Pennsylvania Medal of Honor Recipients

The following Medal of Honor Recipients were BORN in the State of Pennsylvania 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
	Anderson, Thomas	Army	Scenery Hill, PA	Wheeling, WV
	Apple, Andrew O.	Army	Northampton, PA	New Manchester, WV
	Blickensderfer, Milton	Army	Lancaster, PA	Shanesville, OH
	Bourke, John Gregory	Army	Philadelphia, PA	Chicago, IL
	Bronson, James H.	Army	Indiana Co, PA	Trumbell County, OH
	Capehart, Charles E.	Army	Conemaugh Tship, PA	Washington, DC
	Capehart, Henry	Army	Johnstown, PA	Bridgport, OH
	Carson, William J.	Army	Washington Co, PA	N. Greenfield, OH
	Casey, Henry	Army	New Geneva, PA	Bloomingburg, OH
	Clark, William A.	Army	Pennsylvania	Shelbyville, MN
	Conner, Richard	Army	Philadelphia, PA	Burlington, NJ
	Cunningham, James Smith	Army	Washington Cnty, PA	Bloomington, IL
	Ellis, Horace	Army	Mercer County, PA	Chippewa Falls, WI
	Fisher, John H.	Army	Monmouth, PA	Chicago, IL
	Gray, Robert A.	Army	Philadelphia, PA	Groton, CT
	Greenawalt, Abraham	Army	Montgomery Cnty, PA	Salem, OH
	Hawkins, Martin Jones	Army	Mercer County, PA	Portsmouth, OH
	Hyatt, Theodore	Army	Pennsylvania	Gardner, IL
	Johns, Henry T.	Army	Philadelphia, PA	Hinsdale, MA
	Johnston, David H.	Army	Indiana County, PA	Warsaw, IL
	Johnson, Ruel M.	Army	Harbor Creek, PA	Goshen, IN
	Kephart, James	Army	Venango County, PA	Dubuque, IA
	May, William C.	Army	Pennsylvania	Maysville, IA
	McCammon, William Wallace	Army	Shippensburg, PA	Montgomery City, MO
	Merrifield, James K.	Army	Hyde Park, PA	Manlius, IL
	Moore, George	Navy	Philadelphia, PA	Boston, MA
	Morford, Jerome	Army	Mercer County, PA	Bridgers County, IL
	Murphy, Daniel J.	Army	Philadelphia, PA	Lowell, MA
	Myers (Meyers), William H.	Army	Philadelphia, PA	Baltimore, MD
	Payne, Irvin C.	Army	Wayne County, PA	New York, NY
	Peirsol, James Kastor	Army	Beaver County, PA	Waynesboro, OH
	Reed, William	Army	Union County, PA	Pekin, IL
	Sloan, Andrew Jackson	Army	Bedford County, PA	Colesburg, IA
	Smalley, Reuben S.	Army	Washington County, PA	Brookfield, IL
	Swan, Charles Alexander	Army	Greene County, PA	Mount Pleasant, IA
	Tanner, Charles B.	Army	Philadelphia, PA	Wilmington, DE
	Taylor, Forrester L.	Army	Philadelphia, PA	Beverly, NJ
	Tucker, Jacob R.	Army	Chester County, PA	Baltimore, MD
	Warfel, Henry Clay	Army	Mill Creek, PA	Monocacy Junction, MD
	Williams, Elwood N.	Army	Philadelphia, PA	Havana, IL
	Wilson, Charles E.	Army	Bucks County, PA	Hatborough, NJ
	Woodward, Evan M.	Army	Philadelphia, PA	Sandy Hood, MD
	Wortick (Wertick), Joseph	Army	Fayette County, PA	Hannibal, MO
	Yeager, Jacob F.	Army	New Texas, PA	Tiffin, OH
Indian Campaigns
	Blair, James	Army	Schuyler County, PA	Camp Winfield Scott, NV
	Casey, James Seaman	Army	Philadelphia, PA	New York, NY
	Corcoran, Michael	Army	Philadelphia, PA	Wheeling, WV
	Feaster, Mosheim	Army	Schellsburg, PA	Cleveland, OH
	Heyl, Charles Pettit Heath	Army	Phihladelphia , PA	Camden, NJ
	Hill, James Madison	Army	Washington County, PA	Cincinnati, OH
	Kirkwood, John A.	Army	Allegheny City, PA	North Platte Barracks, NE
	Lytle, Leonidas S.	Army	Warren County, PA	Cleveland, OH
	Shingle, John Henry	Army	Philadelphia, PA	St. Louis, MO
	Spence, Orizoba (Orisoba)	Army	Forest County, PA	Cincinnati, OH
	*Thomas, Charles L.	Army	Philadelphia, PA	Cincinnati, OH
	Wilson, Benjamin	Army	Pittsburgh, PA	Cincinnati, OH
Korea (1871)
	Andrews, John	Navy	York County, PA	Maryland
Spanish-American War
	Blume, Robert	Navy	Pittsburgh, PA	New Jersey
	Durney, Austin Joseph	Navy	Philadelphia, PA	Woodland, MD
	Riley, John Phillip	Navy	Allentown, PA	Massachusetts
World War I
	McMurtry, George G.	Army	Pittsburgh, PA	New York, NY
World War II
	**Benjamin, Jr., George	Army	Philadelphia, PA	Carney's point, NJ
	**Dutko, John W.	Army	Dilltown, PA	Riverside, NJ
	**Kefurt, Gus	Army	Greenville, PA	Youngstown, OH
	**McGraw, Francis Xavier	Army	Philadelphia, PA	Camden, NJ
	**Will, Walter J.	Army	Pittsburgh, PA	West Winfield, NY
	Zeamer, Jay	Army AC	Carlisle, PA	Machias, ME
Korean War
	**Desiderio, Reginald Benjamin	Army	Clairton, PA	Gilroy, CA
	**Hartell, Lee Ross	Army	Philadelphia, PA	Danbury, CT
	Harvey, Raymond	Army	Ford City, PA	Pasadena, CA
	**Porter, Donn F.	Army	Sewickley, PA	Baltimore, MD
Vietnam
	**Estocin, Michael John	Navy	Turtle Creek, PA	Akron, OH
	**Graham, James Albert	USMC	Wilkinsburg, PA	Prince Georges, MD
	Novosel, Michael Joseph	Army	Etna, PA	Kenner, LA
	**Winder, David Francis	Army	Edinboro, PA	Columbus, OH
War On Terror
	**Miller, Robert James	Army	Harrisburg, PA	Wheaton, IL
Peace Time Awards
	Pfeifer, Louis Fred	USMC	Philadelphia, PA	New Jersey

Due to the large number of Medals of Honor accredited to Pennsylvania we have divided them into six pages for your convenience and to decrease down-load time.
Accredited to PA with no CITY designated	CIVIL WAR Philadelphia MOH Recipients (77)	CIVIL WAR Other MOH Recipients (110)
INDIAN CAMPAIGN RECIPIENTS (53)	PA Medal Recipients of OTHER WARS (59)	BORN IN PA MOH accredited to OTHER STATES

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