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Medal of Honor Recipients from Texas

78 Medals of Honor are credited to Texas, and 65 recipients were born there; 87 are buried in the state.

78credited
65born here
87buried here
4living
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By conflict

World War II36
Vietnam War22
Korean War14
Indian Campaigns12
World War I4
Mexican Campaign (Vera Cruz)1
U.S. Civil War1
Spanish-American War1
Philippine Insurrection1
War on Terrorism (Iraq)1

Hometowns (credited)

Houston9
San Antonio7
Fort Duncan5
Dallas4
San Angelo3
El Paso3
Lubbock2
Galveston2

Cemeteries in Texas

Living recipients from Texas

DB Dwight W. Birdwell Specialist Five · Army Vietnam War · 1968 FF Frederick Edgar Ferguson Chief Warrant Officer · Army Vietnam War · 1968 Jose Rodela Sergeant First Class · Army Vietnam War · 1969 Matthew O. Williams Sergeant · Army Afghanistan · 2008

Recipients born in or credited to Texas

A–Z
Lucian Adams Staff Sergeant · Army World War II · 1944 Richard Allen Anderson Lance Corporal · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1969 ✦ Oscar Palmer Austin Private First Class · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1969 ✦ WA William Grafton Austin Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1890 David B. Barkeley Private · Army World War I · 1918 ✦ Roy Perez Benavidez Master Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1968 Steven Logan Bennett Captain · Air Force Vietnam War · 1972 ✦ DB Dwight W. Birdwell Specialist Five · Army Vietnam War · 1968 William James Bordelon Staff Sergeant · Marine Corps World War II · 1943 ✦ John Duncan Bulkeley Lieutenant · Navy World War II · 1941 PC Pedro Cano Private · Army World War II · 1944 ✦ Horace Seaver Carswell Jr. Major · Air Force World War II · 1944 ✦ RC Richard Edward Cavazos First Lieutenant · Army Korean War · 1953 ✦ RC Robert George Cole Lieutenant Colonel · Army World War II · 1944 ✦ JC John Connor Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1870 Thomas Elbert Creek Lance Corporal · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1969 ✦ Rudolph Bianco Davila Second Lieutenant · Army World War II · 1944 George Andrew Davis Jr. Major · Air Force Korean War · 1952 ✦ Samuel David Dealey Commander · Navy World War II · 1944 ✦ JD James B. Dozier Guide · Army Indian Campaigns · 1870 DE Daniel Richmond Edwards Private First Class · Army World War I · 1918 Santiago J. Erevia Specialist Fourth Class · Army Vietnam War · 1969 Victor H. Espinoza Corporal · Army Korean War · 1952 ✦ Forrest Eugene Everhart Sr. Technical Sergeant · Army World War II · 1944 PF Pompey Factor Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1875 FF Frederick Edgar Ferguson Chief Warrant Officer · Army Vietnam War · 1968 James H. Fields First Lieutenant · Army World War II · 1944 TF Thomas Weldon Fowler Second Lieutenant · Army World War II · 1944 ✦ Candelario Garcia Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1968 ✦ Marcario Garcia Staff Sergeant · Army World War II · 1944 Alfredo "Freddy" Gonzalez Sergeant · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1968 ✦ TG Terrence Collinson Graves Second Lieutenant · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1968 ✦ Ambrosio Guillen Staff Sergeant · Marine Corps Korean War · 1953 ✦ JH Jack G. Hanson Private First Class · Army Korean War · 1951 ✦ William George Harrell Sergeant · Marine Corps World War II · 1945 JH James Lindell Harris Second Lieutenant · Army World War II · 1944 ✦ William Kelly Harrison Commander · Navy Veracruz 1914 · 1914 William Deane Hawkins First Lieutenant · Marine Corps World War II · 1943 ✦ David Ephraim Hayden Hospital Apprentice First Class · Navy World War I · 1918 Milton Murray Holland