Michigan Medal of Honor Recipients

	RECIPIENT'S NAME	Branch	PLACE OF BIRTH	MOH ACCREDITED TO:
Civil War
	Alber, Frederick	Army	Germany	Manchester, MI
	Baldwin , Frank Dwight	Army	Manchester, MI	Constantine, MI
	Ballen, Frederick A.	Army	Germany	Adrian, MI
	Barrell, Charles L.	Army	Conquest, NY	Leighton, MI
	Brandle, Joseph E.	Army	Seneca Co, OH	Colon, MI
	Christiancy, James Isaac	Army	Monroe Co, MI	Monroe County, MI
	Clute, George Washington	Army	Marathon, MI	Marathon, MI
	Cole, Gaberiel	Army	Chenago Co, NY	New Salem, MI
	Cronin, Cornelius	Navy	Ireland	Michigan
	Custer, Thomas Ward	Army	New Rumley, OH	Monroe, MI
	Cutcheon, Byron M.	Army	Pembroke, NH	Ypsilanti, MI
	Dodd, Robert Fulton	Army	Canada	Detroit, MI
	Falconer, John A.	Army	Washtenaw, MI	Manchester, MI
	Fall, Charles S.	Army	Noble County, IN	Hamburg, MI
	Forman, Alexander A.	Army	Scipio Township, MI	Jonesville, MI
	Fox, Henry M.	Army	Trumbull, OH	Coldwater, MI
	French, Samuel S.	Army	Erie County, NY	Gifford, MI
	Hack, John	Army	Germany	Adrian, MI
	Hadley, Cornelius Minor	Army	Sandy Creek, NY	Adrian, MI
	Haight, Sidney	Army	Reading, MI	Goodland, MI
	Hastings, Smith H.	Army	Quincy, MI	Coldwater, MI
	Hill, Edward	Army	Liberty, NY	Detroit, MI
	Hodges, Addison J.	Army	Hillsdale, MI	Adrian, MI
	Holton, Charles Maynard	Army	Potter, NY	Battle Creek, MI
	Irwin, Patrick	Army	Ireland	Ann Arbor, MI
	Keen, Joseph S.	Army	Vale, Guernsey, England	Detroit, MI
	Kelley, Andrew John	Army	La Grange County, IN	Ypsilanti, MI
	Kemp, Joseph Bell	Army	Lima, OH	Sault Ste. Marie, MI
	Lane, Morgan D.	Army	Monroe, NY	Allegan, MI
	Lewis, Henry	Army	Belleville, MI	Adrian, MI
	Luce, Moses Augustine	Army	Payson, IL	Adrian, MI
	McFall, Daniel Robert	Army	Niagara County, NY	Ypsilanti, MI
	McHale, Alexander U.	Army	Ireland	Muskegon, MI
	Menter, John William	Army	Palmer, NY	Detroit, MI
	Morse, Benjamin	Army	Livingston, NY	Grand Rapids, MI
	Mundell, Walter L.	Army	Michigan	Dallas, MI
	Nash, Henry H.	Army	Lenawee County, MI	Adrian, MI
	Noll, Conrad	Army	Germany	Ann Arbor, MI
	Norton, Elliott Malloy	Army	Connecticut	Cooper, MI
	Norton, John R.	Army		Grand Rapids, MI
	Peters, Henry Carlton	Army	Monroe County, MI	Adrian, MI
	Plant, Henry E.	Army	Oswego, NY	Cockery, MI
	Ranney, George E.	Army	Batavia, NY	Grand Rapids, MI
	**Robinson, James H.	Army	Oakland County, MI	Victor, MI
	Sancrainte (Sanscrainte), Charles Francis	Army	Monroe, MI	Monroe, MI
	**Savacool, Edwin F.	Army	Jackson, MI	Marshall, MI
	Shafter, William Rufus	Army	Kalamazoo, MI	Galesburg, MI
	Shepard, Irwin	Army	Skaneateles, NY	Chelsea, MI
	Sidman, George Dallas	Army	Rochester, NY	Owosso, MI
	Smith, Alonzo	Army	Niagara County, NY	Jonesville, MI
	Stoddard, James	Navy	Port Robinson, west, Canada	Detroit, MI
	Swift, Frederic William	Army	Mansfield Center, CT	Detroit, MI
	Sype, Peter	Army	Monroe County, MI	Adrian, MI
	Thatcher, Charles M.	Army	Coldwater, MI	Grand Haven, MI
	Thompson, Charles Augustus	Army	Perrysburg, OH	Kalamazoo, MI
	Toban, James W. (Jacobus)	Army	Northfield, MI	Northfield, MI
	Ward, William Henry	Army	Adrian, MI	Adrian, MI
	Whitney, William G.	Army	Allen, MI	Quincy, MI
	Willcox, Orlando Bolivar	Army	Detroit, MI	Detroit, MI
	Withington, William Herbert	Army	Dorchester, MA	Jackson, MI
	Woodruff, Alonzo	Army	Ionia, MI	Ionia, MI
	Young, Benjamin F.	Army	Canada	Detroit, MI
Indian Campaigns
	Baldwin, Frank Dwight	Army	Manchester, MI	Constantine, MI
	Eldridge, George H.	Army	Sackets Harbor, NY	Detroit, MI
	Hartzog, Joshua B.	Army	Paulding County, OH	Detroit, MI
	Hillock, Marvin C.	Army	Port Huron, MI	Detroit, MI
	Jarvis, Frederick	Army	Essex County, NY	Hudson, MI
