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Medal of Honor Recipients from South Carolina

33 Medals of Honor are credited to South Carolina, and 34 recipients were born there; 18 are buried in the state.

33credited
34born here
18buried here
4living
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By conflict

Vietnam War9
World War I8
World War II5
Korean War4
U.S. Civil War2
War on Terrorism (Afghanistan)2
Mexican Campaign (Vera Cruz)2
Interim 1899 - 19102
Indian Campaigns1
Philippine Insurrection1

Hometowns (credited)

Fort Jackson3
Winnsboro1
Campobello1
Pickens County1
Port Royal1
Summerville1
Rock Hill1
Inman1

Cemeteries in South Carolina

  • Quaker Cemetery2 recipients
  • Beaufort National Cemetery2 recipients
  • Blackjack Baptist Church Cemetery1 recipient
  • Fellowship Baptist Church Cemetery1 recipient
  • Elmwood Cemetery1 recipient
  • St. Lawrence Cemetery1 recipient
  • New Prospect Cemetery1 recipient
  • Unity Cemetery1 recipient
  • Rembert Methodist Church Cemetery1 recipient
  • Liberty Memorial Gardens Cemetery1 recipient
  • Union Hill Baptist Church1 recipient
  • Holy Cross Episcopal Church Cemetery1 recipient

Living recipients from South Carolina

JC James Capers Jr. Major · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1967 William Kyle Carpenter Lance Corporal · Marine Corps Afghanistan · 2010 TP Thomas Patrick Payne Sergeant First Class · Army Iraq · 2015 Michael Edwin Thornton Petty Officer · Navy Vietnam War · 1972

Recipients born in or credited to South Carolina

A–Z
Webster Anderson Sergeant First Class · Army Vietnam War · 1967 TA Thomas Eugene "gene" Atkins Private First Class · Army World War II · 1945 CB Charles H. Barker Private First Class · Army Korean War · 1953 ✦ RB Robert Blake Contraband · Navy Civil War · 1863 JC James Capers Jr. Major · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1967 William Kyle Carpenter Lance Corporal · Marine Corps Afghanistan · 2010 Christopher Andrew Celiz Sergeant First Class · Army Afghanistan · 2018 ✦ James C. Dozier First Lieutenant · Army World War I · 1918 ME Middleton Stuart Elliott Surgeon · Navy Veracruz 1914 · 1914 EF Edward Floyd Boilermaker · Navy Interim 1899–1910 · 1905 GF Gary Evans Foster Sergeant · Army World War I · 1918 Ernest Albert Garlington First Lieutenant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1890 TH Thomas Lee Hall Sergeant · Army World War I · 1918 ✦ JH James Davidson Heriot Corporal · Army World War I · 1918 ✦ RH Richmond Hobson Hilton Sergeant · Army World War I · 1918 Joe Ronnie Hooper Staff Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1968 James Donnie Howe Lance Corporal · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1970 ✦ Ralph Henry Johnson Private First Class · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1968 ✦ John Thomas Kennedy Second Lieutenant · Army Philippine Insurrection · 1909 Robert Sidney Kennemore Staff Sergeant · Marine Corps Korean War · 1950 NK Noah Odell Knight Private First Class · Army Korean War · 1951 ✦ George Lafayette Mabry Jr. Lieutenant Colonel · Army World War II · 1944 John James McGinty III Second Lieutenant · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1966 WM William A. McWhorter Private First Class · Army World War II · 1944 ✦ William Adger Moffett Commander · Navy Veracruz 1914 · 1914 Robert Allen Owens Sergeant · Marine Corps World War II · 1943 ✦ TP Thomas Patrick Payne Sergeant First Class · Army Iraq · 2015 FS Furman L. Smith Private · Army World War II · 1944 ✦ FS Freddie Stowers Corporal · Army World War I · 1918 ✦ Daniel Augustus joseph Sullivan Ensign · Navy World War I · 1918 Michael Edwin Thornton Petty Officer · Navy Vietnam War · 1972 Donald Leroy Truesdell Corporal · Marine Corps Nicaragua 1927–1933 · 1932 JV John Cantey Villepigue Corporal · Army World War I · 1918 WW William Henry Walling Captain · Army Civil War · 1864 Lewis George Watkins Staff Sergeant · Marine Corps Korean War · 1952 ✦ George Huber Wheeler Shipfitter First Class · Navy Interim 1899–1910 · 1909 CW Charles Quincy Williams First Lieutenant · Army Vietnam War · 1965 James Elliott Williams Boatswain's Mate First Class · Navy Vietnam War · 1966