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Medal of Honor Recipients from Tennessee

33 Medals of Honor are credited to Tennessee, and 40 recipients were born there; 41 are buried in the state.

33credited
40born here
41buried here
1living
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By conflict

Indian Campaigns9
World War II9
World War I7
U.S. Civil War6
Vietnam War6
Philippine Insurrection3
Korean War3
Interim 1899 - 19101
Spanish-American War1
Action Against Outlaws, Philippines 19111

Hometowns (credited)

Nashville7
Memphis5
Knoxville2
New River1
Cumberland Gap1
Richard City1
Signal Mountain1
Whitwell1

Cemeteries in Tennessee

Living recipients from Tennessee

Don Jenkins Private First Class · Army Vietnam War · 1969

Recipients born in or credited to Tennessee

A–Z
JA Joseph B. Adkison Sergeant · Army World War I · 1918 CB Clay Beauford First Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1872 RB Robert Earl Bonney Chief Watertender · Navy Interim 1899–1910 · 1910 Charles P. Cantrell Private · Army Spanish-American War · 1898 William Harding Carter First Lieutenant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1881 JC Joseph Samuel Cecil First Lieutenant · Army Philippine Insurrection · 1906 HC Harrison Collins Corporal · Army Civil War · 1864 RC Raymond Henry Cooley Staff Sergeant · Army World War II · 1945 Charles Henry Coolidge Technical Sergeant · Army World War II · 1944 Jesse Whitfield Covington Ship's Cook Third Class · Navy World War I · 1918 JD James B. Dozier Guide · Army Indian Campaigns · 1870 RD Ray E. Duke Sergeant First Class · Army Korean War · 1951 ✦ RE Roderick W. "Roddie" Edmonds Master Sergeant · Army World War II · 1945 ✦ John H. Ferrell Pilot · Navy Civil War · 1864 JG James Alton Gardner First Lieutenant · Army Vietnam War · 1966 ✦ George Lewis Gillespie Jr. First Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1864 GG George Grant Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1867 Allen James Greer Second Lieutenant · Army Philippine Insurrection · 1901 BH Bolden Reush Harrison Seaman · Navy Philippines 1911 · 1911 George Hobday Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1890 PH Paul Bert Huff Corporal · Army World War II · 1944 OH Oliver Hughes Corporal · Army Civil War · 1865 Don Jenkins Private First Class · Army Vietnam War · 1969 GJ George Jordan Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1881 JK James Ernest Karnes Sergeant · Army World War I · 1918 Elbert Luther Kinser Sergeant · Marine Corps World War II · 1945 ✦ JK John Kyle Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869 Gaines Lawson First Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1863 ML Milo Lemert First Sergeant · Army World War I · 1918 ✦ WL William Franklin Lyell Corporal · Army Korean War · 1951 ✦ CM Charles L. McGaha Master Sergeant · Army World War II · 1945 VM Vernon McGarity Technical Sergeant · Army World War II · 1944 TM Troy A. McGill Sergeant · Army World War II · 1944 ✦ WM William W. Morris Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1874 Charles F. Pendleton Corporal · Army Korean War · 1953 ✦ David Robert Ray Hospital Corpsman Second Class · Navy Vietnam War · 1969 ✦ Walter Keith Singleton Sergeant · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1967 ✦ Daniel Dickerson Stevens Quartermaster · Navy Civil War · 1865 MS Mitchell William Stout Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1970 ✦ BS Benoni Strivson Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1868 ET Edward R. Talley Sergeant · Army World War I · 1918 LT Larry L. Taylor First Lieutenant · Army Vietnam War · 1968 CW Calvin John Ward Private · Army World War I · 1918 SW Seth Lathrop Weld Corporal · Army Philippine Insurrection · 1906 John Harlan Willis Pharmacist's Mate First Class · Navy World War II · 1945 ✦ Alvin Cullium York Corporal · Army World War I · 1918