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Medal of Honor Recipients from Rhode Island

31 Medals of Honor are credited to Rhode Island, and 26 recipients were born there; 29 are buried in the state.

31credited
26born here
29buried here
1living
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By conflict

U.S. Civil War26
Indian Campaigns3
Mexican Campaign (Vera Cruz)2
Interim 1871 - 18992
World War II2
Vietnam War1
Korean War1
Interim 1920 - 19401
World War I1
Interim 1899 - 19101

Hometowns (credited)

Providence8
Pawtucket2
Johnston2
Coventry2
South Kingston1
Westerly1
Wakefield1
Newport1

Cemeteries in Rhode Island

  • Island Cemetery3 recipients
  • St. Francis Cemetery2 recipients
  • North Burial Ground2 recipients
  • River Bend Cemetery2 recipients
  • St. Columba Cemetery2 recipients
  • Swan Point Cemetery2 recipients
  • Oak Grove Cemetery2 recipients
  • Riverside Cemetery1 recipient
  • Lakeside Cemetery1 recipient
  • Pocasset Cemetery1 recipient
  • White Brook Cemetery1 recipient
  • St. Mary's Cemetery1 recipient

Living recipients from Rhode Island

John Philip Baca Specialist Fourth Class · Army Vietnam War · 1970

Recipients born in or credited to Rhode Island

A–Z
WA William B. Avery Second Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1862 William J. Babcock Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1865 John Philip Baca Specialist Fourth Class · Army Vietnam War · 1970 JB James Albert Barber Corporal · Army Civil War · 1865 GB George Newman Bliss Captain · Army Civil War · 1864 Zenas Randall Bliss Colonel · Army Civil War · 1862 GB George Bradley Chief Gunner's Mate · Navy Veracruz 1914 · 1914 JB John Knight Bucklyn First Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1863 JB James H. Burbank Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1862 David Bernard Champagne Corporal · Marine Corps Korean War · 1952 ✦ BC Benjamin Ham Child Corporal · Army Civil War · 1862 JC John Corcoran Private · Army Civil War · 1865 JC James Madison Cutts Captain · Army Civil War · 1864 TE Thomas Eadie Chief Gunner's Mate · Navy Interim 1920–1940 · 1927 JE John Edwards Captain of the Top · Navy Civil War · 1864 CE Charles D. Ennis Private · Army Civil War · 1865 MG Matthew Gillick Boatswain's Mate · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1883 Edward Allen Gisburne Electrician Third Class · Navy Veracruz 1914 · 1914 JH John H. Havron Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1865 TH Thomas Hayes Coxswain · Navy Civil War · 1864 John Sterling Lawton Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1879 NL Nicholas Lear Quartermaster · Navy Civil War · 1865 Samuel E. Lewis Corporal · Army Civil War · 1865 GM George E. McDonald Private · Army Civil War · 1865 OM Owen McGar Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 AM Archibald Molbone Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1865 PM Philip Moore Seaman · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1880 FO Francis Edward Ormsbee Jr. Chief Machinist's Mate · Navy World War I · 1918 TP Thomas Parker Corporal · Army Civil War · 1865 GP George J. Peters Private · Army World War II · 1945 ✦ GP George W. Potter Private · Army Civil War · 1865 GP George Province Ordinary Seaman · Navy Civil War · 1865 GR George E. Read Seaman · Navy Civil War · 1864 TS Thomas Smith Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869 WS William Smith Quartermaster · Navy Civil War · 1864 Hazard Stevens Captain & Assistant Adjutant General · Army Civil War · 1863 JT Joseph Taylor Private · Army Civil War · 1864 Michael Walsh Chief Machinist · Navy Interim 1899–1910 · 1903 RW Robert Turner Waugh First Lieutenant · Army World War II · 1944 ✦ JW James Welsh Private · Army Civil War · 1864