California Medal of Honor Recipients

	RECIPIENT'S NAME	Branch	PLACE OF BIRTH	MOH ACCREDITED TO:
Civil War
	Crocker, Henry H.	Army	Colchester, CT	San Francisco, CA
	McMahon, Martin Thomas	Army	QUE - LaPrairie, Canada	California
	Williston, Edward Bancroft	Army	Norwich, VT	San Francisco, CA
	Woods, Samuel	Navy	San Francisco, CA	California
Indian Wars
	Brophy, James	Army	Kilkenny, Ireland	Stockton, CA
	Burke, Patrick J.	Army	Kilkenny, Ireland	Vallejo, CA
	Carr, John	Army	Columbus, OH	San Jose, CA
	Carter, George	Army	Dublin, Ireland	Vallejo, CA
	Dickens, Charles H.	Army	Dublin, Ireland	San Francisco, CA
	Elwood, Edwin L.	Army	St. Louis, MO	San Jose, CA
	Falcott, Henry	Army	Champagne, France	San Francisco, CA
	Gardner, Charles aka: Simon Suhler	Army	Bavaria, Germany	San Francisco, CA
	Golden, Patrick	Army	County Sligo, Ireland	San Francisco, CA
	Green, Francis C.	Army	Mount Verrnon, IN	Sacramento, CA
	Hall, John	Army	Logan County, IL	Sacramento, CA
	Hamilton, Frank	Army	County Tyrone, Ireland	Sacramento, CA
	Heartery, Richard	Army	Ireland	San Francisco, CA
	Higgins, Thomas P.	Army	Longford, Ireland	Napa, CA
	Keenan, John	Army	Tubbercurry, Ireland	San Francisco, CA
	Lawrence, James	Army	Aberdeen, Scotland	Sacramento, CA
	Lytton, Jeptha L.	Army	Lawrence County, IN	San Francisco, CA
	Mahers, Herbert	Army	Canada	Wilmington, CA
	McKinley, Daniel	Army	Boston, MA	San Francisco, CA
	McVeagh, Charles H.	Army	New York, NY	San Francisco, CA
	Moran, John	Army	Lyon, France	Marysville, CA
	Murphy, Thomas	Army	County Kerry, Ireland	San Francisco, CA
	O'Callaghan, John	Army	New York, NY	San Francisco, CA
	Reed, James C.	Army	Kilkenny , Ireland	San Francisco, CA
	Smith, Otto	Army	Baltimore, MD	Sacramento, CA
	Smith, William	Army	Bath, ME	San Francisco, CA
	Stanley, Edward	Army	New York, NY	San Francisco, CA
	Strivson (Stinson), Benoni	Army	Overton, TN	Sacramento, CA
	Yount, John P.	Army	Putnam County, IN	Sacramento, CA
Korea (1871)
	Coleman, John	USMC	County Cork, Ireland	California
Spanish-American War
	Itrich, Franz Anton	Navy	Gross Katz, Germany	California
Samoa
	Fisher, Frederick Thomas	Navy	England	California
	Hulbert, Henry Lewis	USMC	Kingston upon Hull, England	California
	McNally, Michael Joseph	USMC	New York, NY	California
Philippine Insurrection
	**Leahy, Cornelius J.	Army	Limerick, Ireland	San Francisco, CA
	Quinn, Peter H.	Army	San Francisco, CA	San Francisco, CA
	Shiels, George Franklin	Army	California	California
	Stoltenberg, Andrew Vincent	Navy	Bodo, Norway	California
	Weaver, Amos	Army	Niles Township, IA	San Francisco, CA
China (Boxer Rebellion)
	Boydston, Erwin Jay	USMC	Deer Creek, CO	California
	Burnes, James	USMC	Worcester, MA	California
	Dahlgren, John Olof	USMC	Kahilwar, Sweden	California
	Hansen, Hans Anton	Navy	Germany	California
	Heisch, Henry William	USMC	Latendorf, Germany	California
	McAllister, Samuel	Navy	Belfast, Ireland	California
