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Medal of Honor Recipients from West Virginia

45 Medals of Honor are credited to West Virginia, and 44 recipients were born there; 23 are buried in the state.

45credited
44born here
23buried here
0living
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By conflict

U.S. Civil War29
World War II10
Vietnam War8
Indian Campaigns4
Mexican Campaign (Vera Cruz)4
Korean War3
Interim 1899 - 19101
Philippine Insurrection1
Interim 1915 - 19161
Spanish-American War1

Hometowns (credited)

Wheeling4
Mason City4
Clarksburg4
Fairmont3
West Liberty2
Williamson2
Point Pleasant2
Parkersburg2

Cemeteries in West Virginia

  • East Oak Grove Cemetery2 recipients
  • Sunset Memorial Park2 recipients
  • Greenwood Cemetery2 recipients
  • Donel C. Kinnard Memorial State Veterans Cemetery2 recipients
  • Oaklawn Cemetery1 recipient
  • High Lawn Memorial Park1 recipient
  • Parkersburg Memorial Cemetery1 recipient
  • West Liberty Cemetery1 recipient
  • Fairview Cemetery1 recipient
  • North Fork Cemetery1 recipient
  • Lone Oak Cemetery1 recipient
  • Queens Point Cemetery1 recipient

Recipients born in or credited to West Virginia

A–Z
JA James F. Adams Private · Army Civil War · 1864 TA Thomas Anderson Corporal · Army Civil War · 1865 AA Andrew O. Apple Corporal · Army Civil War · 1865 WB William H. Barringer Private · Army Civil War · 1863 TB Ted Belcher Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1966 ✦ Bernard Pious Bell Technical Sergeant · Army World War II · 1944 SB Stanley Bender Staff Sergeant · Army World War II · 1944 Thomas William Bennett Corporal · Army Vietnam War · 1969 ✦ DB Daniel Bishop Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1873 RB Richard Boury Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1865 JB John C. Buckley Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1863 William Bumgarner Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1863 James Madison Burns Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 JC Justice Marion Chambers Lieutenant Colonel · Marine Corps World War II · 1945 Cornelius H. Charlton Sergeant · Army Korean War · 1951 ✦ MC Michael Corcoran Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869 Robert Edward Cox Chief Gunner · Navy Interim 1899–1910 · 1904 BC Benjamin C. Criswell Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 JC Josiah M. Curtis Second Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1865 William "Billy" Dixon Scout · Army Indian Campaigns · 1874 JD James R. Durham Second Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1863 JE John N. Eckes Private · Army Civil War · 1863 Robert Edward Femoyer Second Lieutenant · Air Force World War II · 1944 ✦ Hugh Carroll Frazer Ensign · Navy Veracruz 1914 · 1914 AG Antoine August Gaujot Corporal · Army Philippine Insurrection · 1899 Julien Edmund Gaujot Captain · Army Veracruz 1914 · 1911 LG Leonidas Mahlon Godley First Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1863 RH Robert Willard Hartsock Staff Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1969 ✦ CH Carmel Bernon Harvey Jr. Specialist Fourth Class · Army Vietnam War · 1967 ✦ CH Clinton M. Hedrick Technical Sergeant · Army World War II · 1945 ✦ William H. Horsfall Drummer · Army Civil War · 1862 Claud Ashton Jones Commander · Navy Interim 1915–1916 · 1916 JK Jonah Edward high Kelley Staff Sergeant · Army World War II · 1945 ✦ DK Darwin K. Kyle Second Lieutenant · Army Korean War · 1951 ✦ MM Melvin Mayfield Corporal · Army World War II · 1945 JM Joseph McCauslin Private · Army Civil War · 1865 PM Phill Gene McDonald Private First Class · Army Vietnam War · 1968 ✦ SM Samuel O. McElhinny Private · Army Civil War · 1865 WM Walter F. McWhorter Commissary Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1865 Frankie Zoly Molnar Staff Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1967 ✦ GM George G. Moore Private · Army Civil War · 1864 HN Henry Nehemiah Nickerson Boatswain's Mate Second Class · Navy Veracruz 1914 · 1914 JP Joel Parsons Private · Army Civil War · 1863 Ralph Eugene Pomeroy Private First Class · Army Korean War · 1952 ✦ John Henry Quick Sergeant · Marine Corps Spanish-American War · 1898 Charles A. Reeder Private · Army Civil War · 1865 Charles Calvin Rogers Lieutenant Colonel · Army Vietnam War · 1968 CS Charles Schorn Chief Bugler · Army Civil War · 1865 Emisire Shahan Corporal · Army Civil War · 1865 JS John Shanes Private · Army Civil War · 1864 LS Levi Shoemaker Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 LS Lawrence Clinton Sinnett Seaman · Navy Veracruz 1914 · 1914 JS Jimmy Goethel Stewart Staff Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1966 ✦ JS James Calvin Summers Private · Army Civil War · 1863 Herbert Joseph Thomas Sergeant · Marine Corps World War II · 1943 ✦ JV Joseph van Matre Private · Army Civil War · 1865 Thomas J. Ward Private · Army Civil War · 1863 HW Henry Cary Weir Captain & Assistant Adjutant General · Army Civil War · 1864 WW Walter C. Wetzel Private First Class · Army World War II · 1945 ✦ AW Adam White Corporal · Army Civil War · 1865 Hershel Woodrow "Woody" Williams Corporal · Marine Corps World War II · 1945 DW Daniel A. Woods Private · Army Civil War · 1865