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Medal of Honor Recipients from Wisconsin

50 Medals of Honor are credited to Wisconsin, and 45 recipients were born there; 32 are buried in the state.

50credited
45born here
32buried here
3living
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By conflict

U.S. Civil War19
World War II17
Vietnam War6
Indian Campaigns6
Philippine Insurrection5
Korean War5
World War I4
Mexican Campaign (Vera Cruz)2
Spanish-American War1
China Relief Expedition (Boxer Rebellion)1

Hometowns (credited)

Milwaukee9
Janesville4
Madison2
Chippewa Falls2
Soldiers Grove1
Wiota1
Poplar1
Menasha1

Cemeteries in Wisconsin

  • Wood National Cemetery5 recipients
  • Oak Hill Cemetery3 recipients
  • Calvary Cemetery2 recipients
  • Mound Cemetery1 recipient
  • Hill Side Cemetery1 recipient
  • Oakhill Cemetery1 recipient
  • Poplar Cemetery1 recipient
  • Wet Coulee Cemetery1 recipient
  • Decorah Cemetery1 recipient
  • Our Lady of Hope Cemetery1 recipient
  • Forest Cemetery1 recipient
  • O'Neil Creek Cemetery1 recipient

Living recipients from Wisconsin

Harold Arthur Fritz Captain · Army Vietnam War · 1969 Robert Joseph Modrzejewski Captain · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1966 Gary George Wetzel Private First Class · Army Vietnam War · 1968

Recipients born in or credited to Wisconsin

A–Z
Harold Christ Agerholm Private First Class · Marine Corps World War II · 1944 ✦ Beauford Theodore Anderson Technical Sergeant · Army World War II · 1945 PA Peter T. Anderson Private · Army Civil War · 1865 HB Harry Bell Captain · Army Philippine Insurrection · 1899 LB Leslie Allen Bellrichard Private First Class · Army Vietnam War · 1967 ✦ OB Orville Emil Bloch First Lieutenant · Army World War II · 1944 Richard Ira Bong Major · Air Force World War II · 1944 Deming Bronson First Lieutenant · Army World War I · 1918 OB Oscar Brookin Private · Army Spanish-American War · 1898 EB Elmer J. Burr First Sergeant · Army World War II · 1942 ✦ JC Joseph A. Cable Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 Guy Wilkinson stuart Castle Lieutenant · Navy Veracruz 1914 · 1914 Stanley Reuben Christianson Private First Class · Marine Corps Korean War · 1950 ✦ Mitchell Red Cloud Jr. Corporal · Army Korean War · 1950 ✦ Jefferson Coates Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1863 JC James E. Croft Private · Army Civil War · 1864 Alonzo H. Cushing First Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1863 ✦ Abraham Desomer Lieutenant · Navy Veracruz 1914 · 1914 JD John S. Durham Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1862 HE Horace Ellis Private · Army Civil War · 1864 WE William Ellis First Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1865 GE Gerald Leon Endl Staff Sergeant · Army World War II · 1944 ✦ Harold Arthur Fritz Captain · Army Vietnam War · 1969 Theodore W. b Goldin Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 KG Kenneth E. Gruennert Sergeant · Army World War II · 1942 ✦ Melvin O. Handrich Master Sergeant · Army Korean War · 1950 ✦ FH Frank E. Hill Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1872 BH Benjamin F. Hilliker Musician · Army Civil War · 1863 Einar Harold Ingman Jr. Sergeant · Army Korean War · 1951 John Louis Jerstad Major · Air Force World War II · 1943 ✦ John Johnson Private · Army Civil War · 1862 JK John Baxter Kinne Private · Army Philippine Insurrection · 1899 Edward Eugene Lyon Private · Army Philippine Insurrection · 1899 Arthur MacArthur Jr. First Lieutenant & Adjutant · Army Civil War · 1863 Douglas MacArthur General of the Army · Army World War II · 1941 Hugh Jocelyn McGrath Captain · Army Philippine Insurrection · 1899 ✦ AM Andrew Miller Staff Sergeant · Army World War II · 1944 ✦ Robert Joseph Modrzejewski Captain · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1966 DM Daniel B. Moore Corporal · Army Civil War · 1865 CM Charles E. Mower Sergeant · Army World War II · 1944 ✦ DM Dennis J. f Murphy Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1862 BN Beryl Richard Newman First Lieutenant · Army World War II · 1944 RN Richard J. Nolan Farrier · Army Indian Campaigns · 1890 Albert O'Connor Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1865 TO Truman O. Olson Sergeant · Army World War II · 1944 ✦ Oscar Verner Peterson Chief Watertender · Navy World War II · 1942 ✦ GP George F. Pond Private · Army Civil War · 1864 James Burton Pond First Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1863 Marcus M. Robbins Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1875 Marcus William Robertson Private · Army Philippine Insurrection · 1899 Benjamin Louis Salomon Captain · Army World War II · 1944 ✦ William H. Sickles Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1865 JS John Otto Siegel Boatswain's Mate Second Class · Navy World War I · 1918 Lance Peter Sijan Captain · Air Force Vietnam War · 1967 ✦ Clayton Kirk Slack Private · Army World War I · 1918 Kenneth Edward Stumpf Specialist Fourth Class · Army Vietnam War · 1967 JS Jerome A. Sudut Second Lieutenant · Army Korean War · 1951 ✦ TT Thomas Toohey Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 ET Edwin M. Truell Private · Army Civil War · 1864 Franklin van Valkenburgh Captain · Navy World War II · 1941 ✦ FW Francis A. Waller Corporal · Army Civil War · 1863 Gary George Wetzel Private First Class · Army Vietnam War · 1968 CW Charles White Whittlesey Major · Army World War I · 1918 CW Claron Windus Bugler · Army Indian Campaigns · 1870 Cassin Young Commander · Navy World War II · 1941 FY Frank Albert Young Private · Marine Corps Boxer Rebellion · 1900