Colorado Medal of Honor Recipients

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24 Medals of Honor are Accredited to Colorado

Pueblo's CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL is the only high school in history to graduate TWO Medal of Honor Recipients.
Joseph P. Martinez was the FIRST HISPANIC American Soldier of World War II to receive the Medal of Honor.
Ambrosio Guillen was the last Medal of Honor hero of the Korean War.
During the Indian Campaigns, 12 Medals of Honor were awarded for heroic actions "on the ground" in Colorado.

"For Conspicuous Gallantry and Intrepidity in Action At the Risk of Life Above and Beyond the Call of Duty"

	RECIPIENT'S NAME	Branch	PLACE OF BIRTH	MOH ACCREDITED TO:
Indian Wars
	Knight, Joseph F.	Army	Danville, IL	Denver, CO
Philippine Insurrection
	Grove, William Remsburg	Army	Montezuma, IA	Denver, CO
	Wallace, George Weed	Army	Fort Riley, KS	Denver, CO
World War I
	**Chiles, Marcellus Holms	Army	Eureka Springs, AR	Denver, CO
	Funk, Jesse N.	Army	New Hampton, MO	Calhan, CO
	Upton, Frank Monroe	Navy	Loveland, CO	Colorado
	**Wickersham, J. Hunter	Army	New York, NY	Denver, CO
World War II
	Crawford, William John	Army	Pueblo, CO	Pueblo, CO
	**Fryar, Elmer E.	Army	Denver, CO	Denver, CO
	**Lindstron, Floyd K.	Army	Holdrege, NE	Colorado Springs, CO
	**Martinez, Joseph P.	Army	Taos, NM	Ault, CO
L	Maxwell, Robert Dale	Army	Boise, ID	Larimer County, CO
	McCandless, Bruce	Navy	Washington, DC	Colorado
	**Muranaga, Kiyoshi K.	Army		Amache, CO
	**Pucket, Donald Dale	Army AC	Longmont, CO	Boulder, CO
	Ross, Donald Kirby	Navy	Beverly, KS	Denver, CO
L	Sakato, George T.	Army		Denver, CO
	**Walker, Kenneth Newton	Army AC	Cerrillos, NM	Denver, CO
Korean War
	Sitter, Carl Leonard	USMC	Syracuse, MO	Pueblo, CO
	Murphy, Raymond Gerald	USMC	Pueblo, CO	Pueblo, CO
Vietnam War
	**Coker, Ronald Leroy	USMC	Alliance, NE	Denver, CO
L	Dix, Drew Dennis	Army	West Point, NY	Denver, CO
	**McWethy, Jr., Edgar Lee	Army	Leadville, CO	Denver, CO
	**Swanson, Jon	Army	Boulder, CO	Boulder, CO
	Young, Gerald Orren	USAF	Chicago, IL	Colorado Springs, CO
The following Medal of Honor Recipients were BORN in the State of Colorado 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:
	**Baldonado, Joe Rodriguez	Army	Colorado	Santa Clara, CA
	Boydston, Erwin Jay	USMC	Deer Creek, CO	California
	Graves, Ora	Navy	Las Animas, CO	Nebraska
	**Guillen, Ambrosio	USMC	La Junta, CO	El Paso, TX
	Ware, Keith Lincoln	Army	Denver, CO	Glendale, CA
	West, Chester Howard	Army	Fort Collins, CO	Los Banos, CA

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