Medal of Honor Recipients, Texas

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Location: Texas
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Texans in the Great War

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• Category: Personal Decorations, US Military Decorations
• Category: Roll of Honor
• Category: Texas, Gold Star Mothers

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75 Texans have been awarded this prestigious medal, 38 posthumously.

The Medal of Honor is the highest medal of valor in battle awarded by the United States to the men and women of the Armed Forces. It is given in recognition of the extraordinary courage and gallantry, “Above and beyond the call of duty”, demonstrated by members of the American Armed Forces over the years.

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• Major Audie Leon "Little Texas" Murphy (1925-1971)

NOTE: Not all MOH Recipients with WikiTree Profiles are listed in the table below and not all decoractions are showing.

Legend:

KIA - Killed in Action

WIA: Wounded In Action

WW II - World War II

Medal of Honor Recipients, State of Texas, United States of America^[1][2][3][4]

Last Name is linked to Wiki Tree Profile, First Name linked to Medal of Honor Recipients List on Wikipedia or Texas State Cemetery website MOH listings

Last Name	First Names	Date Of Birth	Date Of Death	Conflict	U.S.A Branch	Flag of Country	Other
Connor	John	1845	5 Feb 1907	Indian Wars	Army
Doshier	James B.	2 May 1820	1901	Indian Wars	Army
Howze	Maj. Gen. Robert Lee	22 Aug 1864	19 Sep 1926	Indian Wars	Army
Lloyd (Loyd)	George	1843	17 Dec 1892	Indian Wars	Army
McCabe	William	1848		Indian Wars	Army
McDonald	Franklin M.	1850		Indian Wars	Army
Paine	Adam aka: Adan Payne	1843	1877	Indian Wars	Army
Windus	Claron A.	10 Jan 1850	18 Oct 1927	Indian Wars	Army
Phillips	George Frederick	8 Mar 1862	4 Jun 1904	Spanish-American War	Navy
Shelton	Maj. George Matthew	23 Dec 1877	18 Jan 1949	Philippine Insurrection	Army
Harrison	Comm. William Kelly	30 Jul 1870	15 Aug 1928	Mexican Campaign (Veracruz)	Navy
Barkley	Private David B. aka: David Bennes Barkley	31 Mar 1899	9 Nov 1918	World War I	Army
Edwards	Maj. Daniel Richmond	9 Apr 1897	21 Oct 1967	Great War	Army
Hayden	David Ephraim	2 Oct 1897	18 Mar 1974	Great War	Navy
Adams	Lucian	26 Oct 1922	31 Mar 2003	WW II	Army
Bordelon	Staff Sergeant William James	25 Dec 1920	20 Nov 1943	WW II	USMC		Battle of Tarawa
Carswell	Major Horace "Stump" Carswell			WW II	USAAF
Cole	Lieutenant Colonel Robert George	19 Mar 1915	18 Sep 1944	WW II	Army
Dealey	Commander Samuel David	13 Sep 1906	24 Aug 1944	WW II	Navy		x4
Everhart, Sr.	Forrest Eugene	28 Aug 1922	30 Aug 1986	WW II	Army
Fields	Capt. James H.	16 Jun 1920	17 Jun 1970	WW II	Army
Fowler	Second Lieutenant Thomas Weldon	31 Oct 1921	3 Jun 1944	WW II	Army		Carano, Italy
Garcia	CSM Macario	20 Jan 1920	24 Dec 1972	WW II	Army
Harrell	William George	16 Jun 1922	9 Aug 1964	WW II	USMC
Harris	Second Lieutenant James Lindell	27 Jun 1916	7 Oct 1944	WW II	Army
Hawkins	First Lieutenant William Deane	18 Apr 1914	21 Nov 1943	WW II	USMC		Tarawa
Hughes, Jr.	Second Lieutenant Lloyd Herbert	12 Jul 1921	1 Aug 1943	WW II	Army AC		Campina, Romania
Hutchins	Seaman First Class Johnnie David	4 Aug 1922	4 Sep 1943	WW II	Navy R
Kearby	Colonel Neel Ernest	5 Jun 1911	5 Mar 1944	WW II	Army AC
Keathley	Staff Sergeant George Dennis	10 Mar 1917	14 Sep 1944	WW II	Army		Mount Altuzzo, Italy
Kimbro	Technician Fourth Grade Truman	27 May 1919	19 Dec 1944	WW II	Army
Knight	First Lieutenant Jack Llewellyn	29 May 1917	2 Feb 1945	WW II	Army		TX Lg. MOH, LoiKang, Burma
Knight	First Lieutenant Raymond Larry	15 Jun 1922	25 Apr 1945	WW II	Army AC		x2 x2
