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Medal of Honor recipients buried in Virginia

Wikidata records 401 Medal of Honor recipients as buried in 11 of the cemeteries we list in Virginia. Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington holds the most, with 380. Virginia has the highest count of any state, out of 1,649 nationally.

People whose Wikidata entry records the Medal of Honor, the highest US military decoration for valor.

401

Medal of Honor recipients

11

cemeteries

7%

of notable burials in Virginia

1910s

the decade with the most deaths (49)

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Best documented

Medal of Honor recipients buried in Virginia

Richard E. Byrd1888-1957
American naval officer, explorer
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
Audie Murphy1924-1971
American soldier and actor
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
Jimmy Doolittle1896-1993
American military officer and aviation pioneer
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
Frank Jack Fletcher1885-1973
United States Navy admiral, Medal of Honor recipient
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
Alexander Vandegrift1887-1973
United States Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipient and Commandant of the Marine Corps
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
William J. Donovan1883-1959
U.S. Army soldier during WWII, lawyer, intelligence officer and diplomat, head of the OSS
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
Leonard Wood1860-1927
5th Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
General Nelson A. Miles1839-1925
United States Army Medal of Honor recipient and Commanding General of the United States Army
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
Thomas J. Hudner1924-2017
United States Navy Medal of Honor recipient
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright IV1883-1953
United States Army general, Medal of Honor recipient
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
John Basilone1916-1945
American Medal of Honor recipient
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
Arthur MacArthur Jr.1845-1912
United States Army officer; Medal of Honor recipient; Governor-General of the Philippines
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
John Schofield1831-1906
United States Army Medal of Honor recipient and Union Army general
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
Adolphus Greely1844-1935
American army officer and polar explorer
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
Daniel Edgar Sickles1819-1914
United States Army Medal of Honor recipient and Union Army general
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
Pappy Boyington1912-1988
United States Marine Corps aviator and Medal of Honor recipient
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
Floyd Bennett1890-1928
US pilot
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
Joe Foss1915-2003
United States Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipient
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
Thomas McGuire1920-1945
United States Army officer
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
Bennie G. Adkins1934-2020
United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
Frank Friday Fletcher1855-1928
American admiral
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
Frank D. Baldwin1842-1923
Double recipient of the United States Army Medal of Honor
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
William A. Moffett1869-1933
United States Navy Medal of Honor recipient
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
Jonas H. Ingram1886-1952
United States Navy Medal of Honor recipient, American football player and coach, college athletics administrator
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
Paul Ray Smith1969-2003
Recipient of the Medal of Honor
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
Merritt A. Edson1897-1955
Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipient
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
John Gregory Bourke1846-1896
United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
Louis H. Wilson1920-2005
Officer
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
Oscar C. Badger II1890-1958
American naval officer; United States Navy Medal of Honor recipient
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
Henry Johnson1892-1929
Medal of Honor recipient
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
John D. Bulkeley1911-1996
United States Navy Medal of Honor recipient
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
Wager Swayne1834-1902
United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
Thomas Ryan1901-1970
United States Navy Medal of Honor recipient
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
David McCampbell1910-1996
United States Navy Officer and Medal of Honor recipient
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
George Price Hays1892-1978
United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
Wendell Cushing Neville1870-1930
United States Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipient and 14th Commandant of the Marine Corps
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
J. Franklin Bell1856-1919
4th Chief of Staff of the United States Army
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
David M. Shoup1904-1983
United States Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipient
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
James H. Howard1913-1995
American fighter pilot in World War II
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
Julius Stahel1827-1912
Union Army general
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
Robert L. Howard1939-2009
United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
Ernest Albert Garlington1853-1934
United States Army general and Medal of Honor recipient
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
Guy Vernor Henry1839-1899
United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
Louis Cukela1888-1956
American soldier and Marine, double recipient of the Medal of Honor
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
Edward Settle Godfrey1843-1932
United States Army officer and Indian Wars Medal of Honor recipient
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
Absalom Baird1824-1905
Union Army general and Medal of Honor recipient
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
Addison Baker1907-1943
United States Air Force Medal of Honor recipient
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
Orlando B. Willcox1823-1907
United States Army Medal of Honor recipient and Union Army general
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
Theodore Stark Wilkinson1888-1946
United States Navy Medal of Honor recipient
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
John Porter Hatch1822-1901
United States Army Medal of Honor recipient and Union Army general
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
Vernon Baker1919-2010
U.S. Army Medal of Honor recipient
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
Matt Urban1919-1995
United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
Hector A. Cafferata, Jr.1929-2016
Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipient
Quantico National Cemetery, Triangle, VA
Edouard Izac1891-1990
United States Navy officer and politician
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
Edward A. Carter Jr.1916-1963
United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
Joe M. Jackson1923-2019
American military officer
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
Leon W. Johnson1904-1997
United States Army Air Forces Medal of Honor recipient
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
Keith L. Ware1915-1968
United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
Berger Loman1886-1968
United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
Charles E. Kilbourne1872-1963
United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
Samuel G. Fuqua1899-1987
United States Navy Medal of Honor recipient
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
Richmond Pearson Hobson1870-1937
American military officer and politician
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
Ross A. McGinnis1987-2006
United States Army soldier and recipient of the Medal of Honor for his actions in Iraq
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
Lawson P. Ramage1909-1990
United States Navy Medal of Honor recipient; submariner; U.S. Navy admiral
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
Ernest H. Dervishian1916-1984
Medal of Honor recipient
Westhampton Memorial Park, Tuckahoe, VA
Deming Bronson1894-1957
United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
Richard O'Kane1911-1994
United States Navy Medal of Honor recipient
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
James Robb Church1866-1923
United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
Dennis Bell1866-1953
United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
Don C. Faith, Jr.1918-1950
United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
