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Medal of Honor Recipients from Oklahoma

25 Medals of Honor are credited to Oklahoma, and 26 recipients were born there; 25 are buried in the state.

25credited
26born here
25buried here
3living
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By conflict

World War II21
Vietnam War6
World War I3
Korean War2
Indian Campaigns2
Philippine Insurrection1
War on Terrorism (Afghanistan)1

Hometowns (credited)

Tulsa2
Oklahoma2
Waurika1
Bell1
Blanchard1
Fort Supply1
Bowlegs1
Arnett1

Cemeteries in Oklahoma

  • Fort Gibson National Cemetery3 recipients
  • Enid Cemetery1 recipient
  • Blanchard Cemetery1 recipient
  • Brumfield Cemetery1 recipient
  • Floral Haven Cemetery1 recipient
  • North Indian Cemetery1 recipient
  • Resthaven Memorial Gardens1 recipient
  • Pleasant Hill Cemetery1 recipient
  • Maramec I.O.O.F. Cemetery1 recipient
  • Green Hill Cemetery1 recipient
  • Harmon Cemetery1 recipient
  • McLoud1 recipient

Living recipients from Oklahoma

DB Dwight W. Birdwell Specialist Five · Army Vietnam War · 1968 MM Melvin Morris Staff Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1969 Earl D. Plumlee Staff Sergeant · Army Afghanistan · 2013

Recipients born in or credited to Oklahoma

A–Z
BA Bennie G. Adkins Sergeant First Class · Army Vietnam War · 1966 Kenneth Dillon Bailey Major · Marine Corps World War II · 1942 ✦ DB Dwight W. Birdwell Specialist Five · Army Vietnam War · 1968 Tony K. Burris Sergeant First Class · Army Korean War · 1951 ✦ CC Charles F. Carey Jr. Technical Sergeant · Army World War II · 1945 ✦ AC Amos Chapman Scout · Army Indian Campaigns · 1874 Ernest "Chief" Childers Second Lieutenant · Army World War II · 1943 JC John R. Crews Staff Sergeant · Army World War II · 1945 William "Billy" Dixon Scout · Army Indian Campaigns · 1874 JE Joseph L. Epps Private · Army Philippine Insurrection · 1899 Ernest Edwin "Chief" Evans Commander · Navy World War II · 1944 ✦ Donald Joseph Gott First Lieutenant · Air Force World War II · 1944 ✦ RH Roy W. Harmon Sergeant · Army World War II · 1944 ✦ George Price Hays First Lieutenant · Army World War I · 1918 Frederick F. Henry First Lieutenant · Army Korean War · 1950 ✦ HK Harold G. Kiner Private · Army World War II · 1944 ✦ RM Richard Miles McCool Jr. Lieutenant · Navy World War II · 1945 TM Troy A. McGill Sergeant · Army World War II · 1944 ✦ Jack Cleveland Montgomery First Lieutenant · Army World War II · 1944 MM Melvin Morris Staff Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1969 Manuel Perez Jr. Private First Class · Army World War II · 1945 ✦ Larry Stanley Pierce Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1965 ✦ Riley Leroy Pitts Captain · Army Vietnam War · 1967 ✦ Earl D. Plumlee Staff Sergeant · Army Afghanistan · 2013 JR John N. Reese Jr. Private First Class · Army World War II · 1945 ✦ RR Ruben Rivers Staff Sergeant · Army World War II · 1944 ✦ SS Samuel Major Sampler Corporal · Army World War I · 1918 HS Henry Schauer Private First Class · Army World War II · 1944 Albert Ernest Schwab Private First Class · Marine Corps World War II · 1945 ✦ William Ralph Shockley Private First Class · Army World War II · 1945 ✦ Donald P. Sloat Specialist Fourth Class · Army Vietnam War · 1970 ✦ John Lucian Smith Major · Marine Corps World War II · 1942 Jack Lemaster Treadwell Captain · Army World War II · 1945 Harold Leo Turner Corporal · Army World War I · 1918 Leon Robert Vance Jr. Lieutenant Colonel · Air Force World War II · 1944 ✦ HW Herman C. Wallace Private First Class · Army World War II · 1945 ✦