	Johnson, Henry	Army	Boydton, VA	Detroit, MI
	Leonard, William	Army	Ypsilanti, MI	Detroit, MI
	Powers, Thomas	Army	New York, NY	Detroit, MI
	Romeyn, Henry	Army	Galen, NY	Michigan
	Walker, John	Army	Leon, France	Detroit, MI
	Wilder, Wilber Elliiott	Army	Atlas, MI	Detroit, MI
Spanish-American War
	Polond, Alfred	Army	Lapeer, MI	Lapeer, MI
Philippine Insurrection
	Cawetzka, Charles	Army	Detroit, MI	Wayne, MI
	McConnell, James	Army	Syracuse, NY	Detroit, MI
Mexican Campaign
	Zuiderveld, William	Navy	Michigan	Michigan
Dominican Campaign
	Glowin, Joseph Anthony	USMC	Detroit, MI	Michigan
World War I
	Furlong, Harold Arthur	Army	Pontiac, MI	Detroit, MI
World War II
	**Cannon, George Hamm	USMC	Webster Groves, MO	Michigan
	**Craw, Demas Thurlow	Army AC	Traverse City, MI	Michigan
	**Flaherty, Francis Charles	Navy	Charlotte, MI	Michigan
	**Hammerberg, Owen Francis Patrick	Navy	Daggett, MI	Michigan
	Johnson, Jr., Oscar Godfrey	Army	Foster City, MI	Foster City, MI
	Sjogren, John Carleton	Army	Rockford, MI	Rockford, MI
	Smith, Sr., Maynard Harrison	Army AC	Caro, MI	Caro, MI
	**Thomas, Charles L.	Army		Detroit, MI
	**Thomas, William H.	Army	Wynne, AR	Ypsilanti, MI
	Vlug, Dirk John	Army	Maple Lake, MN	Grand Rapids, MI
	**Wetzel, Walter C.	Army	Huntington, WV	Roseville, MI
	**Wigle, Thomas W.	Army	Indianapolis, IN	Detroit, MI
	**Zussman, Raymond	Army	Hamtramck, MI	Detroit, MI
Korean War
	Charette, William Richard	Navy	Ludington, MI	Ludington, MI
L	Dewey, Duane Edgar	USMC	Grand Rapids, MI	Muskegon, MI
	**Essebagger, Jr., John	Army	Holland, MI	Holland, MI
	**Moyer, Donald Raymond	Army	Pontiac, MI	Keego Harbor, MI
L	Simanek, Robert Ernest	USMC	Detroit, MI	Detroit, MI
	**Skinner, Jr., Sherrod Emerson	USMC	Hartford, CT	East Lansing, MI
Vietnam
	Bondsteel, James Leroy	Army	Jackson, MI	Detroit, MI
	**Bryant, William Maud	Army	Cochran, GA	Detroit, MI
	Johnson, Dwight Hal	Army	Detroit, MI	Detroit, MI
	Lambers, Paul Ronald	Army	Holland, MI	Holland, MI
L	Lemon, Peter Charles	Army	Toronto, Canada	Tawas City, MI
	**Poxon, Robert Leslie	Army	Detroit, MI	Detroit, MI
	**Williams, Dewayne Thomas	USMC	Brown City, MI	Saint Clair, MI
	**Yntema, Gordon Douglas	Army	Bethesda, MD	Detroit, MI
Peace Time Awards
	Smith, Albert Joseph	USMC	Calumet, MI	Michigan
The following Medal of Honor Recipients were BORN in the State of Michigan 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:
	Ayers, John G. K.	Army	Washtenaw Co, MI	Pekin, IL
	Bennett, Orson W.	Army	Union City, MI	Dubuque, IA
	Bickford, Henry H.	Army	Ypsilanti, MI	Middleport, NY
	Chandler, Stephen Edwin	Army	Convis, MI	Granby, NY
	Depuy, Charles H.	Army	Sherman, MI	St. Louis, MO
	Drowley, Jesse Ray	Army	St. Charles, MI	Spokane, WA
	Dunne, James	Army	Detroit, MI	Chicago, IL
	Herington, Pitt B.	Army	Michigan	Tipton, IA
	Rhodes, Julius Dexter	Army	Monroe County, MI	Springville, NY
	Wheaton, Loyd	Army	Penfield, MI	Peoria, IL
	Chapman, Amos	Army	Kalamazoo, MI	Fort Supply, OK
	Dougherty, William	Army	Detroit, MI	Philadelphia, PA
	Harrington, John	Army	Detroit, MI	Cleveland, OH
	Holland, David	Army	Dearborn, MI	Fort Leavenworth, KS
	Smith, William H.	Army	Lapeer, MI	Cincinnati, OH
	Watson, Joseph	Army	Union City, MI	Chicago, IL
	Shaw, George Clymer	Army	Pontiac, MI	Washington, DC
	Gaujot, Antoine August	Army	Keweenaw, MI	Williamson, WV
	Gaujot, Julien Edmund	Army	Keweenaw, MI	Williamson, WV
	Lindbergh, Jr., Charles Augustus	Army AC	Detroit, MI	Little Falls, MN
	Seibert, Lloyd Martin	Army	Caledonia, MI	Salinas, CA
	**Stockham, Fred William	USMC	Detroit, MI	New York, NY
	**Sebille, Louis Joseph	USAF	Harbor Beach, MI	Chicago, IL

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