Dwight H. Johnson1947-1971
United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
Edwin Alexander Anderson1860-1933
Officer in the United States Navy
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
Joe Hooper1938-1979
United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
John McCloy1876-1945
United States Navy Medal of Honor recipient
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
John Thomas Kennedy1885-1969
United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
Kenneth A. Walsh1916-1998
United States Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipient
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
John Henry Pruitt1896-1918
United States Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipient
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
Frank Albert Young1876-1941
United States Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipient
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
Freeman V. Horner1922-2005
United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
Henry Johnson1850-1904
Buffalo Soldier in the United States Army, recipient of the Medal of Honor
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
George D. Libby1919-1950
United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
George Dilboy1896-1918
United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
Alan Louis Eggers1895-1968
United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
Maynard Harrison Smith1911-1984
Air Force Medal of Honor recipient
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
Archie Miller1878-1921
United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
John Kelvin Koelsch1923-1951
United States Navy Medal of Honor recipient
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
Arthur Murray Preston1913-1968
United States Navy Medal of Honor recipient
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
Beauford T. Anderson1922-1996
United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
Henry T. Elrod1905-1941
Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipient
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
Henry V. Boynton1835-1905
United States Army Medal of Honor recipient and journalist
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
Leo K. Thorsness1932-2017
US Air Force officer and Medal of Honor recipient
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
Martin T. McMahon1838-1906
United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
Hugh J. McGrath1856-1899
Philippine-American War Medal of Honor recipient
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
Bobbie E. Brown1907-1971
United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
Bernard A. Byrne1853-1910
United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
Robert R. Scott1915-1941
U.S. Navy Medal of Honor recipient
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
Carlos Carnes Ogden, Sr.1917-2001
United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
Cecil Clay1842-1903
American Civil War recipient of the Medal of Honor
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
Charles Calvin Rogers1929-1990
United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
Charles P. Murray, Jr.1921-2011
United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
Charles W. Davis1917-1991
Medal of Honor recipient
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
Wesley L. Fox1931-2017
United States Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipient
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
Thomas R. Kerr1843-1926
Medal of Honor recipient
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
William E. Barber1919-2002
United States Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipient
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
William Preble Hall1848-1927
United States Army Brigadier General, Medal of Honor awardee
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
Francis C. Hammond1931-1953
USN Hospital Corpsman
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
John Canley1937-2022
U.S. Marine Medal of Honor recipient
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
Isaac S. Catlin1835-1916
American Civil War officer and lawyer
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
Henry Ware Lawton1843-1899
United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
Richard Thomas Shea1927-1953
United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
Olive Branch Cemetery, Portsmouth Heights, VA
Alfred B. Hilton1842-1864
United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
Hampton National Cemetery, Hampton, VA
David Dixon Porter1877-1944
United States Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipient
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
David E. Hayden1897-1974
United States Navy Medal of Honor recipient
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
David R. Kingsley1918-1944
United States Army Air Forces Medal of Honor recipient
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
Delbert O. Jennings1936-2003
United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
James R. Ward1921-1941
United States Navy Medal of Honor recipient
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
James Smith1826-1881
Union Navy sailor in the American Civil War and Medal of Honor recipient
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
Donald Cook1934-1967
Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipient
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
Douglas T. Jacobson1925-2000
United States Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipient
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
Edward Orrick McDonnell1891-1960
United States Navy Medal of Honor recipient
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
John F. Baker, Jr.1945-2012
United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
Edward Allen1859-1917
American sailor and Medal of Honor recipient
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
John Brown Kerr1847-1928
United States Army Brigadier General, Medal of Honor awardee
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
John Davis1878-1970
American sailor who received the Medal of Honor, born 1878
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
John Arthur Hughes1880-1942
U.S. Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipient
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
John R. Kane1907-1996
United States Air Force Medal of Honor recipient
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
Forrest E. Everhart1922-1986
United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
John Stokes1871-1923
United States Navy Medal of Honor recipient
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
Jay Zeamer, Jr.1918-2007
Air Force Medal of Honor recipient
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
Jon E. Swanson1942-1971
United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
William McGonagle1925-1999
United States Navy Medal of Honor recipient
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
George B. Turner1899-1963
United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
George L. Street III1913-2000
United States Navy Medal of Honor recipient
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
Frank Monroe Upton1896-1962
United States Navy Medal of Honor recipient
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
Frank West1850-1923
United States Army Brigadier General, Medal of Honor recipient
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
Lloyd L. Burke1924-1999
United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
Lloyd Milton Brett1856-1927
United States Army Brigadier General, Medal of Honor awardee
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
Loren D. Hagen1946-1971
United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
George E. Albee1845-1918
US Army Medal of Honor recipient
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
Leonard A. Funk, Jr.1916-1992
United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
Leonard B. Keller1947-2009
United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
Marion Perry Maus1850-1930
United States Army Brigadier General, Medal of Honor awardee
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
Gerald O. Young1930-1990
Air Force Medal of Honor recipient
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
Michael B. Ellis1894-1937
United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
Michael Crescenz1949-1968
United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
Niels Drustrup1876-1957
Officer in the United States Navy and a Medal of Honor recipient
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
Andre W. Brewster1862-1942
United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
Arthur M. Ferguson1877-1922
Philippine-American War Medal of Honor recipient
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
Richard Antrim1907-1969
United States Navy Medal of Honor recipient
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
Richard Napoleon Batchelder1832-1901
United States Army General
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA

Showing the 150 with the most Wikipedia language editions, of 401. Cemetery pages list everyone recorded there.

Over time

Deaths by decade

1860s2
1870s2
1880s2
1890s13
1900s37
1910s49
1920s46
1930s34
1940s40
1950s43
1960s34
1970s24
1980s15
1990s26
2000s19
2010s10
2020s4

By recorded year of death, for the 400 people with one.

Cemeteries

Where they are buried

Arlington National Cemetery · Arlington, VA380
Hampton National Cemetery · Hampton, VA10
Oak Grove Cemetery · Portsmouth, VA3
Quantico National Cemetery · Triangle, VA1
Cold Harbor National Cemetery · Mechanicsville, VA1
Fredericksburg City Cemetery · Fredericksburg, VA1
Westhampton Memorial Park · Tuckahoe, VA1
Morris Cemetery · Cana, VA1
Olive Branch Cemetery · Portsmouth Heights, VA1
Thornrose Cemetery · Staunton, VA1
Cheesecake Cemetery · Williamsburg, VA1

Method

How this list is made

A person is on this list when their Wikidata entry gives a cemetery we list as their place of burial and also carries the statement this list is built on. We do not add anyone by judgment, so the list reflects how complete Wikidata is: some people are missing, and burial places can be disputed.

Names, years and descriptions are shown as Wikidata records them. Names link to Wikipedia where an English article exists.

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