	Moore, Albert	USMC	Merced, CA	California
	Orndoff (Orndof), Harry Westley	USMC	Sandusky, OH	California
	Phillips, Reuben Jasper	USMC	Cambria, CA	California
	Silva, France	USMC	Hayward, CA	San Francisco, CA
	Von Schlick, Robert H.	Army	Germany	San Francisco, CA
	Westermark, Axel	Navy	Bergo, Finland	California
	Zion, William F.	USMC	Knightstown, IN	California
Philippines (1911)
	Henrechon, George Francis	Navy	Hartford, CT	California
World War I
	Covington, Jesse Whitfield	Navy	Haywood, TN	California
	Holderman, Nelson Miles	Army	Trumbull, NE	Santa Ana, CA
	Katz, Phillip Carl	Army	San Francisco, CA	San Francisco, CA
	**Miller, Oscar F.	Army	Franklin County, AR	Los Angeles, CA
	Regan, Patrick J.	Army	Middleboro, MA	Los Angeles, CA
	**Roberts, Harold W.	Army	San Francisco, CA	San Francisco, CA
	Seibert, Lloyd Martin	Army	Caledonia, MI	Salinas, CA
	West, Chester Howard	Army	Fort Collins, CO	Los Banos, CA
World War II
	**Callaghan, Daniel Judson	Navy	San Francisco, CA	Oakland, CA
	*Carter, Jr., Edward A.	Army		Los Angeles, CA
	Craft, Clarence Byrle	Army	San Bernardino, CA	Santa Ana, CA
	Doolittle, James Harold	Army	Alameda, CA	Berkeley, CA
	Finn, John William	Navy	Los Angeles, CA	Belle Vernon Acres, CA
	**Gandara, Joe	Army	Santa Monica, CA	Los Angeles, CA
	**Gonsalves, Harold	USMC	Alameda, CA	California
	**Gonzales, David M.	Army	Pacoima, CA	Pacoima, CA
	**Harmon, Roy W.	Army	Talala, OK	Pixley, CA
	**Jones, Herbert Charpoit	Navy	Los Angeles, CA	California
	**Kandle, Victor Leonard	Army	Roy, WA	Redwood City, CA
	**Lara, Salvador J.	Army	Riverside, CA	Riverside, CA
	**Moon, Jr., Harold Herman	Army	Albuquerque, NM	Gardena, CA
	**Munemori, Sadao S.	Army	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles, CA
	Pharris, Jackson Charles	Navy	Columbus, GA	California
	**Shockley, William Ralph	Army	Bokoshe, OK	Selma, CA
	Swett, James Elms	USMC	Seattle, WA	San Mateo, CA
	Turner, George Benton	Army	Longview, TX	Los Angeles, CA
	**Viale, Robert M.	Army	Bayside, CA	Ukiah, CA
	**Villegas, Ysmael R.	Army	Casa Blanca, CA	Casa Blanca, CA
	Ware, Keith Lincoln	Army	Denver, CO	Glendale, CA
	Waybur, David Crowder	Army	Oakland, CA	Piedmont, CA
Korean War
	**Baldonado, Joe Rodriguez	Army	Colorado	Santa Clara, CA
	Dean, Sr., William Frishe	Army	Carlyle, IL	California
	**Desiderio, Reginald Benjamin	Army	Clairton, PA	Gilroy, CA
	**Gomez, Eduardo Corral	Army	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles, CA
	Harvey, Raymond	Army	Ford City, PA	Pasadena, CA
	Hernandez, Rodolfo Perez	Army	Colton, CA	Fowler, CA
	**Kelso, Jack William	USMC	Madera, CA	Caruthers, CA
	**Koelsch, John Kelvin	Navy	London, England	Los Angeles, CA
	**Matthews, Daniel Paul	USMC	Van Nuys, CA	Van Nuys, CA
	**Obregon, Eugene Arnold	USMC	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles, CA
	**Poynter, James Irsley	USMC	Bloomington, IL	Downey, CA
	Rodriguez, Joseph Charles	Army	San Bernardino, CA	San Bernardino, CA
