ HB Heinrich Bertram Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1868 Charles Goodwin Bickham First Lieutenant · Army Philippine Insurrection · 1902 William Edward Birkhimer Captain · Army Philippine Insurrection · 1899 DB Daniel Bishop Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1873 MB Milton Blickensderger Corporal · Army Civil War · 1865 Edward William Boers Seaman · Navy Interim 1899–1910 · 1905 RB Richard Boury Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1865 Henry Van ness Boynton Lieutenant Colonel · Army Civil War · 1863 JB Joseph E. Brandle Private · Army Civil War · 1863 GB George F. Brock Carpenter's Mate Second Class · Navy Interim 1899–1910 · 1905 JB James H. Bronson First Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 OB Oscar Brookin Private · Army Spanish-American War · 1898 JB John Brown First Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1863 Robert Bruce Brown Private · Army Civil War · 1863 UB Uriah H. Brown Private · Army Civil War · 1863 WB Wilson W. Brown Private · Army Civil War · 1862 William Charles Bryan Hospital Steward · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 Robert Buffum Private · Army Civil War · 1862 HB Henry G. Buhrman Private · Army Civil War · 1863 James Madison Burns Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 GB George Butts Gunner's Mate · Navy Civil War · 1864 Edward C. Byers Jr. Chief · Navy Afghanistan · 2012 JC James Spencer Calvert Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 WC William Campbell Private · Army Civil War · 1863 HC Henry Capehart Colonel · Army Civil War · 1864 Isaac Harrison Carmin Corporal · Army Civil War · 1863 Franklin Carr Corporal · Army Civil War · 1864 JC John Carr Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869 William J. Carson Musician · Army Civil War · 1863 Henry Casey Private · Army Civil War · 1863 Herbert F. Christian Private · Army World War II · 1944 ✦ JC Joseph J. Cicchetti Private First Class · Army World War II · 1945 ✦ AC Albert Adams Clapp First Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1865 David L. Cockley First Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1864 OC Oliver Colwell First Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1864 John Cook Bugler · Army Civil War · 1862 AC Aquilla Coonrod Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 Robert Mitchell Cox Corporal · Army Civil War · 1863 Robert Craig Second Lieutenant · Army World War II · 1943 ✦ William Wallace Cranston Private · Army Civil War · 1863 BC Benjamin C. Criswell Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 UC Ulric Lyons Crocker Private · Army Civil War · 1864 WC William G. Cubberly Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1868 JC James M. Cumpston Private · Army Civil War · 1864 Thomas Ward Custer Second Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1865 Thomas Ward Custer Second Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1865 KD Kenneth J. David Private First Class · Army Vietnam War · 1970 Andrew Davidson Assistant Surgeon · Army Civil War · 1863 FD Freeman Davis Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1863 HD Harry Clay Davis Private · Army Civil War · 1864 Joseph Davis Corporal · Army Civil War · 1864 PD Paris D. Davis Captain · Army Vietnam War · 1965 Sammy Lee Davis Private First Class · Army Vietnam War · 1967 David Frakes Day Private · Army Civil War · 1863 Matthias Walter Day Second Lieutenant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1879 WD William de Armond Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1874 ✦ HD Hiram Adolphus Delavie Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1865 ED Emile Deleau Jr. Sergeant · Army World War II · 1945 ✦ Richard Willis Dewitt Corporal · Army Civil War · 1863 Douglas Eugene Dickey Private First Class · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1967 ✦ John Henry Dorman Seaman · Navy Civil War · 1863 Daniel Allen Dorsey Corporal · Army Civil War · 1862 JD James Dowling Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1868 NE Nathan Huntley Edgerton First Lieutenant & Adjutant · Army Civil War · 1864 JE James M. Elson Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1863 Richard Enderlin Musician · Army Civil War · 1863 Harold Glenn Epperson Private First Class · Marine Corps World War II · 1944 ✦ Michael John Estocin Captain · Navy Vietnam War · 1967 ✦ Forrest Eugene Everhart Sr. Technical Sergeant · Army World War II · 1944 MF Mosheim Feaster Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1890 GF George Ferrari Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869 Henry S. Finkenbiner Private · Army Civil War · 1865 CF Charles Clinton Fleek Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1967 ✦ Manning Ferguson Force Brigadier General · Army Civil War · 1864 William Adelbert Foster Private First Class · Marine Corps World War II · 1945 ✦ Henry Fox Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1862 HF Henry M. Fox Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 John Robert Fox First Lieutenant · Army World War II · 1944 ✦ Henry Blanchard Freeman First Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1862 Franz Frey Corporal · Army Civil War · 1863 Frederick Funston Sr. Colonel · Army Philippine Insurrection · 1899 WG William Garrett Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 Donald Arthur Gary Lieutenant, j.g. · Navy World War II · 1945 GG George Gates Bugler · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869 JG John C. Gaunt Private · Army Civil War · 1864 Isaac Gause Corporal · Army Civil War · 1864 George Geiger Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 JG John J. Given Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1870 ✦ Edward Settle Godfrey Captain · Army Indian Campaigns · 1877 JG John Gray Private · Army Civil War · 1862 George Green Corporal · Army Civil War · 1863 JG John Green Major · Army Indian Campaigns · 1873 Abraham Greenawalt Private · Army Civil War · 1864 JG Joseph Olds Gregg Private · Army Civil War · 1864 SG Samuel Grimshaw Private · Army Civil War · 1864 TG Thomas Guinn Private · Army Civil War · 1863 Nathaniel Mcclean Gwynne Private · Army Civil War · 1864 JH James Haley Captain of the Forecastle · Navy Civil War · 1864 LH Lewis R. Hall Technician Fifth Grade · Army World War II · 1943 ✦ NH Newton H. Hall Corporal · Army Civil War · 1864