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Recipients of the
Medal of Honor, Marine Corps Brevet Medal, |
Revised and Updated: August 11, 2006
| Name and Award Details | |
| Anacostia | Green, Donald R. (KIA) - DSC (WWI) |
| Green, Donald R. (KIA) - DSC (WWI) | |
| Georgetown | Baker, Charles - MOH (Civil War) |
| Takoma Park | Creech, Jesse Orin - DSC (WWI) |
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Washington, D.C. |
| Alexander, Ralph Clonts - NC (WWII) |
| Allison, Carl Oscar - DSC (WWI) |
| Aurand, Evan P. - NC (WWII) |
| Badger, Oscar Charles - MOH (Vera Cruz), NC (WWI) |
| Barnes, Will Croft - MOH (Indian Campaigns) |
| Baron, Richard S. (KIA) - NC (WWII) |
| Bausell, Lewis Kenneth (KIA) - MOH (WWII) |
| Behnke, Heinrich - MOH (Peace Time Heroism) |
| Bell, Dennis - MOH (Spanish-American War) |
| Berkeley, Randolph Carter - MOH (Vera Cruz), NC (Nicaragua) |
| Besson, Robert - DSC (WWII) |
| Bortz, Kilmer Schmuck - 2 NCs (WWII) |
| Bradbury, Sanford - MOH (Indian Campaigns) |
| Brice, Arthur Tilghman, Jr. - DSC (WWI) |
| Burrows, Albert C. - NC (WWII) |
| Burrus, John Clinton - NC (WWII) |
| Butler, William Clayton, Jr. - NC (WWII) |
| Butterfield, Daniel Adams - MOH (Civil War) |
| Byrne, Bernard Abert - MOH (Philippine Insurrection) |
| Capehart, Charles E. - MOH (Civil War) |
| Carpentier, George R. - DSC (WWI) |
| Carson, John Spencer (KIA) - DSC (Korea) |
| Casey, Hugh John - DSC (WWII) |
| Chambers, Justice Marion - MOH (WWII) |
| Chandler, Theodore Edson (KIA) - NC (WWII) |
| Cheever, Benjamin Harrison - MOH (Indian Campaigns) |
| Church, James Robb - MOH (Spanish-American War) |
| Clementson, Merrill K. - NC (WWII) |
| Cogswell, Theodore L. - DSC (WWI) |
| Colburn, Alvin - DSC (WWI) |
| Connolly, Bartholomew J., III - NC (WWII) |
| Cooner, Bunyan Randolph (KIA) - NC (WWII) |
| Copeland, Samuel - DSC (Philippines) |
| Corbett, John R. (KIA) - DSC (WWII) |
| Cotrell, Lewis - NC (WWII) |
| Courts, George McCall - MOH (Mexican Campaign) |
| Cox, William Ruffin - NC (WWII) |
| Danis, Anthony Leo - NC (U.S.S. Kearny Incident, 1941) |
| Davis, James W. - NC (WWII) |
| Dessez, Paul T. - DSC (WWI), NC (WWI) |
| Dickinson, Dwight, Jr. - DSC (WWI), NC (WWI) |
| Dickson, Harlan Rockey (KIA) - 2 NCs (WWII) |
| Donaldson, John Owen - DSC (WWI) |
| Dorsey, James W., Jr. (KIA) - DSC (WWI) |
| Downing, Gerald D. (KIA) - DSC (WWII) |
| DuBose, Laurance Toombs - 3 NCs (WWII) |
| Dulin, Thaddeus Ronsaville (KIA) - DSC (WWII) |
| Dunlap, Robert H. - NC (WWI), NC (France, 1931) |
| Durkee, Richard W. - DSC (Korea) |
| Eaton, Charles H. (KIA) - DSC (WWII) |