Leonard	First Lieutenant Turney White	18 Jun 1921	6 Nov 1944	WW II	Army		Germany
Logan	James Marion	19 Dec 1920	9 Oct 1999	WW II	Army
Lopez Mendoza	Jose Mendoza	10 Jul 1910	16 May 2005	WW II	Army
Lummus	First Lieutenant Andrew Jackson	22 Oct 1915	8 Mar 1945	WW II	USMC-R
Mathis	First Lieutenant Jack Warren	25 Sep 1921	18 Mar 1943	WW II	Army AC		Vegesack, Germany
Roan	Private First Class Charles Howard	16 Aug 1923	18 Sep 1944	WW II	USMC-R
Robinson, Jr.	First Lieutenant James E.	10 Jul 1918	6 Apr 1945	WW II	Army
Rodriguez	Cleto L.	26 Apr 1923	7 Dec 1990	WW II	Army		x2
Wallace	Private First Class Herman C.	12 Jun 1924	27 Feb 1945	WW II	Army		Germany
Whiteley	Capt. Eli Lamar	10 Dec 1913	2 Dec 1986	WW II	Army
Davis	Major George Andrew	1 Dec 1920	10 Feb 1952	Korean War	USAF
Espinoza	Victor Hugo	15 Jul 1929	17 Apr 1986	Korean War	Army
Guillen	Ambrosio	7 Dec 1929	25 Jul 1953	Korean War	USMC
Hanson	Jack Glennon	18 Sep 1930	7 Jun 1951	Korean War	Army
Kilmer	John Edward	15 Aug 1930	13 Aug 1952	Korean War	Navy
Martinez	Benito	21 Apr 1932	6 Sep 1952	Korean War	Army
Mitchell	Frank Nicias	18 Aug 1921	26 Nov 1950	Korean War	USMC		w/v x2
Moreland	Whitt Lloyd	7 Mar 1930	29 May 1951	Korean War	USMC
O'Brien	George Herman	10 Sep 1926	11 Mar 2005	Korean War	USMC		x2
Pena	Mike Castaneda	6 Nov 1924	5 Sep 1950	Korean War	Army		x3
Pendleton	Corporal Charles Frank	26 Sep 1931		Korean War	Army
Stone	Col. James Lamar	27 Dec 1922	9 Nov 2012	Korean War	Army
Watkins	Travis Earl	5 Sep 1920	3 Sep 1950	Korean War	Army
Anderson	Lance Corporal Richard Allen	16 Apr 1948	24 Aug 1969	Vietnam	USMC
Benavidez	Roy Perez	5 Aug 1935	29 Nov 1998	Vietnam	Army		x5 x5
Creek	Lance Corporal Thomas Elbert	7 Apr 1950	13 Feb 1969	Vietnam	USMC
Erevia	Santiago Jesus	15 Dec 1946	22 Mar 2016	Vietnam	Army
Garcia	Candelario	26 Feb 1944	10 Jan 2013	Vietnam	Army
Gonzalez	Sergeant Alfredo "Freddy" Cantu	23 May 1946	4 Feb 1968	Vietnam	USMC 1965-68
Law	Robert David	15 Sep 1944	22 Feb 1969	Vietnam	Army 1967-69
Lee	Private First Class Milton Arthur	28 Feb 1949	26 Apr 1968	Vietnam	Army
McCleery	Sergeant Finnis Dawson	25 Dec 1927	11 Jul 2002	Vietnam	Army		w/valor w/2 oakleaf clusters
McNerney	David Herbert	2 Jun 1931	10 Oct 2010	Vietnam	USN 1949-52, Army 1953-69
Steindam	First Lieutenant Russell Albert	27 Aug 1946	1 Feb 1970	Vietnam	Army 1968-70
Wilson	Private First Class Alfred Mac	13 Jan 1948	3 Mar 1969	Vietnam	USMC 1967-69
Young	Staff Sergeant Marvin Rex	11 May 1947	21 Aug 1968	Vietnam	Army 1966-68
Holland	Milton Murray	1 Aug 1844	15 May 1910	Civil War	Union Army 1862-65 Sgt. Maj.
Austin	Col. William Grafton	6 Jan 1868	15 Jul 1929	Indian Wars	Army
McLennon	John	1855	14 May 1888	Indian Wars	Army
Sampler	Samuel M.	27 Jan 1895	19 Nov 1979	Great War	Army
Kane	Col.John Riley	5 Jan 1907	29 May 1996	WW II	USAAF, USAF 1931-1954
Morgan	Lt. Col. John Cary "Red"	24 Aug 1914	17 Jan 1991	WW II	RCAF 1941-43, USAAF 1943-45, USAF 1950-53
Turner	George Benton	27 Jun 1899	29 Jun 1963	WW II	Army
Austin	Private First Class Oscar Palmer	15 Jan 1949	23 Feb 1969	Vietnam	USMC 22 Apr 1968-23 Feb. 1969
Bennett	Captain Steven Logan	22 Apr 1946	29 Jun 1972	Vietnam	USAF		x4 x2
Graves	Second Lieutenant Terrence Collinson	6 Jul 1945	16 Feb 1968	Vietnam	USMC 1967-68
Keith	Lance Corporal Miguel	2 Jun 1951	8 May 1970	Vietnam	USMC 30 April 30-1969- 8 May 1970
Smith	Sergeant First Class Paul Ray	24 Sep 1969	4 Apr 2003	Iraq	Army 1989-2003

Sources:

1. ↑ Texas State Cemetery website MOH listings
2. ↑ U.S. Army Center for Military History website
3. ↑ Army Medal of Honor Recipients on valor.defense.gov
4. ↑ Find A Grave Claim to Fame Medal of Honor Recipients on findagrave.com