New Jersey Medal of Honor Recipients

	RECIPIENT'S NAME	Branch	PLACE OF BIRTH	MOH ACCREDITED TO:
Civil War
	Beech, John P.	Army	Stratfordshire, England	Trenton, NJ
	Brant, Jr., William	Army	Elizabeth, NJ	Trenton, NJ
	Clancy, James T.	Army	Albany, NY	Camden, NJ
	Conner, Richard	Army	Philadelphia, PA	Burlington, NJ
	Connors, James	Army	Kildare, Ireland	Canajoharie, NJ
	Cummings, Amos Jay	Army	Conklin, NY	Irvington, NJ
	Davis, John	Navy	Cedarville, NJ	New Jersey
	Drake, James Madison	Army	Washington Valley, NJ	Elizabeth, NJ
	English, Edmund	Army	New York, NY	Newark, NJ
	Fallon, Thomas Timothy	Army	County Galway, Ireland	Freehold, NJ
	Fesq, Frank E.	Army	Germany	Newark, NJ
	Grant, Gabriel	Army	Newark, NJ	Trenton, NJ
	Hooper, William B.	Army	Willimantic, CT	Jersey City, NJ
	Hopkins, Charles F.	Army	Hope, NJ	Trenton, NJ
	Kane, Thomas	Navy	Jersey City, NJ	New Jersey
	Locke, Lewis	Army	Clintonville, NY	Jersey City, NJ
	Magee, William	Army	Newark, NJ	Newark, NJ
	Oss, Albert	Army	Belgium	Newark, NJ
	Porter, William	Army	New York, NY	Trenton, NJ
	Sewell, William Joyce	Army	Castlebar, Ireland	Camden, NJ
	Shivers, John	USMC	Canada	New Jersey
	Southard, David	Army	Ocean County, NJ	Florence, NJ
	Stewart, George W.	Army	Salem, NJ	Salem, NJ
	Strahan, Robert	Navy	New Jersey	New Jersey
	Streile, Christian	Army	Germany	Jersey City, NJ
	Taylor, Forrester L.	Army	Philadelphia, PA	Beverly, NJ
	Titus, Charles	Army	Millstone, NJ	New Brunswick, NJ
	Toffey, John James	Army	Quaker Hill, NY	Nudson, NJ
	Tomlin, Andrew J.	USMC	Goshen, NJ	New Jersey
	Tompkins, Aaron B.	Army	Orange, NJ	Jersey City, NJ
	Weeks, Charles H.	Navy	New Jersey	New Jersey
	Whitfield, Daniel	Navy	Newark, NJ	New Jersey
	Wilson, Charles E.	Army	Bucks County, PA	Hatborough, NJ
	Wilson, John	Army	England	Jersey City, NJ
	Young, Edward B.	Navy	Bergen, NJ	New Jersey
Indian Campaigns
	Donelly (Donnelly), John S.	Army	County Kerry, Ireland	Jersey City, NJ
	Heyl, Charles Pettit Heath	Army	Phihladelphia , PA	Camden, NJ
	Jackson, James	Army	New Jersey	New Jersey
	Sullivan, Thomas	Army	County Meath, Ireland	Newark, NJ
	Tilton, Henry Remsen	Army	Barnegat, NJ	Jersey City, NJ
Spanish-American War
	Blume, Robert	Navy	Pittsburgh, PA	New Jersey
	Cooney, Thomas C.	Navy	Westport, NS, Canada	New Jersey
	Mager, George Frederick	Navy	Phillipsburg, NJ	New Jersey
	Thompkins, William H.	Army	Paterson, NJ	Paterson, NJ
	Van Etten, Hudson	Navy	Port Jervis, NY	New Jersey
	Wanton, George Henry	Army	Paterson, NJ	Paterson, NJ
Philippine Insurrection
	Harvey, Harry	USMC	New York, NY	New Jersey
	Parker, James	Army	Newark, NJ	Newark, NJ
China (Boxer Rebellion)
	Hamberger, William Francis	Navy	Newark, NJ	New Jersey
	Petersen, Carl Emil	Navy	Hamburg, Germany	New Jersey
	Preston, Herbert Irving	USMC	Berkeley, NJ	New Jersey
Mexican Campaign
	Fryer, Eli Thompson	USMC	Hightstown, NJ	Hightstown, NJ
World War I
	Bart, Frank J.	Army	New York, NY	Newark, NJ
	Eggers, Alan Louis	Army	Saranac Lake, NY	Summit, NJ
	Latham, John Cridland	Army	Windemere, England	Rutherford, NJ
	Miles, Louis Warlaw	Army	Baltimore, MD	Princeton, NJ
	**O'Shea, Thomas E.	Army	New York, NY	Summit, NJ
	**Sawelson, William	Army	Newark, NJ	Harrison, NJ
	Siegel, John Otto	Navy	Milwaukee, WI	New Jersey
	Van Iersel, Ludovicus M.M. aka: (Louis M.M.)	Army	Dussen, Holland	Glen Rock, NJ
World War II
	Basilone, John "Manila John"	USMC	Buffalo, NY	New Jersey
