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Medal of Honor Recipients

Buried in California
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Recipients buried in
NATIONAL CEMETERIES IN CALIFORNIA
| Burial City | Recipient's Name | Service | Cemetery | KIA | Home Town | Photo | Marker |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Altadena | Ellsworth, Thomas | Army | Mountain View | Boston, MA | Photo | ||
| Haney, Milton Lorenzi | Army | Mountain View | Bushnell, IL | Photo | |||
| Arroyo Grande | Smith, Otis W. | Army | Arroyo Grande | Champaign, OH | Photo | MH | |
| Banning | Morris, William Powers | Army | San Gorgonio | Philadelphia, PA | Photo | ||
| Benicia Barracks | Foley, John H. | Army | Post (As Unknown) | Boston, MA | Photo | ||
| Colma | Austin, William Grafton | Army | Cypress Lawn | New York, NY | Photo | ||
| Katz, Phillip Carl | Army | Cypress Lawn | San Francisco, CA | Photo | MH | ||
| Shiels, George Franklin | Army | Cypress Lawn | California | Photo | MH | ||
| Chapman, John AKA: Charles Kauffmann |
Army | Holy Cross | Limerick, ME | Photo | MH | ||
| Compton | Anderson, James | USMC | Lincoln Memorial Park | Yes | Los Angeles, CA | Photo | MH-P |
| Corning | Silva, France | USMC | Sunset Hill | San Francisco, CA | Photo | MH | |
| Eureka | Viale, Robert M. | Army | Ocean View | Yes | Ukiah, CA | Photo | MH |
| Fairfield | Buckles, Abram J. | Army | Fairfield | Muncie, IN | Photo | MH | |
| Fallbrook | Pittinger, William | Army | Odd Fellows | Steubenville, OH | MH | ||
| Fresno | Kelso, Jack William | USMC | Washington Colony | Yes | Caruthers, CA | Photo | MH |
| Nishimoto, Joe | Army | Washington Colony | Yes | Fresno, CA | Photo | MH | |
| Otani, Kazuo | Army | Veterans Liberty | Yes | Visalia, CA | Photo | MH | |
| Glendale | Bates, Norman Francis | Army | Forrest Lawn | Grinnell, IA | Photo | MH | |
| Campbell, Albert Ralph | USMC | Forest Lawn | Pennsylvania | Photo | MH | ||
| Deignan, Osborn W. | Navy | Forest Lawn | Iowa | Photo | |||
| Salomon, Ben | Army | Forest Lawn | Milwaukee, WI | Photo | MH | ||
| Glendora | Evans, Donald Ward | Army | Oakdale Memorial Park | Yes | Covina, CA | Photo | MH |
| Hayward | McDonald, Robert | Army | Lone Tree | Newport, KY | MH | ||
| Hollywood | Titus, Calvin Pearl | Army | Forest Lawn | Iowa | Photo | MH | |
| Biegler, George Wesley | Army | Hollywood | Terre Haute, IN | Photo | |||
| Francis, Charles Robert | USMC | Hollywood | Philadelphia, PA | Photo | |||
| Hilliker, Benjamin F. | Army | Hollywood | Waupaca Tnship, WI | Photo | MH | ||
| Lyon, Edward Eugene | Army | Hollywood | Amboy, WA | Photo | |||
| Inglewood | Bryan, William C. | Army | Inglewood | St. Louis, MO | Photo | ||
| Myers, George S. | Army | Inglewood Park | Tiffin, OH | Photo | |||
| Shepherd, Warren J. | Army | Inglewood Park | Westover, PA | Photo | MH | ||
| Wilson, Charles | Army | Inglewood Park | Springfield, IL | Photo | |||
| Long Beach | Ward, Nelson W. | Army | Sunnyside | Rutland, OH | Photo | MH | |
| See also Los Angeles National Cemetery | |||||||
| Los Angeles | Denham, Austin | Navy | Calvary | New York, NY | Photo | MH | |
