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Medal
of Honor Recipients from Illinois
Lt. Governor Pat Quinn would like to honor all those
who received the highest honor the military has to offer the Medal of
Honor.
The Medal of Honor is the highest award for valor in action against
an enemy force which can be bestowed upon an individual serving in the
Armed Services of the United States. Generally presented to its recipient
by the President of the United States of America in the name of Congress.
Below is a list of all the Medal of Honor Recipients from Illinois.
| Catherwood, John Hugh |
Action Against Outlaws, Philippines 1911 |
| Holyoke, William Edward |
China Relief Expedition (Boxer Rebellion) |
| Upham, Oscar Jefferson |
China Relief Expedition (Boxer Rebellion) |
| *Capron Jr., Horace |
Civil War |
| *Hardenbergh, Henry M. |
Civil War |
| *Smith, Andrew Jackson |
Civil War |
| Allen, Abner Peeler |
Civil War |
| Asten, Charles |
Civil War |
| Ayers, John G. K. |
Civil War |
| Bickford, Matthew |
Civil War |
Black, John Charles
|
Civil War |
| Black, William Perkins |
Civil War |
| Blodgett, Wells Howard |
Civil War |
| Bourke, John Gregory |
Civil War |
| Bowen, Emmer |
Civil War |
| Burritt, William Wallace |
Civil War |
| Callahan, John H. |
Civil War |
| Churchill, Samuel Joseph |
Civil War |
| Colby, Carlos W. |
Civil War |
| Cook, John Henry |
Civil War |
| Cox, Robert Mitchell |
Civil War |
| Creed, John |
Civil War |
| Cunningham, James Smith |
Civil War |
| Darrough, John S. |
Civil War |
| Davis, Martin K. |
Civil War |
| Dickie, David |
Civil War |
| Dow, Henry |
Civil War |
| Dunne, James |
Civil War |
| Farquhar, John Mcgreath |
Civil War |
| Ferrell, John H. |
Civil War |
| Fisher, John H. |
Civil War |
| Fox, Henry |
Civil War |
| Fraser, William W. |
Civil War |
| Gage, Richard J. |
Civil War |
| Geschwind, Nicholas |
Civil War |
| Goldsbery, Andrew E. |
Civil War |
| Gould, Newton Thomas |
Civil War |
| Haney, Milton Lorenzi |
Civil War |
| Hapeman, Douglas |
Civil War |
| Henry, James |
Civil War |
| Higgins, Thomas J. |
Civil War |
| Highland, Patrick |
Civil War |
Holland, Lemuel F.
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Civil War |
| Houghton, George L. |
Civil War |
| Howe, Orion P. |
Civil War |
| Hughey, John P. |
Civil War |
| Hyatt, Theodore |
Civil War |
| Hyland, John |
Civil War |
| Hymer, Samuel |
Civil War |
| Johns, Elisha |
Civil War |
| Johnson, Andrew |
Civil War |
| Johnston, David H. |
Civil War |
| Johnston, William P. |
Civil War |
| Josselyn, Simeon T. |
Civil War |
| Kelley, Leverett Mansfield |
Civil War |
| Kloth, Charles H. |
Civil War |
| Kretsinger, George |
Civil War |
| Labill, Joseph S. |
Civil War |
| Larrabee, James W. |
Civil War |
| Lower, Robert A. |
Civil War |
| Lucas, George Washington |
Civil War |
| Marsh, George |
Civil War |
| Martin, William |
Civil War |
| McConnell, Samuel |
Civil War |
| McCormick, Michael |
Civil War |
| McCornack, Andrew |
Civil War |
McDonald, John Wade
|
Civil War |
| McGraw, Thomas |
Civil War |
| McGuire, Patrick |
Civil War |
| McKeen, Nineveh S. |
Civil War |
| Merrifield, James K. |
Civil War |
| Miller, Henry August |
Civil War |
| Miller, Jacob C. |
Civil War |
| Molloy, Hugh |
Civil War |
| Moore, Wilbur F. |
Civil War |
| Morford, Jerome |
Civil War |
| Murphy, Robinson Barr |
Civil War |
| Murphy, Thomas C. |
Civil War |
| Newman, Marcellus J. |
Civil War |
| Noble, Daniel |
Civil War |
| O'Dea, John |
Civil War |
| O'Donnell, Menomen |
Civil War |
| Palmer, George Henry |
Civil War |
| Parks, James W. |
Civil War |
| Payne, Thomas H. L. |
Civil War |
| Pentzer, Patrick Henry |
Civil War |
| Pike, Edward M. |
Civil War |
| Post, Philip Sidney |
Civil War |
| Powers, Wesley James |
Civil War |
| Putnam, Winthrop D. |
Civil War |
| Rebmann, George F. |
Civil War |
| Reed, William |
Civil War |
| Rundle, Charles Wesley |
Civil War |
| Sanford, Jacob |
Civil War |
| Schenck, Benjamin W. |
Civil War |
| Schofield, John Mcallister |
Civil War |
| Shapland, John |
Civil War |
| Simmons, William Thomas |
Civil War |
| Slagle, Oscar |
Civil War |
| Smalley, Reuben S. |
Civil War |
| Spalding, Edward Burson |
Civil War |
| Sprague, Benona |
Civil War |
| Stephens, William G. |
Civil War |
| Stockman, George Henry |
