Medal of Honor

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MEDAL OF HONOR

DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF THOSE VETERANS FROM THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT WHO SERVED IN THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND WHO WERE AWARDED THE MEDAL OF HONOR. THEY DISTINGUISHED THEMSELVES CONSPICUOUSLY BY GALLANTRY WITH THE RISK OF THEIR LIVES ABOVE AND BEYOND THE CALL OF DUTY.

CIVIL WAR

RANK	NAME	UNIT	SERVICE	HOME TOWN	AWARDED AT
SERGEANT	William J. Babcock	2nd Rhode Island Infantry	ARMY	Griswold	Petersburg, VA
PRIVATE	Elijah W. Bacon	14th Connecticut Infantry	ARMY	Burlington	Gettysburg, PA
PRIVATE	Wallace A. Beckwith	21st Connecticut Infantry	ARMY	New London	Fredericksburg, VA
1ST LIEUTENANT	William S. Beebe	Ordinance Department	ARMY	Connecticut	Cane River Crossing, LA
CORPORAL	Elijah A. Briggs	Connecticut Artillery	ARMY	Salisbury	Petersburg, VA
CORPORAL	Clarence F. Buck	21st Connecticut Infantry	ARMY	Hartford	Chapins Farm, VA
1ST SERGEANT	Daniel W. Burke	2nd U.S. Infantry	ARMY	New Haven	Shepherdstown Ford, VA
CAPTAIN	George W. Corliss	5th Connecticut Infantry	ARMY	Connecticut	Cedar Mountain, VA
CAPTAIN	Henry H. Crocker	2nd Massachusetts Cavalry	ARMY	Colchester	Cedar Creek, VA
SGT. MAJOR	John C. Curtis	9th Connecticut Infantry	ARMY	Bridgeport	Baton Rouge, LA
LANDSMAN	Lorenzo Denning	U.S.S. Picket Boat No. 1	NAVY	Connecticut	Atlantic Ocean
PRIVATE	Charles D. Ennis	1st Rhode Island Artillery	ARMY	Stonington	Petersburg, VA
CORPORAL	Christopher Flynn	14th Connecticut Infantry	ARMY	Connecticut	Gettysburg, PA
PRIVATE	Nicholas Fox	28th Connecticut Infantry	ARMY	Connecticut	Port Hudson, LA
SERGEANT	Wesley Gibbs	2nd Connecticut Artillery	ARMY	Sharon	Petersburg, VA
SERGEANT	Robert A. Gray	21st Connecticut Infantry	ARMY	Connecticut	Drurys Bluff, VA
CPT. FORECASTLE	Thomas Harding	U.S.S. Dacotah	NAVY	Middletown	Beauford, NC
CORPORAL	Nathan E. Hickok	8th Connecticut Infantry	ARMY	Danbury	Chapins Farm, VA
SGT. MAJOR	William B. Hincks	14th Connecticut Infantry	ARMY	Connecticut	Gettysburg, PA
CORPORAL	William B. Hooper	1st New Jersey Cavalry	ARMY	Willimantic	Chamberlains Creek, VA
CAPTAIN	Samuel B. Horne	11th Connecticut Infantry	ARMY	Connecticut	Fort Harrison, VA
CAPTAIN	William S. Hubbell	21st Connecticut Infantry	ARMY	Wolcottville	Fort Harrison, VA
1ST SERGEANT	Frederick R. Jackson	7th Connecticut Infantry	ARMY	New Haven	James Island, SC
LANDSMAN	John Jones	U.S.S. Rhode Island	NAVY	Bridgeport	Cape Hatteras
1ST LIEUTENANT	Aaron S. Lanfare	1st Connecticut Cavalry	ARMY	Branford	Sailors Creek, VA
PRIVATE	Charles H. Marsh	1st Connecticut Cavalry	ARMY	Milford	Back Creek Valley, VA
PRIVATE	James T. Murphy	1st Connecticut Artillery	ARMY	Connecticut	Petersburg, VA
CAPTAIN	Edwin M. Neville	1st Connecticut Cavalry	ARMY	Connecticut	Sailors Creek, VA
2ND LIEUTENANT	Elliott M. Norton	6th Michigan Cavalry	ARMY	Connecticut	Sailors Creek, VA
CORPORAL	John G. Palmer	21st Connecticut Infantry	ARMY	Montville	Fredericksburg, VA
2ND CLASS BOY	Oscar E. Peck	U.S.S. Varuna	NAVY	Bridgeport	Fort Jackson
COLONEL	Alexander Shaler	65th New York Infantry	ARMY	Haddam	Marye's Height, VA
SGT. MAJOR	William Edgar Simonds	25th Connecticut Infantry	ARMY	Collinsville	Irish Bend, LA
LT. COLONEL	Frederic W. Swift	17th Michigan Infantry	ARMY	Mansfield Center	Lenoire Station, TN
CORPORAL	Eugene M. Tinkham	148th New York Infantry	ARMY	Sprague	Cold Harbor, VA
SERGEANT	Charles H. Tracy	37th Massachusetts Infantry	ARMY	Jewett City	Spotsylvania, VA
SERGEANT	Allen Tucker	10th Connecticut Infantry	ARMY	Lyme	Petersburg, VA
PRIVATE	John H. Weeks	152nd New York Infantry	ARMY	Hampton	Spotsylvania, VA
CAPTAIN	Edward W. Whitaker	1st Connecticut Cavalry	ARMY	Killingly	Reams Station, VA
PRIVATE	Christopher W. Wilson	73rd New York Infantry	ARMY	Connecticut	Spotsylvania, VA
PRIVATE	Robert Wright	14th U.S. Infantry	ARMY	Connecticut	Chapel House Farm, VA

