Colorado Medal of Honor Recipients

Indian Wars

SGT. Joseph F. Knight, U.S. Army (1 Jan 1891)
Accredited to: Denver
Died 24 May 1940 - Buried in Lubbock, TX

Philippine Insurecton

LTC. William R. Grove, U.S. Army (9 Sep 1899)
Accredited to: Denver
Died 6 August 1952 - Buried in Sarasota, FL

2LT George W. Wallace, U.S. Army (4 Mar 1900)
Accredited to : Denver
Died 22 May 1946 - Buried in San Francisco, CA

WORLD WAR I

QM Frank Monroe Upton, U.S. Navy (17 Apr 1918)
Accredited to: Loveland (b)
Died 25 Jun 1962 - Buried in Arlington, VA

2LT J. Hunter Wickersham, U.S. Army (12 Sep 1918)
Accredited to: Denver
Buried in France

PFC. Jesse N. Funk, U.S. Army (31 Oct 1918)
Accredited to: Calhan
Died 21 Mar 1933 - Buried in Calhan)

CPT. Marcellus H. Chiles, U.S. Army ( 3 Nov 1918)
Accredited to: Denver
Buried in France

WORLD WAR II

MACH Donald Kirby Ross, U.S. Navy (7 Dec 1941)
Accredited to: Denver
Died 27 May 1992 - Buried at sea over "U.S.S. Nevada"

COMDR. Bruce McCandless, U.S. Navy (12/13 Nov 1942)
Accredited to: Colorado
Died 24 Jan 1968 - Buried at U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD

BGEN Kenneth N. Walker, U.S.A.A.F. (11 Mar 1943)
Accredited to: Denver
Wall of the Missing-Manila, Philippine Islands

PVT. Joe P. Martinez, U.S. Army (26 May 1943)
Accredited to: Ault
Buried in Ault

1LT Donald D. Pucket, U.S.A.A.F. (9 July 1943)
Accredited to: Boulder (b)
One of six in group burial plot, St. Louis, MO

PVT. William J. Crawford, U.S. Army (13 Sep 1943)
Accredited to: Pueblo (b)
Currently Living in Palmer Lake CO

PFC. Floyd K. Lindstrom, U.S. Army (11 Nov 1943)
Accredited to: Colorado Springs
Buried in Colorado Springs

T-5 Robert D. Maxwell, U.S. Army ( 7 Sep 1944)
Accredited to: Creswell
Currently living in Bend, OR

PVT. Elmer E. Fryar, U.S. Army (8 Dec 1944)
Accredited to: Denver (b)
Wall of the missing-Manila, Philippine Islands

KOREA

CPT. Carl L. Sitter, U.S.M.C. (29/30 Nov 1950)
Accredited to: Pueblo
Currently living in Richmond, VA

2LT Raymond G. Murphy, U.S.M.C (3 Feb 1953)
Accredited to: Pueblo (b)
Currently Living in Albuquerque, NM

VIETNAM

SP5 Edgar L. McWethy, Jr., U.S. Army (21 Jun 1967)
Accredited to: Leadville (b)
Buried in Baxter Springs, KS

CPT. Gerald O. Young, U.S.A.F (9 Nov 1967)
Accredited to: Colorado Springs
Died 6 Jun 1990 - Buried in Arlington, VA

SSGT Drew Dennis Dix, U.S. Army (31 Jan/1 Feb 1968)
Accredited to: Pueblo
Currently living in Manely Hot Springs, AK

PFC. Ronald L. Coker, U.S.M.C. (24 mar 1969)
Accredited to: Denver
Buried in Alliance, NB

MOH RECIPIENTS BORN IN COLORADO

Accredited to California:
PVT. Erwin Jay Boyston, U.S.M.C. (19 Jul - 17 Aug 1900) China Relief
Born: Deer Creek, CO
Died: 19 May 1957 - Buried in Honolulu, HI

1SGT Chester Howard West, U.S. Army (26 Sep 1918) World War I
Born: Fort Collins, CO
Died: 20 May 1935 - Buried in Phliny, WV

LTC. Keith Lincoln Ware, U.S. Army (26 Dec 1944) World War II
Born: Denver, CO
Died: 13 Sep 1968 in Cambodia - Buried in Arlington, VA

Accredited to Nebraska:
SMN Ora Graves, U.S. Navy (23 July 1917) World War I
Born: Las Animas, CO
Died: 28 Sep 1961 - Buried in San Diego, CA

Accredited to Texas:
SSGT Ambrosio Guillen, U.S.M.C. (25 Jul 1953) Korea
Born: La Junta, CO
Buried: Fort Bliss, TX

 

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