| Farnsworth, Thomas H. (KIA) - DSC (WWI) |
| Floege, Ernst F. - DSC (WWII) |
| Flynt, Lloyd Clayton - NC (WWII) |
| Frederick, Paul H. - DSC (WWII) |
| Geary, William J. (KIA) - DSC (WWI) |
| Gill, William Tignor, Jr. - DSC (WWI), NC (WWI) |
| Givot, Martin Lionel (KIA) - NC (Korea) |
| Gordon, Erskine - DSC (WWI) |
| Gross, George (KIA) - DSC (WWI) |
| Gulick, Louis M. - NC (Nicaragua) |
| Hamilton, George Wallace (KIA) - 2 DSCs (WWI), NC (WWI) |
| Handy, Edward H. - DSC (WWI) |
| Harrington, David - MOH (Peace Time Heroism) |
| Harris, William Frederick (KIA) - NC (Korea) |
| Hastings, Burden Robert (KIA) - NC (WWII) |
| Hayden, John - MOH (Peace Time Heroism) |
| Healy, James Andrew - DSC (WWI) |
| Holcomb, Thomas - NC (WWI) |
| Hooker, George (KIA) - MOH (Indian Campaigns) |
| Howard, Samuel L. - NC (WWII) |
| Hull, Harry - NC (WWII) |
| Humphrey, Charles F., Jr. - DSC (Philippines) |
| Jennings, Carter Brooks - NC (WWII) |
| Jensen, Alvin J. - NC (WWII) |
| Johnson, Howard R. (KIA) - DSC (WWII) |
| Johnson, James Edmund (KIA) - MOH (Korean War) |
| Jones, Thomas Edward - DSC (WWI) |
| Kauffman, Draper Laurence - 2 NCs (WWII) |
| Keefer, Philip Bogan - MOH (Spanish-American War) |
| Kenner, Albert W. - DSC (WWI) |
| Kilcourse, Thomas J. - NC (Nicaragua) |
| Kimmell, Harry L. (KIA) - 2 DSCs (WWI) |
| Knight, John T., Jr. - DSC (WWI) |
| Knox, Dudley Wright - NC (WWI) |
| Kollock, Lorenzo (KIA) - DSC (Korea) |
| Kuzminsky, Abe M. (KIA) - DSC (WWII) |
| Lake, Horace A. - DSC (WWI) |
| Land, George R. (KIA) - DSC (WWII) |
| Lanigan, John R. - NC (WWII) |
| Laning, Caleb B. - NC (WWII) |
| Larner, Gorman DeFreest - 2 DSCs (WWI) |
| Lee, James Richard - NC (WWII) |
| Lee, John Marshall - NC (WWII) |
| Lenihan, James - MOH (Indian Campaigns) |
| Lewis, Bernard - DSC (WWI) |
| Linkous, Charlie E. (KIA) - DSC (WWII) |
| Lipscomb, Harry - MOH (Peace Time Heroism) |
| Lowe, Frank L. - NC (WWII) |
| Manning, William Sinkler (KIA) - DSC (WWI) |
| Masters, James M. - NC (WWII) |
| Maurer, John H. - NC (WWII) |
| McAuliffe, Anthony Clement - DSC (WWII) |
| McBride, Bernard - MOH (Indian Campaigns) |
| McCallister, Garrett H. (KIA) - DSC (WWII) |
| McCracken, Alan Reed - NC (WWII) |
| McDonald, James Harper - MOH (Peace Time Heroism) |
| McGovern, Robert Milton (KIA) - MOH (Korean War) |
| McGregor, Donald - NC (WWII) |
| McKay, Elmore K. - DSC (WWI) |
| McKelvy, William N., Jr. - NC (WWII) |
| McLarney, Edward P. - NC (WWII) |
| Meade, James J. - NC (Nicaragua) |
| Meloy, Guy S. - DSC (Korea) |
| Mendelson, Joseph A. - DSC (WWI) |
| Merrill, Aaron Stanton - NC (WWII) |
| Michael, Stanley John - 2 NCs (WWII) |