	**Benjamin, Jr., George	Army	Philadelphia, PA	Carney's point, NJ
	Burke, Francis Xavier	Army	New York, NY	Jersey City, NJ
	**Castle, Frederick Walker	Army AC	Manila, Philippine Islands	Mountain Lakes, NJ
	**Dutko, John W.	Army	Dilltown, PA	Riverside, NJ
	Gregg, Stephen Raymond	Army	New York, NY	Bayonne, NJ
	**May, Martin O.	Army	Phillipsburg, NJ	Phillipsburg, NJ
	**McGraw, Francis Xavier	Army	Philadelphia, PA	Camden, NJ
	Meagher, John William	Army	Jersey City, NY	Jersey City, NJ
	**Minue, Nicholas	Army	Sedden, Poland	Carteret, NJ
	Oresko, Nicholas	Army	Bayonne, NJ	Bayonne, NJ
	Rouh, Carlton Robert	USMC	Lindenwold, NJ	New Jersey
	**Sadowski, Joseph John	Army	Perth Amboy, NJ	Perth Amboy, NJ
	Sigler, Franklin Earl	USMC	Glen Ridge, NJ	Little Falls, NJ
	**Thorne, Horace Marvin	Army	Keansburg, NJ	Keyport, NJ
	**Tomich, Peter	Navy	Prolog, Austria	New Jersey
Korean War
	**Brittin, Nelson Vogel	Army	Audubon, NJ	Audubon, NJ
L	Cafferata, Jr., Hector Albert	USMC	New York, NY	Dover, NJ
	**Coursen, Samuel Streit	Army	Madison, NJ	Madison, NJ
	**Svehla, Henry	Army	Newark, NJ	Essex, NM
Vietnam
	**Barker, Jedh Colby	USMC	Franklin, NH	Park Ridge, NJ
	**Connor, Peter Spencer	USMC	Orange, NJ	South Orange, NJ
	**Hosking, Jr., Charles Ernest	Army	Ramsey, NJ	Fort Dix, NJ
L	Jacobs, Jack Howard	Army	Brooklyn, NY	Trenton, NJ
	**Watters, Charles Joseph	Army	Jersey City, NJ	Fort Dix, NJ
	Zabitosky, Fred William	Army	Trenton, NJ	Trenton, NJ
Peace Time Awards
	Eilers, Henry A.	Navy	Newark, NJ	New Jersey
	Parker, Alexander	Navy	Kensington, NJ	New Jersey
	Sweeney, Robert Augustus	Navy	Montserrat, West Indies	New Jersey
	Behne, Frederick	Navy	Lodi, NJ	New Jersey
	Breeman, George	Navy	Passaic, NJ	New Jersey
	Pfeifer, Louis Fred	USMC	Philadelphia, PA	New Jersey
	Teytand (Teytard), August P.	Navy	Santa Cruz, West Indies	New Jersey
	**Cholister, George Robert	Navy	Camden, NJ	New Jersey
The following Medal of Honor Recipients were BORN in the State of New Jersey 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:
	Carmin (Carman), Isaac Harrison	Army	Monmouth, NJ	New Lexington, OH
	Follett, Joseph Leonard	Army	Newark, NJ	St. Louis, MO
	Howard (Brown), James	Army	Newton, NJ	Brooklyn, NY
	Pitman, George J.	Army	Recklestown, NJ	Philadelphia, PA
	Sheridan, James	Navy	Newark, NJ	New York, NY
	Taylor, Anthony	Army	Burlington, NJ	Philadelphia, PA
	Thompson, William	Navy	Cape May County, NJ	Boston, MA
	Traynor, Andrew	Army	Newark, NJ	Rome, NY
	Veale, Moses	Army	Bridgeton, NJ	Philadelphia, PA
	Williams, II, John	Navy	Elizabethtown, NJ	New York, NY
	Wood, Richard H.	Army	Canton, NJ	Woodburn, IL
	Bradbury, Sanford	Army	Newton, NJ	Washington, DC
	Carpenter, Louis Henry	Army	Glassboro, NJ	Philadelphia, PA
	Folly, William H.	Army	Bergen County, NJ	New York, NY
	Sheerin, John	Army	Camden, NJ	Baltimore, MD
	Smith, Theodore F.	Army	Rahway, NJ	Harrisburg, PA
	Field, Oscar Wadsworth	USMC	Jersey City, NJ	New York, NY
	Quinn, Alexander M.	Army	Passaic, NJ	Philadelphia, PA
	Brewster, Andre Walker	Army	Hoboken, NJ	Philadelphia, PA
	Madison, James Jonas	Navy	Jersey City, NJ	Mississippi
	**Johnson, Elden Harvey	Army	Bivale, NJ	East Weymouth, MA
	Johnston, Sr., William James	Army	Trenton, NJ	Colchester, CT
	**McGuire, Jr., Thomas Buchanan	Army AC	Ridgewood, NJ	Sebring, FL
	**Gertsch, John Gerry	Army	Jersey City, NJ	Buffalo, NY
	Crilley, Frank William	Navy	Trenton, NJ	Pennsylvania

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