Maryland Medal of Honor Recipients

	RECIPIENT'S NAME	Branch	PLACE OF BIRTH	MOH ACCREDITED TO:
Civil War
	Brown, William H.	Navy	Baltimore, MD	Maryland
	Buffington, John Ezra	Army	Carroll Co, MD	Westminster, MD
	Cadwallader, Abel G.	Army	Baltimore, MD	Frederick, MD
	Carr, William M.	Navy	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore, MD
	Carter, Joseph Franklin	Army	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore, MD
	Connor, Thomas	Navy	Ireland	Baltimore, MD
	Diggins, Bartholomew	Navy	Baltimore, MD	Maryland
	Dorsey, Decatur	Army	Howard County, MD	Baltimore, MD
	Fleetwood, Christian A.	Army	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore, MD
	Harris, James H.	Army	St. Mary's Cnty, MD	Great Mills, MD
	Hart, John William	Army	Germany	Cumberland, MD
	Hayden, Joseph B.	Navy	St. Mary's City, MD	Maryland
	**Hilton, Alfred B.	Army	Hartford, MD	Baltimore, MD
	Jones, Thomas	Navy	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore, MD
	Jordan, Thomas H.	Navy	Portsmouth, VA	Baltimore, MD
	Keough, John	Army	County Tipperary, Ireland	Annapolis, MD
	Koogle, Jacob	Army	Frederick, MD	Middletown, MD
	Lakin, Daniel	Navy	Balrimore, MD	Maryland
	Mathews, William Henry	Army	Devizes, England	Baltimore, MD
	McAlwee, Benjamin Franklin	Army	Washington, DC	Baltimore, MD
	McGonnigle, Andrew Jackson	Army	New York, NY	Cumberland, MD
	Morton, Charles W.	Navy	Ireland	Maryland
	Mullen, Patrick	Navy	Ireland	Baltimore, MD
	Myers (Meyers), William H.	Army	Philadelphia, PA	Baltimore, MD
	Phelps, Charles Edwards	Army	Guilford, VT	Baltimore, MD
	Ringold, Edward	Navy	Baltimore, MD	Maryland
	Schneider, George	Army	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore, MD
	Shutes, Henry	Navy	Baltimore, MD	Maryland
	Smith, Francis M.	Army	Baltimore, MD	Frederick, MD
	Sterling, James E.	Navy	Baltimore, MD	Maryland
	Stewart, Joseph	Army	Ireland	Baltimore, MD
	Swearer, Benjamin	Navy	Baltimore, MD	Maryland
	**Tallentine, James	Navy	England	Baltimore, MD
	Taylor, William	Army	Washington, DC	Frederick, MD
	Thompson, John J.	Army	Holstein, Germany	Baltimore, MD
	Truett, Alexander H.	Navy	Baltimore, MD	Maryland
	Tucker, Jacob R.	Army	Chester County, PA	Baltimore, MD
	Veal (Veale), Charles	Army	Portsmouth, VA	Baltimore, MD
	Warfel, Henry Clay	Army	Mill Creek, PA	Monocacy Junction, MD
	Woodward, Evan M.	Army	Philadelphia, PA	Sandy Hood, MD
	Wright, William	Navy	London, England	Baltimore, MD
Indian Campaigns
	Clarke, Powhatan Henry	Army	Alexandria, LA	Baltimore, MD
	Crist, John	Army	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore, MD
	Deetline, Frederick	Army	Offenheim, Germany	Baltimore, MD
	Donohue, John L.	Army	Baltimore County, MD	Baltimore, MD
	Foster, William	Army	Somerset County, England	Bakersville, MD
	Greaves, Clinton	Army	Madison County, VA	Baltimore, MD
	Haupt, Paul	Army	Germany	Baltimore, MD
	Hinemann, Lehmann	Army	Lanback, Germany	Baltimore, MD
	Maus, Marion Perry	Army	Burnt Mills, MD	Tennallytown, MD
	McNamara, William	Army	County Cork, Ireland	Baltimore, MD
	Mott, John aka: John Mott McMahan	Army	Fifeshire, Scotland	Baltimore, MD
	Philipsen, Wilhelm O.	Army	Schleswig, Germany	Baltimore, MD
	Sheerin, John	Army	Camden, NJ	Baltimore, MD
	Skinner, John Oscar	Army	Baltimore, MD	Maryland
	Smith, Andrew J.	Army	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore, MD
	Walley, Augustus	Army	Reistertown, MD	Baltimore, MD
	Weinert, Paul H.	Army	Frankfort, Germany	Baltimore, MD