	**Young, Robert Harley	Army	Oroville, CA	Vallejo, CA
Vietnam
	**Alvarado, Leonard Louis	Army	Bakersfield, CA	Bakersfield, CA
	**Anderson, Jr., James	USMC	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles, CA
L	Baca, John Philip	Army	Providence, RI	Fort Ord, CA
	**Bellrichard, Leslie Allen	Army	Janesville, WI	Oakland, CA
	Cavaiani, Jon Robert	Army	Royston, England	Fresno, CA
	**Devore, Jr., Edward Allen	Army	Torrance, CA	Harbor City, CA
	Dunagan, Kern Wayne	Army	Superior, AZ	Los Angeles, CA
	**Duran, Jesus S.	Army	Juarez, Mexico	Riverside, CA
	**Evans, Jr., Donald Ward	Army	Covina, CA	Covina, CA
	**Foster, Paul Hellstrom	USMC	San Mateo, CA	San Francisco, CA
	Hooper, Joe Ronnie	Army	Piedmont, SC	Los Angeles, CA
	**Ingalls, George Alan	Army	Hanford, CA	Los Angeles, CA
	Jennings, Delbert Owen	Army	Silver City, NM	San Francisco, CA
	**Johnson, Ralph Henry	USMC	Charleston, SC	Oakland, CA
L	Littrell, Gary Lee	Army	Henderson, KY	Los Angeles, CA
	**Maxam, Larry Leonard	USMC	Glendale, CA	Los Angeles, CA
	McGonagle, William Loren	Navy	Wichita, KS	Thermal, CA
	**Molnar, Frankie Zoly	Army	Logan, WV	Fresno, CA
	Penry, Richard Allen	Army	Petaluma, CA	Oakland, CA
	**Perkins, Jr., William Thomas	USMC	Rochester, NY	San Francisco, CA
	**Phipps, Jimmy Wayne	USMC	Santa Monica, CA	Culver City, CA
	**Pierce, Larry Stanley	Army	Wewoka, OK	Fresno, CA
L	Pittman, Richard Allan	USMC	French Camp, CA	Stockton, CA
L	Rascon, Alfred	Army	Mexico	Oxnard, CA
	**Roark, Anund Charles	Army	Vallejo, CA	Los Angeles, CA
	Rocco, Louis Richard	Army	Albuquerque, NM	Los Angeles, CA
L	Taylor, James Allen	Army	Arcata, CA	San Francisco, CA
	**Worley, Kenneth Lee	USMC	Farmington, NM	Fresno, CA
War on Terrorism
L	Carter, Ty Michael	USA	Spokane, WA	Antioch, CA
L	Romesha, Clinton L	USA	Lake City, CA	California
	**Monsoor, Michael A.	USN	Long Beach, CA	Garden Grove, CA
Peace Time Awards
	Halford, William	Navy	Gloucester, England	San Francisco, CA
	Laverty (Lafferty), John	Navy	County Tyrone, Ireland	California
	Williams, Louis aka: Ludwig Andreas Olsen	Navy	Oslo, Norway	California
	Brock, George F.	Navy	Cleveland, OH	California
	Clausey, John Joseph	Navy	San Francisco, CA	California
	Smith, Eugene P.	Navy	Illinois	California
The following Medal of Honor Recipients were BORN in the State of California 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:
	Barnes, Will Croft	Army	San Francisco, CA	Washington, DC
	Volz , Robert	Navy	San Francisco, CA	Virginia
	High, Frank Charles	Army	Dunningham, CA	Ashland, OR
	Gumpertz, Sydney G.	Army	San Raphael, CA	Chicago, IL
	**Cheli, Ralph	Army AC	San Francisco, CA	Brooklyn, NY
	Hawk, John Druse "Bud"	Army	San Francisco, CA	Bremerton, WA
	Fisher, Bernard Francis	USAF	San Bernardino, CA	Kuna, ID
	**Leisy, Robert Ronald	Army	Stockton, CA	Seattle, WA
	**Yabes, Maximo	Army	Lodi, CA	Eugene, OR

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