| Micklick, William J. - NC (WWII) |
| Miller, Andrew - MOH (Civil War) |
| Miller, Charles W. - DSC (WWII) |
| Minnigerode, Fitzhugh L. - DSC (WWI) |
| Momsen, Charles B. - NC (WWII) |
| Morris, Chalmer R. - DSC (WWI) |
| Morrow, Howard H. (KIA) - DSC (WWI) |
| Murphy, John Alphonsus - MOH (China Relief) |
| Murphy, Joseph Nathaniel - NC (WWII) |
| Murray, George Dominic - NC (WWII) |
| Myers, John Twiggs - Brevet Medal (China) |
| Nalle, James B. (KIA) - DSC (WWI) |
| Nicholson, William John - DSC (WWI) |
| Nolan, William L. (KIA) - DSC (WWII) |
| Nunn, Ira H. - NC (WWII) |
| Nutting, Lester Herbert (KIA) - DSC (WWI), NC (WWI) |
| Obermeyer, Herman - DSC (WWI) |
| Parris, Worden W. - DSC (WWI) |
| Payne, Ira M. - DSC (WWI) |
| Petree, Harris E. (KIA) - DSC (WWI) |
| Plowman, George H. - MOH (Civil War) |
| Pollock, Daniel C. - NC (WWII) |
| Porter, David Dixon - MOH (Philippine), Brevet Medal (Philippines) |
| Porter, Samuel - MOH (Indian Campaigns) |
| Potter, Charles S. - NC (WWII) |
| Powers, John J., Jr. - DSC (Korea) |
| Ragland, Maurice A. - NC (WWII) |
| Rankin, Robert J. - DSC (WWII) |
| Reich, Eli Thomas - 3 NCs (WWII) |
| Reynolds, John N. - 2 DSCs (WWII) |
| Riley, Paul James (KIA) - NC (WWII) |
| Ringness, Henry Raymond (KIA) - NC (WWII) |
| Robinson, Arthur Granville - NC (WWII) |
| Rodgers, Alexander, Jr. (KIA) - DSC (WWI) |
| Roos, Otto N. - NC (Nicaragua) |
| Rossire, Charles C., Jr. - DSC (WWI) |
| Rothenberg, Allan - NC (WWII) |
| Rupertus, William H. - NC (WWII) |
| Rush, John - MOH (Civil War) |
| Sabini, John A. - NC (WWII) |
| Sackett, Earl L. - NC (WWII) |
| Sartain, George W. - DSC (WWI) |
| Saum, Irving Randolph, Jr. - NC (WWII) |
| Saunders, Eugene F. - DSC (WWI) |
| Semmes, Harry Hodges - 2 DSCs (WWI), DSC (WWII) |
| Shaw, George Clymer - MOH (Philippine Insurrection) |
| Shepherd, Grant - DSC (WWI) |
| Shepherd, William - MOH (Civil War) |
| Snow, William Arthur - DSC (WWI) |
| Stewart, Peter - MOH (China Relief) |
| Strong, Stockton Birney - 3 NCs (WWII) |
| Sturtevant, Albert D. (KIA) - NC (WWI) |
| Sutton, Clarence Edwin - MOH (China Relief) |
| Taylor, Bernard (KIA) - MOH (Indian Campaigns) |
| Thies, William N. - NC (WWII) |
| Wainwright, Richard - MOH (Mexican Campaign) |
| Ward, Frank G. - DSC (WWI) |
| Warrington, Lewis - MOH (Indian Campaigns) |
| Weymouth, Ralph - NC (WWII) |
| Wheeler, George Huber - MOH (Peace Time Heroism) |
| White, Arthur J. - NC (WWII) |
| Winslow, Cameron McRae - NC (Yangtzee Service, 1931) |
| Winston, Sanford H. - DSC (WWII) |
| Wood, Paul D. (KIA) - DSC (WWII) |
| Woodruff, Carle Augustus - MOH (Civil War) |
