Skip to content

PA

Medal of Honor Recipients from Pennsylvania

380 Medals of Honor are credited to Pennsylvania, and 337 recipients were born there; 233 are buried in the state.

Veteran help in Pennsylvania War memorials & museums

Recipients born in or credited to Pennsylvania · page 4 of 4

A–Z

Aaron Sanderson Landsman · Navy Civil War · 1865 WS William Sands First Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1865 IS Isaac B. Sapp Seaman Engineer's Force · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1871

Joseph Raymond Sarnoski Second Lieutenant · Air Force World War II · 1943 ✦ FS Foster Joseph Sayers Private First Class · Army World War II · 1944 ✦ DS Dwite H. Schaffner First Lieutenant · Army World War I · 1918

Martin E. Scheibner Private · Army Civil War · 1863 OS Oscar Schmidt Jr. Chief Gunner's Mate · Navy World War I · 1918

James Martinus Schoonmaker Colonel · Army Civil War · 1864 JS John Wallace Scott Captain · Army Civil War · 1865 JS James M. Seitzinger Private · Army Civil War · 1864

Alfred Jacob Sellers Major · Army Civil War · 1863 RS Robert Semple Chief Gunner · Navy Veracruz 1914 · 1914 GS Griffin Seward Wagoner · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869

Philip G. Shadrach Private · Army Civil War · 1862 ✦ CS Charles Shambaugh Corporal · Army Civil War · 1862 JS John Shellenberger Corporal · Army Civil War · 1864 WS Warren Julius Shepherd Corporal · Army Spanish-American War · 1898 JS John Shiel Corporal · Army Civil War · 1862 JS John Henry Shingle First Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876

William Arthur Shomo Major · Air Force World War II · 1945 GS George J. Shopp Private · Army Civil War · 1865

Randall David Shughart Sergeant First Class · Army Somalia 1993 · 1993 ✦ ES Edward A. Silk First Lieutenant · Army World War II · 1944 LS Lawrence Clinton Sinnett Seaman · Navy Veracruz 1914 · 1914

William S. Sitman Sergeant First Class · Army Korean War · 1951 ✦ AS Andrew Jackson Sloan Private · Army Civil War · 1864 HS Henry C. Slusher Private · Army Civil War · 1863 RS Reuben S. Smalley Private · Army Civil War · 1863 RS Reuben Smalley Private · Army Civil War · 1863 RS Robert Smith Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 TS Thaddeus S. Smith Corporal · Army Civil War · 1863 TS Theodore F. Smith Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869 JS James Snedden Musician · Army Civil War · 1864 WS William Ellsworth Snyder Chief Electrician · Navy Interim 1899–1910 · 1910 MS Michael A. Sowers Private · Army Civil War · 1864 CS Clifton T. Speicher Corporal · Army Korean War · 1952 ✦

Orizoba Spence Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869 GS George Springer Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869 JS James A. Stewart Corporal · Marine Corps Interim 1871–1899 · 1872 JS John Hamilton reid Storey Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 BS Bernard A. Strausburgh First Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 ✦ WS William H. Strayer Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1872 AS Axel Leohard Sundquist Chief Carpenter's Mate · Navy Spanish-American War · 1898 CS Charles Alexander Swan Private · Army Civil War · 1865

Jacob E. Swap Private · Army Civil War · 1864 CT Charles B. Tanner Second Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1862

Anthony Taylor First Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1863 FT Forrester Lore Taylor Captain · Army Civil War · 1863 WT William G. Taylor Captain of the Forecastle · Navy Civil War · 1864 RT Richard Longstreet Tea Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1875 JT James Thayer Ship's Corporal · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1879

Charles Lawrence Thomas Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1865 HT Hampton Sidney Thomas Major · Army Civil War · 1865 HT Henry A. Thompson Private · Marine Corps Civil War · 1865 JT James B. Thompson Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1863

Joseph Henry Thompson Major · Army World War I · 1918 PT Peter Thompson Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 MT Michael Thornton Seaman · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1881 JT John Joseph Tominac First Lieutenant · Army World War II · 1944 JT Jacob Trautman First Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1890 JT James M. Trout Fireman Second Class · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1877 JT Jacob R. Tucker Corporal · Army Civil War · 1865 DT Day G. Turner Sergeant · Army World War II · 1945 ✦ JT John Tweedale Private · Army Civil War · 1863

John Mitchell Vanderslice Private · Army Civil War · 1865

Joseph E. Vantine First Class Fireman · Navy Civil War · 1863 PV Pinkerton Ross Vaughn Sergeant · Marine Corps Civil War · 1863 MV Moses Veale Captain · Army Civil War · 1863 JW John Wainwright First Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1865 GW George Washington Walton Private · Army Civil War · 1864 CW Charles H. Ward Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869

Henry Clay Warfel Private · Army Civil War · 1865 JW James C. Watson Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1870 AW Andrew J. Weaher Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1868 EW Ellis R. Weicht Sergeant · Army World War II · 1944 ✦ JW John Henry White Private · Army Civil War · 1862 JW Joseph White Coxswain · Navy Civil War · 1864 JW Jacob Widmer First Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1879 WW Walter J. Will First Lieutenant · Army World War II · 1945 ✦ EW Elwood N. Williams Private · Army Civil War · 1862 HW Henry Williams Carpenter's Mate · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1879 JW John Williams Captain of the Maintop · Navy Civil War · 1861 JW John Williams Seaman · Navy Civil War · 1862 PW Peter Williams Seaman · Navy Civil War · 1862 WW William Williams Landsman · Navy Civil War · 1863 RW Richard Willis Coxswain · Navy Civil War · 1865

Alfred Leonard Wilson Technician Grade Five · Army World War II · 1944 ✦ BW Benjamin Wilson Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1870 CW Charles E. Wilson Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1865 FW Francis A. Wilson Corporal · Army Civil War · 1865 WW William Wilson Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1872 WW William Wilson Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1872

David Francis Winder Private First Class · Army Vietnam War · 1970 ✦ JW Joseph Witcome Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1868 ZW Zachariah Woodall Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1874 EW Evan M. Woodward First Lieutenant & Adjutant · Army Civil War · 1862 JW Joseph Wortick Private · Army Civil War · 1863

William J. Wray Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 AW Albert D. Wright Captain · Army Civil War · 1864 JY Jacob F. Yeager Private · Army Civil War · 1864 AY Andrew J. Young Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1865

Jay Zeamer Jr. Major · Air Force World War II · 1943