Civil War |
| Stokes, George |
Civil War |
| Taylor, Henry H. |
Civil War |
| Toomer, William |
Civil War |
| Vernay, James David |
Civil War |
| Ward, Thomas J. |
Civil War |
| Warden, John |
Civil War |
| Wheaton, Loyd |
Civil War |
| White, Patrick H. |
Civil War |
| Whitmore, John W. |
Civil War |
| Widick, Andrew J. |
Civil War |
| Williams, Elwood N. |
Civil War |
| Wood, Richard H. |
Civil War |
| Williams, Ernest Collier |
Dominican Campaign |
| *Kennedy, Philip |
Indian Campaigns |
| Bancroft, Neil |
Indian Campaigns |
| Calvert, James Spencer |
Indian Campaigns |
| Carroll, Thomas |
Indian Campaigns |
| Craig, Samuel Henry |
Indian Campaigns |
| Goldin, Theodore W. B. |
Indian Campaigns |
| Johnston, Edward |
Indian Campaigns |
| Kelly, John J. H. |
Indian Campaigns |
| McClernand, Edward John |
Indian Campaigns |
| McDonald, James |
Indian Campaigns |
| Mitchell, John |
Indian Campaigns |
| Murphy, Philip |
Indian Campaigns |
| Snow, Elmer A. |
Indian Campaigns |
| Sumner, James |
Indian Campaigns |
| Thompson, John |
Indian Campaigns |
| Toy, Frederick Ernest |
Indian Campaigns |
| Tracy, John |
Indian Campaigns |
| Watson, Joseph |
Indian Campaigns |
| Wilson, Charles |
Indian Campaigns |
| Courtney, Henry C. |
Interim 1871 - 1898 |
| Cronan, William S. (Willie) |
Interim 1899 - 1910 |
| Grbitch, Rade |
Interim 1899 - 1910 |
| Helms, John Henry |
Interim 1899 - 1910 |
| Mullin, Hugh Patrick |
Interim 1899 - 1910 |
| Roberts, Charles Church |
Interim 1899 - 1910 |
| *Hammond Jr., Lester |
Korean War |
| *Krzyzowski, Edward Charles |
Korean War |
| *Sebille, Louis Joseph |
Korean War |
| Batson, Matthew Arlington |
Philippine Insurrection |
| Schroeder, Henry Frank |
Philippine Insurrection |
| Wilson, Arthur Harrison |
Philippine Insurrection |
| Schilt, Christian Franklin |
Second Nicaraguan Campaign |
Hull, James Lott
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Spanish-American |
| Meyer, William |
Spanish-American |
| *Blanchfield, Michael Reinert |
Vietnam War |
| *Bruce, Daniel Dean |
Vietnam War |
| *Burke, Robert Charles |
Vietnam War |
| *De La Garza Jr., Emilio Albert |
Vietnam War |
| *Harvey Jr., Carmel Bernon |
Vietnam War |
| *Monroe, James Howard |
Vietnam War |
| *Olive Iii, Milton Lee |
Vietnam War |
| *Robinson Jr., James William |
Vietnam War |
| *Weber, Lester William |
Vietnam War |
| *Wickam, Jerry Wayne |
Vietnam War |
| Baker Jr., John Franklin |
Vietnam War |
| Kays, Kenneth Michael |
Vietnam War |
| Keller, Leonard Bert |
Vietnam War |
Lynch, Allan James
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Vietnam War |
| Stockdale, James Bond |
Vietnam War |
| *Goettler, Harold Ernest |
World War I |
| *Osborne, Weedon Edward |
World War I |
| Allex, Jake |
World War I |
| Anderson, Johannes Seigfried |
World War I |
| Ellis, Michael B. |
World War I |
| Gumpertz, Sydney G. |
World War I |
| Hill, Ralyn M. |
World War I |
| Izac, Edouard Victor Michel |
World War I |
| Johnston, Harold Irving |
World War I |
| Kelly, John Joseph |
World War I |
| Loman, Berger Holton |
World War I |
| Morelock, Sterling Lewis |
World War I |
| Pope, Thomas A. |
World War I |
| Robinson, Robert Guy |
World War I |
| *Bailey, Kenneth Dillon |
World War II |
| *Bigelow, Elmer Charles |
World War II |
| *Cromwell, John Philip |
World War II |
| *Fardy, John Peter |
World War II |
| *Gibson, Eric Gunnar |
World War II |
| *Krotiak, Anton L. |
World War II |
| *Lester, Fred Faulkner |
World War II |
| *Moskala, Edward J. |
World War II |
| *Ozbourn, Joseph William |
World War II |
| *Perez Jr., Manuel |
World War II |
| *Truemper, Walter Edward |
World War II |
| *Wilson, Robert Lee |
World War II |
| *Witek, Frank Peter |
World War II |
| Bender, Stanley |
World War II |
| Bertoldo, Vito R. |
World War II |
| Choate, Clyde Lee |
World War II |
| Day, James Lewis |
World War II |
| Dunham, Russell |
World War II |
| Dunlap, Robert Hugo |
World War II |
| Fluckey, Eugene Bennett |
World War II |
| Garman, Harold Alva |
World War II |
| Gerstung, Robert E. |
World War II |
| Leims, John Harold |
World War II |
| McCarthy, Joseph Jeremiah |
World War II |
| Michael, Edward Stanley |
World War II |
| Ogden Sr., Carlos Carnes |
World War II |
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