Sergeant Major · Army Civil War · 1864 Robert Lee Howze Second Lieutenant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1891 Lloyd Herbert "Pete" Hughes Second Lieutenant · Air Force World War II · 1943 ✦ Johnnie David Hutchins Seaman First Class · Navy World War II · 1943 ✦ John Riley Kane Colonel · Air Force World War II · 1943 Neel Earnest Kearby Colonel · Air Force World War II · 1943 George D. Keathley Staff Sergeant · Army World War II · 1944 ✦ Miguel Keith Lance Corporal · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1970 ✦ John Edward Kilmer Hospital Corpsman · Navy Korean War · 1952 ✦ TK Truman Kimbro Technician Fourth Grade · Army World War II · 1944 ✦ JK Jack Llewellyn Knight First Lieutenant · Army World War II · 1945 ✦ Raymond Larry Knight First Lieutenant · Air Force World War II · 1945 ✦ RL Robert David Law Specialist Fourth Class · Army Vietnam War · 1969 ✦ ML Milton Arthur Lee Private First Class · Army Vietnam War · 1968 ✦ TL Turney White Leonard First Lieutenant · Army World War II · 1944 ✦ GL George Lloyd Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1890 JL James Marion Logan Sergeant · Army World War II · 1943 JL Jose Mendoza Lopez Private First Class · Army World War II · 1944 Jack Lummus First Lieutenant · Marine Corps World War II · 1945 ✦ Benito Martinez Corporal · Army Korean War · 1952 ✦ Jack Warren Mathis First Lieutenant · Air Force World War II · 1943 ✦ WM William McCabe Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1874 Finnis Dawson McCleery Sergeant First Class · Army Vietnam War · 1968 FM Franklin M. McDonald Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1872 JM John McLennon Musician · Army Indian Campaigns · 1877 David Herbert McNerney First Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1967 Frank Nicias Mitchell First Lieutenant · Marine Corps Korean War · 1950 ✦ Whitt Lloyd Moreland Private First Class · Marine Corps Korean War · 1951 ✦ John Cary Morgan Second Lieutenant · Air Force World War II · 1943 Audie Leon Murphy Second Lieutenant · Army World War II · 1945 George Herman O'Brien Jr. Second Lieutenant · Marine Corps Korean War · 1952 AP Adam Paine Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1874 IP Isaac Payne Trumpeter · Army Indian Campaigns · 1875 Mike C. Pena Master Sergeant · Army Korean War · 1950 ✦ Charles F. Pendleton Corporal · Army Korean War · 1953 ✦ George Frederick Phillips Machinist First Class · Navy Spanish-American War · 1898 Charles Howard Roan Private First Class · Marine Corps World War II · 1944 ✦ James E. Robinson Jr. First Lieutenant · Army World War II · 1945 ✦ Jose Rodela Sergeant First Class · Army Vietnam War · 1969 Cleto L. Rodriguez Technical Sergeant · Army World War II · 1945 SS Samuel Major Sampler Corporal · Army World War I · 1918 Clarence Eugene Sasser Private First Class · Army Vietnam War · 1968 GS George Mathews Shelton Private · Army Philippine Insurrection · 1900 Paul Ray Smith Sergeant First Class · Army Iraq · 2003 ✦ RS Russell Albert Steindam First Lieutenant · Army Vietnam War · 1970 ✦ JS James Lamar Stone First Lieutenant · Army Korean War · 1951 Jon Edward Swanson Captain · Army Vietnam War · 1971 ✦ George Benton Turner Private First Class · Army World War II · 1945 HW Herman C. Wallace Private First Class · Army World War II · 1945 ✦ JW John Ward Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1875 TW Travis E. Watkins Master Sergeant · Army Korean War · 1950 ✦ EW Eli Lamar Whiteley First Lieutenant · Army World War II · 1944 Matthew O. Williams Sergeant · Army Afghanistan · 2008 Alfred Mac Wilson Private First Class · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1969 ✦ MY Marvin Rex Young Staff Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1968 ✦