| Young, Charles G. - DSC (WWI) |
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The following heroes were BORN in Washington,
D.C., |
| Abel, Brent Maxwell - NC (WWII) |
| Amussen, John Russell (KIA) - NC (WWII) |
| Anderson, Richard Allen (KIA) - MOH (Vietnam War) |
| Beatty, Frank Edmund - NC (WWII) |
| Billard, Frederick C. - NC (WWI) |
| Bradley, Robert Graham (KIA) - NC (WWII) |
| Breckinridge, Lucien S. - DSC (WWI) |
| Bridget, Francis Joseph (KIA) - NC (WWII) |
| Bucha, Paul William - MOH (Vietnam War) |
| Buell, Ralph Polk - DSC (WWI) |
| Carter, Robert G. - DSC (WWI) |
| Curry, George F. - DSC (WWI) |
| Cutts, James Madison - MOH (Civil War) |
| DeCarre, Alphonse - DSC (WWI), NC (WWI) |
| Eller, Donald Temple - NC (WWII) |
| Elliott, Charles B. - DSC (WWI) |
| Fechet, D'Alary - DSC (WWI) |
| Fenwick, Edward G. - DSC (WWI) |
| Fluckey, Eugene Bennett - MOH (WWII), 4 NCs (WWII) |
| Force, Manning Ferguson - MOH (Civil War) |
| Hall, William Carvel - NC (WWII) |
| Harrison, William Kelly, Jr. - DSC (WWII) |
| Helmuth, Lawrence Edward - NC (WWII) |
| Higson, Willie - DSC (WWI) |
| Hoppe, Harry E. - DSC (WWI) |
| Hosp, James - DSC (WWI) |
| Ingersoll, Royal E. - NC (WWI) |
| Kelly, John Edward - DSC (WWII) |
| Lee, Edward Brooke - DSC (WWI) |
| Liteky, Charles James - MOH (Vietnam War) |
| Logan, John R., Jr. (KIA) - NC (WWII) |
| Lord, Ernest G. - DSC (WWI) |
| Lucas, Andre Cavaro (KIA) - MOH (Vietnam War) |
| Manning, James F., Jr. - DSC (WWI) |
| McAlwee, Benjamin Franklin - MOH (Civil War) |
| McCandless, Bruce - MOH (WWII) |
| McIlhenny, Walter S. - NC (WWII) |
| McMahon, Thomas Joseph (KIA) - MOH (Vietnam War) |
| McNulty, Herman L. - DSC (WWI) |
| Multer, Walton L. - DSC (WWI), NC (WWI) |
| Preston, Arthur Murray - MOH (WWII) |
| Richards, Walter A - DSC (WWI) |
| Rollow, Jesse D., Jr. - NC (WWII) |
| Schwab, Albert Ernest (KIA) - MOH (WWII) |
| Scott, Robert Sheldon - MOH (WWII) |
| Settle, Thomas G. W. - NC (WWII) |
| Stephan, Edward Clark - NC (WWII) |
| Stewart, Warren C. - DSC (WWI) |
| Tate, Benjamin Colonna - NC (WWII) |
| Taylor, William - MOH (Civil War) |
| Tennent, John Gardner, III (KIA) - NC (WWII) |
| Theiss, Paul Seymour - NC (WWII) |
| Thompson, George Richard - DSC (WWI) |
| Tindall, Philip - DSC (WWI) |
| Tompkins, Frank - DSC (Mexican Border) |
| Torrey, Philip H., Jr. (KIA) - NC (WWII) |
| Veeder, William Scheutze - NC (WWII) |
| Vierbuchen, William J. - DSC (WWI), NC (WWI) |
| Walter, John - DSC (WWI) |
| White, Joseph - MOH (Civil War) |
| Young, Cassin (KIA) - MOH (WWII), NC (WWII) |
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