| Gonzales, David M. | Army | Calvary | Yes | Pacoima, CA | Photo | MH | |
| McGann, Michael A. | Army | Calvary | St. Louis, MO | Photo | MH | ||
| Obregon, Eugene A. | USMC | Calvary | Yes | Los Angeles, CA | Photo | MH | |
| Trogden, Howell G. | Army | Calvary | St. Louis, MO | Photo | MH | ||
| Hayashi, Joe | Army | Evergreen | Yes | Pasadena, CA | |||
| Munemori, Sadao S. | Army | Evergreen | Yes | Los Angeles, CA | MH | ||
| Muranaga, Kiyoshi | Army | Evergreen | Yes | Los Angeles, CA | Photo | MH | |
| Sturgeon, James K. | Army | Evergreen | Lancaster, OH | Photo | |||
| Tanouye, Ted | Army | Evergreen | Yes | Torrance, CA | MH | ||
| Fall, Charles S. | Army | I.O.O.F. | Hamburg, MI | Photo | |||
| Shaffer (Schaffer), William | Army | I.O.O.F. | Cincinnati, OH | Photo | MH | ||
| Whitehead, Patton G. | Army | New Calvary | Louisville, KY | Photo | MH | ||
| Fraser, William W. | Army | Odd Fellows | Alton, IL | Photo | |||
| Young, Benjamin F. | Army | Odd Fellows | Detroit, MI | Photo | |||
| Baker, Edward Lee | Army | Angelus-Rosedale | Cincinnati, OH | Photo | |||
| Beauford, Clay AKA: Welford Bridwell |
Army | Angelus-Rosedale | Nashville, TN | Photo | |||
| Bowen, Elmer | Army | Rosedale | Hampshire, IL | Photo | |||
| Connell, Trustrim | Army | Rosedale | Port Kennedy, PA | Photo | |||
| Mayes, William B. | Army | Rosedale | DeWitt, IA | Photo | |||
| Mokelumne Hill | Hanford, Edward R. | Army | Mokelumne Hill Protestant | Cortland, NY | Photo | MH | |
| Napa | Barrett, Carlton W. | Army | Napa Valley Memorial Gardens | Albany, NY | Photo | MH | |
| Heisch, Henry W. | USMC | Tulocay | California | Photo | MH | ||
| North Hollywood | Pierce, Charles H. | Army | Valhalla Memorial Park | Delaware City, DE | MH-P | ||
| Oakland | Swap, Jacob E. | Army | Evergreen | Springs, PA | Photo | ||
| Huggins, Eli Lundy | Army | Mountain View | Minnesota | Photo | MH | ||
| Johns, Henry T. | Army | Mountain View | Hinsdale, MA | Photo | MH | ||
| Long, Oscar Fitzalan | Army | Mountain View | Utica, NY | Photo | |||
| Weissel, Adam | Navy | Mountain View | New York, NY | ||||
| Ehle, John Walter | Navy | St. Mary's | Nebraska | Photo | MH | ||
| Ontario | Ross, Frank Fulton | Army | Bellevue | Langdon, ND | Photo | MH | |
| Petaluma | Penry, Richard Allen | Army | Cypress Hills | Oakland, CA | Photo | MH | |
| Pomona | Davis, Harry Clay | Army | Pomona | Columbus, OH | Photo | MH | |
| See also Riverside National Cemetery | |||||||
| Riverside | Ingalls, George Alan | Army | Crestlawn Memorial Park | Yes | Los Angeles, CA | Photo | MH |
| Smith, Cornelius C. | Army | Evergreen Memorial Park | Helena, MT | Photo | MH | ||
| Sacramento | Simkins, Lebbeus | Navy | I.O.O.F. | New York, NY | Photo | MH | |
| Gould, Newton Thomas | Army | Sacramento City | Elk Grove, IL | Photo | MH | ||
| Salinas | Cayer, Ovila | Army | Garden of Memory Park | Malone, NY | Photo | MH | |
| San Bernardino | Ellis, William | Army | County PAP | Watertown, WI | |||
| San Bernardino | Rodriguez, Joseph | Army | Mountain View | San Bernardino, CA | Photo | MH | |