INDIAN CAMPAIGNS

1ST LIEUTENANT	John B. Babcock	5th U.S. Cavalry	ARMY	Connecticut	Spring Creek, NE
1ST LIEUTENANT	George W. Baird	5th U.S. Infantry	ARMY	Connecticut	Bear Paw Mountain, MT
PRIVATE	Heth Canfield	2nd U.S. Cavalry	ARMY	New Milford	Little Blue, NE
1ST SERGEANT	Thomas H. Forsyth	4th U.S. Cavalry	ARMY	Hartford	Powder River, WY
CORPORAL	William O’Neill	4th U.S. Cavalry	ARMY	Tariffville	Red River, TX
PRIVATE	Charles Sheppard	5th U.S. Infantry	ARMY	Rocky Hill	Cedar Creek, MT

INTERIM 1871-1898

QUARTERMASTER	Henry J. Manning	U.S.S. New Hampshire	NAVY	New Haven	Newport, RI
SEAMAN	Richard Ryan	U.S.S. Hartford	NAVY	Connecticut	Norfolk, VA

WAR WITH SPAIN

PRIVATE

FrankHill

U.S.S. Nashville

MARINES

Hartford

Cienfuegos, Cuba

PHILIPPINE INSURRECTION

PRIVATE

Willis H. Downs

1st North Dakota Vol. Infantry

ARMY

Mt. Carmel

San Miguel, Luzon

CHINA RELIEF-BOXER REBELLION

SEAMEN

George Rose

U.S.S.

Newark

NAVY

Stamford

Peking, China

PHILIPPINES 1911

2ND CLASS MATE

George F.

Henrechon

U.S.S. Pampang

NAVY

Hartford

Mundang, Philippines

WORLD WAR I

SEAMAN	Tedford H. Cann	U.S.S. May	NAVY	Bridgeport	Santo Domingo
CHIEF B.M.	John MacKenzie	U.S.S. Remlik	NAVY	Bridgeport	Atlantic Ocean
2ND LIEUTENANT	*Ralph Talbot	1st Marine Aviation Force	MARINES	Connecticut	Pittham, Belgium

INTERIM 1920 to 1940

TORPEDOMAN 2C

Henry

Breault

U.S.S.

Submarine

0-5

NAVY

Putnam

Panama Canal

CHIEF B.M.

Orson L.

Crandall

U.S.S.

Squalus

NAVY

Connecticut

Portsmouth, NH

WORLD WAR II

CAPTAIN	Michael J. Daly	3rd Infantry Division	ARMY	Connecticut	Nurnberg, Germany
SERGEANT	*William G. Fournier	25th Infantry Division	ARMY	Norwich	Guadalcanal
PRIVATE FIRST CLASS	William J. Johnston	45th Infantry Division	ARMY	Connecticut	Padiglione, Italy
PRIVATE FIRST CLASS	*John D. Magrath	10th Mountain Division	ARMY	East Norwalk	Castel D'Aiano, Italy
CAPTAIN	Robert P. Nett	77th Infantry Division	ARMY	New Haven	Cognon, Leyte
WARRANT OFFICER	*Thomas J. Reeves	U.S.S. California	NAVY	Thomaston	Pearl Harbor
PRIVATE 1ST CLASS	William A. Soderman	2nd Infantry Division	ARMY	West Haven	Rocherath, Belgium
PRIVATE	*Frank Peter Witek	3rd Marine Division	MARINES	Derby	Guam Marianas

KOREAN CONFLICT

1ST LIEUTENANT	*Lee R. Hartell	2nd Infantry Division	ARMY	Connecticut	Kobangsan-ni
SERGEANT	*George D. Libby	24th Infantry Division	ARMY	Connecticut	Taejon
2ND LIEUTENANT	*Sherrod E. Skinner Jr.	1st Marine Division	MARINES	Hartford	Outpost Hook

VIETNAM ERA

CAPTAIN	Harvey C. Barnum Jr.	3rd Marine Division	MARINES	Cheshire	Quang Tin Province
CORPORAL	*Frank F. Fratellenico	101st Airborne Division	ARMY	Sharon	Quang Tri Province
STAFF SERGEANT	Allan Jay Kellogg Jr.	1st Marine Division	MARINES	Bethel	Quang Nam Province
SERGEANT	John L. Levitow	3rd Special Operations Sqdn.	AIR FORCE	Hartford	Long Binh Army Post
PRIVATE 1ST CLASS	*Daniel John Shea	196th Infantry Brigade	ARMY	Norwalk	Quang Tri Province

WAR IN AFGHANISTAN

TECHNICAL
SERGEANT

*John A. Chapman

24th Special Tactics Squadron

AIR FORCE

Windsor Locks

Washington, DC

*Killed in action

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