Washington, DC Medal of Honor Recipients

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39 Medals of Honor are Accredited to Washington, DC

During the Civil War Pennsylvania's William Wray received the ONLY Medal of Honor awarded for action "on the ground" in Washington, DC.
Washington, D.C.'s Daniel Adams Butterfield received the Medal of Honor during the Civil War. During the Penninsula campaign he also composed the song "Taps".
Washington, DC born EUGENE FLUCKEY recveived the Medal of Honor (as well as FOUR Navy Crosses) during World War II for his intrepid command of the submarine USS Barb. In addition to his Medal of Honor action, "Lucky Fluckey" landed an impromptu mission to destroy a train, the ONLY ground combat action on Japanese soil during World War II. The battleflag of the Barb is the only one to proudly display a TRAIN among the vessels "sunk", on its battleflag.

"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:
Civil War
	Butterfield, Daniel Adams	Army	Utica, NY	Washington, DC
	Capehart, Charles E.	Army	Conemaugh Tship, PA	Washington, DC
	Miller, Andrew	USMC	Germany	Washington, DC
	Plowman, George H.	Army	Oxford, England	Washington, DC
	Rush, John aka: Israel W. Little	Navy	Washington, DC	Washington, DC
	Shepherd, William	Army	Dillsboro, IN	Washington, DC
	Woodruff, Carle Augustus	Army	Buffalo, NY	Washington, DC
Indian Campaigns
	Barnes, Will Croft	Army	San Francisco, CA	Washington, DC
	Bradbury, Sanford	Army	Newton, NJ	Washington, DC
	Cheever, Jr., Benjamin Harrison	Army	Washington, DC	Washington, DC
	**Hooker, George	Army	Frederick, MD	Washington, DC
	Lenihan, James	Army	County Kerry, Ireland	Washington, DC
	McBride, Bernard	Army	Brooklyn, NY	Washington, DC
	Porter, Samuel	Army	Montgomery County, MD	Washington, DC
	*Taylor, Bernard	Army	St. Louis, MO	Washington, DC
	Warrington, Lewis	Army	Washington, DC	Washington, DC
Spanish-American War
	Bell, Dennis	Army	Washington, DC	Washington, DC
	Church, James Robb	Army	Chicago, IL	Washington, DC
	Keefer, Philip Bogan	Navy	Washington, DC	Washington, DC
Philippine Insurrection
	Byrne, Bernard Abert	Army	Newport Barracks, VA	Washington, DC
	Porter, David Dixon	USMC	Washington, DC	Washington, DC
	Shaw, George Clymer	Army	Pontiac, MI	Washington, DC
China (Boxer Rebellion)
	Murphy, John Alphonsus	USMC	New York, NY	Washington, DC
	Stewart, Peter	USMC	Airdrie, Scotland	Washington, DC
	Sutton, Clarence Edwin	USMC	Urbanna, VA	Washington, DC
Mexican Campaign
	Badger, Oscar Charles	Navy	Washington, DC	Washington, DC
	Berkeley, Randolph Carter	USMC	Staunton, VA	Washington, DC
	Courts, George McCall	Navy	Washington, DC	Washington, DC
	Wainwright, Jr., Richard	Navy	Washington, DC	Washington, DC
World War II
	**Bausell, Lewis Kenneth	USMC	Pulaski, VA	Washington, DC
	Chambers, Justice Marion	USMC	Huntington, WV	Washington, DC
Korean War
	**Johnson, James Edmund	USMC	Pocatello, ID	Washington, DC
	**McGovern, Robert Milton	Army	Washington, DC	Washington, DC
	Peace Time Awards
	Harrington, David	Navy	Washington, DC	Washington, DC
	Hayden, John	Navy	Washington, DC	Washington, DC
	Behnke, Heinrich	Navy	Germany	Washington, DC
	Lipscomb, Harry	Navy	Washington, DC	Washington, DC
	Wheeler, George Huber	Navy	Charleston, SC	Washington, DC
	McDonald, James Harper	Navy	Newmand, Scotland	Washington, DC
The following Medal of Honor Recipients were BORN in Washington, DC 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
	Baker, Charles	Navy	Georgetown, DC	New York, NY
	Cutts, James Madison	Army	Washington, DC	Prividence, RI
	Force, Manning Ferguson	Army	Washington, DC	Cincinnati, OH
	McAlwee, Benjamin Franklin	Army	Washington, DC	Baltimore, MD
	Taylor, William	Army	Washington, DC	Frederick, MD
	White, Joseph	Navy	Washington, DC	Philadelphia, PA
	Wilson, John Moulder	Army	Washington, DC	Olympia, WA
World War II
	Fluckey, Eugene Bennett	Navy	Washington, DC	Neoga, IL
	McCandless, Bruce	Navy	Washington, DC	Colorado
	Preston, Arthur Murray	Navy	Washington, DC	Maryland
	**Schwab, Albert Ernest	USMC	Washington, DC	Tulsa, OK
	Scott, Robert Sheldon	Army	Washington, DC	Santa Fe, NM
	Young, Cassin	Navy	Washington, DC	Wisconsin
Vietnam
	**Anderson , Richard Allen	USMC	Washington, DC	Houston, TX
L	Bucha, Paul William	Army	Washington, DC	USMA West Point, NY
L	Liteky, Charles James (Angelo)	Army	Washington, DC	Fort Hamilton, NY
	**Lucas, Andre Cavaro	Army	Washington, DC	West Point, NY
	**McMahon, Thomas Joseph	Army	Washington, DC	Portland, ME

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