| For San Bruno see
Golden Gate National Cemetery For San Diego see also Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery |
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| San Diego | Winans, Roswell | USMC | Cypress View | Washington | |||
| Hanford, Burke | Navy | Greenwood Memorial Park | Ohio | ||||
| Hornaday, Elisha | Army | Greenwood Memorial Park | Des Moines, IA | ||||
| Luce, Moses Aa | Army | Greenwood Memorial Park | Adrian, MI | ||||
| McDonald, John | Army | Greenwood Memorial Park | Waynesville, IL | Photo | |||
| Moylan, Myles | Army | Greenwood Memorial Park | Essex, MA | Photo | |||
| Forsyth, Thomas H. | Army | Mount Hope | St. Louis, MO | Photo | MH | ||
| Thompson, James | Army | Mount Hope | Sandy Creek, NY | Photo | MH | ||
| San Fernando | Matthews, Daniel | USMC | Glen Haven | Yes | Van Nuys, CA | Photo | MH |
| Perkins, William T. | USMC | San Fernando Mission | Yes | San Francisco, CA | Photo | MH | |
| See also San Francisco National Cemetery | |||||||
| San Francisco | Miller, Frank | Army | Odd Fellow Cemetery | Jamaica, NY | Photo | ||
| Russell, Milton F. | Army | Odd Fellow Columbarium | North Salem, IN | Photo | |||
| Hill, Frank E. | Army | San Francisco Columbarium | St. Louis, MO | Photo | |||
| San Gabriel | Clapp, Albert Adams | Army | Mountain View | Painesville, OH | Photo | ||
| San Jose | Walker, Edward A. | USMC | Oak Hill Funeral Home & Memorial Park | Brooklyn, NY | Photo |
MH |
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| San Pedro | Devore, Edward A. | Army | Green Hills Memorial Park | Yes | Harbor City, CA | Photo | |
| Santa Barbara | Hamilton, Pierpont | Army AC | Santa Barbara | New York, NY | Photo | ||
| Santa Monica | Phipps, Jimmy W. | USMC | Woodlawn | Yes | Culver City, CA |
MH |
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| Selma | Shockley, William | Army | Floral Memorial Park | Yes | Selma, CA | Photo |
MH |
| St. Helena | Simmons, William | Army | St. Helena Public | Springfield, IL | Photo | MH | |
| Stockton | Troy, William | Navy | Stockton State Hospital | Massachusetts | Photo | ||
| Vallejo | Cooney, James | USMC | Mare Island Shipyard | Massachusetts | Photo | MH | |
| Halford, William | Navy | Mare Island Shipyard | San Francisco, CA | Photo | MH | ||
| Parker, Alexander | Navy | Mare Island Shipyard | New Jersey | Photo | MH | ||
| Dunphy, Richard D. | Navy | St. Vincent's | New York, NY | Photo | MH | ||
| Bond, William S. | Navy | Sunrise Memorial | Boston, MA | Photo | MH | ||
| Ventura | Sumner, James | Army | Ventura | Chicago, IL | MH | ||
| Wasco | Pierce, Larry Stanley | Army | Wasco | Yes | Fresno, CA | Photo | MH |
| Westminster | Worley, Kenneth Lee | USMC | Westminster Memorial Park | Yes | Fresno, CA | Photo | MH |
| Yountville | Leonard, Joseph H. | USMC | Veterans Home Of California | New York, NY | Photo | MH | |
| Moriarity, John | Army | Veterans Home Of California | Boston, MA | Photo | MH | ||
| Stickoffer, Julius | Army | Veterans Home Of California | Cincinnati, OH | Photo | MH | ||
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