	Ziegner, Herman	Army	Aploda, Germany	Baltimore, MD
Korea (1871)
	Andrews, John	Navy	York Cnty, PA	Maryland
Spanish-American War
	Durney, Austin Joseph	Navy	Philadelphia, PA	Woodland, MD
	Johanson, John Peter	Navy	Oskarshamn, Sweden	Maryland
Philippine Insurrection
	Galt, Sterling Archibald	Army	Taneytown, MD	Taneytown, MD
China (Boxer Rebellion)
	Chatham, John Purness	Navy	Warchester, MD	Maryland
Mexican Campaign
	Jarrett, Berrie Henry	Navy	Baltimore, MD	Maryland
	McDonnell, Edward Orrick	Navy	Baltimore, MD	Maryland
World War I
	**Costin, Henry G.	Army	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore, MD
	Hammann, Charles Hazeltine	Navy	Baltimore, MD	Maryland
World War II
	**Jachman, Isadore Seigfreid	Army	Berlin, Germany	Baltimore, MD
	Preston, Arthur Murray	Navy	Washington, DC	Maryland
	**Ricketts, Milton Ernest	Navy	Baltimore, MD	Maryland
	**Sheridan, Carl Vernon	Army	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore, MD
L	Wiedorfer, Paul Joseph	Army	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore, MD
Korean War
	**Jecelin, William R.	Army	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore, MD
	**Porter, Donn F.	Army	Sewickley, PA	Baltimore, MD
	**Shuck, Jr., William Edward	USMC	Cumberland, MD	Cumberland, MD
	**Walmsley, Jr., John Springer	USAF	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore, MD
Vietnam
	**Graham, James Albert	USMC	Wilkinsburg, PA	Prince Georges, MD
L	Norris, Thomas Rolland	Navy	Jacksonville, FL	Silver Spring, MD
	**Taylor, Sr., Karl Gorman	USMC	Laurel, MD	Baltimore, MD
Peace Time Awards
	Brown, John	Navy	Denmark	Maryland
	Mullen, Patrick	Navy	Ireland	Baltimore, MD
	Magee, John W.	Navy	Maryland	Maryland
The following Medal of Honor Recipients were BORN in the State of Maryland but either moved to or enlisted in military service in another state to which their award is accredited. By virtue of their birth, they are still among our "Home Town Heroes".
	RECIPIENT'S NAME	Branch	PLACE OF BIRTH	MOH ACCREDITED TO:
	Anderson, Charles W.	Army	Baltimore, MD	Winchester, VA
	Barnes, William Henry	Army	St. Mary's Co, MD	Norfolk, VA
	Buck, James	Navy	Baltimore, MD
	**Capron, Jr, Horace	Army	Laurel, MD	Peoria, IL
	Porter, Ambrose	Army	Allegany County, MD	Rockport, MO
	Shea, Joseph Henry	Army	Baltimore, MD	New Bern, NC
	Wagner, John W.	Army	Clear Spring, MD	St. Louis, MO
	Beauford, Clay aka: Welford Chapman Bridwell	Army	Washington County, MD	Nashville, TN
	Boyne, Thomas	Army	Prince Georges Cnty, MD	Norfolk, VA
	**Hooker, George	Army	Frederick, MD	Washington, DC
	Oliver, Francis	Army	Baltimore, MD	Fort Filmore, NM
	Pennsyl, Josiah	Army	Frederick County, MD	Carlisle, PA
	Porter, Samuel	Army	Montgomery County, MD	Washington, DC
	Smith, Otto	Army	Baltimore, MD	Sacramento, CA
	Taylor, Charles	Army	Baltimore, MD	St. Louis, MO
	Wilson, William O.	Army	Hagerstown, MD	St. Paul, MN
	Pierce, Charles H.	Army	Cecil County, MD	Delaware City, DE
	Weld, Seth Lathrop	Army	Sandy Hook, MD	Altamont, TN
	McNair, Jr., Frederick Vallette	Navy	Maryland
	Wilkinson, Jr., Theodore Stark	Navy	Annapolis, MD	Louisiana
	Miles, Louis Warlaw	Army	Baltimore, MD	Princeton, NJ
	Morelock, Sterling Lewis	Army	Silver Run, MD	Oquawka, IL
L	Murray, Charles Patrick "Chuck"	Army	Baltimore, MD	Wilmington, NC
	**Prussman, Ernest W.	Army	Baltimore, MD	Brighton, MA
	**Hartsock, Robert Willard	Army	Cumberland, MD	Fairmont, WV
	**Yntema, Gordon Douglas	Army	Bethesda, MD	Detroit, MI

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