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Honoring American TroopsMedal of Honor Archive

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Medal of Honor Recipients from Utah

6 Medals of Honor are credited to Utah, and 4 recipients were born there; 4 are buried in the state.

6credited
4born here
4buried here
1living
Veteran help in UtahWar memorials & museums

By conflict

World War II6
Vietnam War1

Hometowns (credited)

Mohrland1
Fort Douglas1
Salt Lake City1
Pleasant Grove1
Ogden1

Cemeteries in Utah

  • City Cemetery2 recipients
  • Evergreen Cemetery1 recipient
  • Lindquist's Memorial Gardens of the Wasatch1 recipient

Living recipients from Utah

Brian Miles Thacker First Lieutenant · Army Vietnam War · 1971

Recipients born in or credited to Utah

A–Z
Mervyn Sharp Bennion Captain · Navy World War II · 1941 ✦ William Edward Hall Lieutenant, j.g. · Navy World War II · 1942 GK Gerry Herman Kisters Second Lieutenant · Army World War II · 1943 George Taro "Joe" Sakato Private · Army World War II · 1944 Brian Miles Thacker First Lieutenant · Army Vietnam War · 1971 Jose F. Valdez Private First Class · Army World War II · 1945 ✦ George Edward Wahlen Pharmacist's Mate Second Class · Navy World War II · 1945