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Medal of Honor Recipients from Virginia

48 Medals of Honor are credited to Virginia, and 62 recipients were born there; 456 are buried in the state.

48credited
62born here
456buried here
0living
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By conflict

U.S. Civil War17
Vietnam War12
Indian Campaigns11
World War II10
Spanish-American War5
Interim 1871 - 18994
Mexican Campaign (Vera Cruz)4
Philippine Insurrection3
China Relief Expedition (Boxer Rebellion)3
Korean War2

Hometowns (credited)

Richmond6
Norfolk5
Roanoke3
Portsmouth3
Yorktown2
Charlottesville2
near Winchester1
Lynchburg1

Cemeteries in Virginia

  • Arlington National Cemetery405 recipients
  • Hampton National Cemetery10 recipients
  • Oak Grove Cemetery3 recipients
  • U.S. Naval Hospital Cemetery2 recipients
  • Poplar Grove National Cemetery2 recipients
  • St. Paul's Catholic Cemetery2 recipients
  • Ted Conaway National Cemetery2 recipients
  • Thornrose Cemetery1 recipient
  • U.S. Navy Hospital Cemetery1 recipient
  • Smithers Cemetery1 recipient
  • Evergreen Memorial Cemetery1 recipient
  • Cold Harbor National Cemetery1 recipient

Recipients born in or credited to Virginia

A–Z
Charles W. Anderson Private · Army Civil War · 1865 DA Daniel Atkins Ship's Cook First Class · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1898 JA James F. Ayers Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1875 WB William Henry Barnes Private · Army Civil War · 1864 DB David Duffy Barrow Seaman · Navy Spanish-American War · 1898 Lewis Kenneth Bausell Corporal · Marine Corps World War II · 1944 ✦ Powhatan Beaty First Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 Randolph Carter Berkeley Major · Marine Corps Veracruz 1914 · 1914 TB Thomas Boyne Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1879 GB George Washington Bright Coal Passer · Navy Spanish-American War · 1898 Benjamin Brown Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1889 Richard Evelyn Byrd Jr. Commander · Navy Interim 1920–1940 · 1926 Bernard Albert Byrne Captain · Army Philippine Insurrection · 1899 William Harvey Carney Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1863 Ernest Herbert Dervishian Second Lieutenant · Army World War II · 1944 Desmond Thomas Doss Private First Class · Army World War II · 1945 JD James R. Durham Second Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1863 MF Michael Fleming Folland Corporal · Army Vietnam War · 1969 ✦ Wesley Lee Fox Captain · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1969 AG Archer T. Gammon Staff Sergeant · Army World War II · 1945 ✦ James Gardiner Private · Army Civil War · 1864 JG James Robert lee Gillenwater Corporal · Army Philippine Insurrection · 1899 Clinton Greaves Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1877 EG Earl D. Gregory Sergeant · Army World War I · 1918 John Channing Gresham First Lieutenant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1890 Francis Colton Hammond Hospitalman · Navy Korean War · 1953 ✦ MJ Miles James Corporal · Army Civil War · 1864 HJ Henry Johnson Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1879 William Atkinson Jones III Colonel · Air Force Vietnam War · 1968 ✦ TJ Thomas H. Jordan Quartermaster · Navy Civil War · 1864 Charles Evans Kilbourne Jr. First Lieutenant · Army Philippine Insurrection · 1899 GL Garfield Mcconnell Langhorn Private First Class · Army Vietnam War · 1969 ✦ Cary Devall Langhorne Surgeon · Navy Veracruz 1914 · 1914 James Patrick Lannon Lieutenant · Navy Veracruz 1914 · 1914 Fitz Lee Private · Army Spanish-American War · 1898 Howard Vincent Lee Major · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1966 Benjamin Bennett Levy Private · Army Civil War · 1862 Jacklyn Harold Lucas Private First Class · Marine Corps World War II · 1945 Gary Wayne Martini Private First Class · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1967 ✦ Isaiah Mays Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1889 JM James Mifflin Engineer's Cook · Navy Civil War · 1864 Gary Lee Miller First Lieutenant · Army Vietnam War · 1969 ✦ Jimmie W. Monteith Jr. First Lieutenant · Army World War II · 1944 ✦ Charles Bedford Morris Staff Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1966 Wendell Cushing Neville Lieutenant Colonel · Marine Corps Veracruz 1914 · 1914 JO James Francis O'Conner Landsman Engineer's Force · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1880 TO Timothy O'Connor Private · Army Civil War · 1864 RP Robert Penn Fireman First Class · Navy Spanish-American War · 1898 FP Frank D. Peregory Technical Sergeant · Army World War II · 1944 ✦ ER Edward Ratcliff First Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 John W. Ripley Captain · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1972 ✦ RS Ruppert Leon Sargent First Lieutenant · Army Vietnam War · 1967 ✦ CS Christian Schnell Corporal · Army Civil War · 1863 WS William Sidney Shacklette Hospital Steward · Navy Interim 1899–1910 · 1905 Richard Thomas Shea Jr. First Lieutenant · Army Korean War · 1953 ✦ LS Larry Eugene Smedley Corporal · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1967 ✦ FS Frank Elmer Smith Oiler · Navy Boxer Rebellion · 1900 JS James (Ovid) Smith Private · Army Civil War · 1862 TS Thomas Smith Seaman · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1878 BS Benjamin F. Stewart Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 George Levick Street III Lieutenant Commander · Navy World War II · 1945 Clarence Edwin Sutton Sergeant · Marine Corps Boxer Rebellion · 1900 RT Richard Hamilton Taylor Quartermaster · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1889 Charles Henry Tompkins First Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1861 MT Martin Torinus Torgerson Gunner's Mate Third Class · Navy Boxer Rebellion · 1900 William Peterkin Upshur Captain · Marine Corps Haiti 1915 · 1915 Alexander Archer Vandegrift Major General · Marine Corps World War II · 1942 CV Charles Veal Private · Army Civil War · 1864 HV Humbert Roque "Rocky" Versace Captain · Army Vietnam War · 1963 ✦ RV Robert Volz Seaman · Navy Spanish-American War · 1898 PW Patton George Whitehead Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 Raymond Harrell Wilkins Major · Air Force World War II · 1943 ✦ HW Henry Wills Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1873 WW William H. Woodall Scout · Army Civil War · 1865 ZW Zachariah Woodall Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1874