Ohio Medal of Honor Recipients

The following Medal of Honor Recipients were BORN in the State of Ohio 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:
Civil War
	Banks, George Lovell	Army	Lake Co, OH	Lafayette, IN
	Barrick, Jesse T.	Army	Columbian Co, OH	Fort Snelling, MN
	Barringer, William H.	Army	Long Bottom, OH	Mason City, WV
	Bebb, Edward James	Army	Butler Co, OH	Mount Pleasant, IA
	Boury (Bowry), Richard	Army	Monroe Co, OH	Wirt Courthouse, WV
	Brandle, Joseph E.	Army	Seneca Co, OH	Colon, MI
	Burns, James Madison	Army	Wells Township, OH	Wellsbrook, WV
	Cox, Robert Mitchell	Army	Guernsey County, OH	Prairie City, IL
	Custer, Thomas Ward	Army	New Rumley, OH	Monroe, MI
	Delavie, Hiram H. (Hiram A.)	Army	Stark County, OH	Allegheny County, PA
	Edgerton, Nathan Huntley	Army	Barnesville, OH	Philadelphia, PA
	Elson, James M.	Army	Coshocton, OH	Shellsburg, IA
	Fox, Henry M.	Army	Trumbull, OH	Coldwater, MI
	Gwynne, Nathaniel McClean	Army	Urbana, OH	Fairmount, MO
	Haney, Milton Lorenzi	Army	Savannah, OH	Bushnell, IL
	Hanna, Milton	Army	Licking County, OH	Henderson, MN
	Hawkins, Thomas R.	Army	Cincinnati, OH	Philadelphia, PA
	Hays, John H.	Army	Jefferson County, OH	Oskaloosa, IA
	Henry, James	Army	Sunfish, OH	Kankakee, IL
	Holland, Lemuel F.	Army	Burlington, OH	Tiskilwa, IL
	Howe, Orion P.	Army	Hiram, OH	Waukegan, IL
	Immell, Lorenzo Dow	Army	Ross, OH	Fort Leavenworth, KS
	Johns, Elisha	Army	Clinton, OH	Martinton, IL
	Johnson, Andrew	Army	Delaware County, OH	Assumption, IL
	Jordan, Absalom	Army	Brown County, OH	North Madison, IN
	Kemp, Joseph Bell	Army	Lima, OH	Sault Ste. Marie, MI
	Kuder, Jeremiah	Army	Tiffin, OH	Warsaw, IN
	Lawton, Henry Ware	Army	Manhattan, OH	Fort Wayne, IN
	Mayes, William B.	Army	Marion County, OH	DeWitt, IA
	McConnell, Samuel	Army	Belmont County, OH	Bushnell, IL
	McDonald, John Wade	Army	Lancaster, OH	Waynesville, IL
	McElhinny, Samuel O.	Army	Meigs County, OH	Point Pleasant, WV
	Miller, Jacob C.	Army	Bellevue, OH	Elgin, IL
	Miller, James P.	Army	Franklin, OH	Henry County, IA
	Parks, James W.	Army	Lawrence County, OH	Xenia, IL
	Power, Albert	Army	Liberty, OH	Bloomfield, IA
	Prentice, Joseph Rollin	Army	Lancaster, OH	Fort Wayne, IN
	Schenck, Benjamin W.	Army	Butler County, OH	Maroa, IL
	Slagle, Oscar	Army	Fulton County, OH	Manlius, IL
	Thompson, Charles Augustus	Army	Perrysburg, OH	Kalamazoo, MI
	Waller, Francis A.	Army	Gurney, OH	DeSoto, WI
	Young, Calvary Morris	Army	Washington County, OH	Hopeville, IA
Indian Campaigns
	Bishop, Daniel	Army	Monroe County, OH	Wheeling, WV
	Bryan, William C.	Army	Zanesville, OH	St. Louis, MO
	Calvert, James Spencer	Army	Athens County, OH	Springfield, IL
	Carr, John	Army	Columbus, OH	San Jose, CA
	**DeArmond, William	Army	Butler County, OH	New York, NY
	Gates, George	Army	Delaware County, OH	Dubuque, IA
	Geiger, George	Army	Cincinnati, OH	St. Louis, MO
	Hartzog, Joshua B.	Army	Paulding County, OH	Detroit, MI
	Kyle, John	Army	Cincinnati, OH	Nashville, TN
	Phillips, Samuel D.	Army	Butler County, OH	St. Louis, MO
	Poppe, John A.	Army	Cincinnati, OH	Fort Dodge, KS
Philippine Insurrection
	Birkhimer, William Edward	Army	Sometset, OH	Iowa
	Funston, Sr., Frederick	Army	New Carlisle, OH	Iola, KS
China (Boxer Rebellion)
	Orndoff (Orndof), Harry Westley	USMC	Sandusky, OH	California
	Upham, Oscar Jefferson	USMC	Toledo, OH	Illinois
World War I
	Petty, Orlando Henderson	Navy	Harrison, OH	Pennsylvania
World War II
	Everhart, Sr., Forrest Eugene	Army	Bainbridge, OH	Texas City, TX
L	Jackson, Arthur Junior	USMC	Cleveland, OH	Portland, OR
	**Robinson, Jr., James E.	Army	Toledo, OH	Waco, TX
	**Thomas, Herbert Joseph	USMC	Columbus, OH	West Virginia
Korean War
	**Kelly, John Doran	USMC	Youngstown, OH	Homestead, PA
Vietnam
L	Davis, Sammy Lee	Army	Dayton, OH	Indianapolis, IN
	**Long, Donald Russell	Army	Blackfork, OH	Ashland, KY
L	Thacker, Brian Miles	Army	Columbus, OH	Salt Lake city, UT
Peace Time Awards
	Boers, Edward William	Navy	Cincinnati, OH	Kentucky
	Brock, George F.	Navy	Cleveland, OH	California

Due the large number of Medals of Honor accredited to Ohio we have divided the Recipients into three separate pages.
Civil War (154)	Indian Campaigns (42)	Other Wars (55)	Born in OH with MOHs Accredited to other States (68)

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