MINNESOTA MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENTS
72 Medals of Honor are Accredited to Minnesota, “For the Conspicuous Gallantry and Intrepidity in Action at the Risk of Life Above and Beyond the Call of Duty.”
* Minnesota last living Medal of Honor recipient Leo Thorness burial service Arlington National Cemetery February 14th 2018.
See Minnesota Governor’s Proclamation Honoring Leo Thorness
*Minnesota’s Captain Charles A. Lindbergh received the Medal of Honor by special Congressional Action.
*During World War I, Louis Cukela received two Medals of Honor (one for Navy and one Army award) for the same action during the Battle of Soissons.
Click on recipient below for bio*
| Albee, George Emerson Bio July ’16 |
| Allen, James Bio July ’16 |
| Barrick, Jesse T. Bio July ’16 |
| Bell, Harry Bio July ’16 |
| Bianchi, Willibald C. Bio July ’16 |
| Blanchfield, Michael Reinert Bio July ’16 |
| Boehler, Otto Bio July ’16 |
| Burger. Joseph Bio July ’16 |
| Burkard, Oscar R.-Bio July ’16 |
| Byrne, Denis Bio July ’16 |
| Campbell, James Bio Final July ’16 |
| Catlin, Albertus W. Catlin Bio July ’16 |
| Chandler, Stephen E. Bio July ’16 |
| Cilley, Clinton A. Bio July ’16 |
| Clark, William A. Bio July ’16 |
| Colalillo, Michael Bio June ’16 |
| Courtney, Henry Bio June ’16 |
| Cukela, Louis Bio June ’16 |
| Davis, Charles P Bio |
| Davis, Raymond E. Bio July ’16 |
| Dyer, Jesse Farley Bio Final July ’16 |
| Flannigan James Bio June ’16 |
| Fleming, Richard Eugene Bio July ’16 |
| Frantz, Joseph Bio July ’16 |
| Gere. Thomas Parke Bio June ’16 2 |
| Grant, Lewis Addison Bio June ’16 |
| Hanna, Milton Bio June ’16 |
| Hauge, Louis Jr. Bio July ’16 docx |
| Hawks, Lloyd C. Bio June ’16 |
| Hawthorne, Harry LeRoy Bio July ’16 |
| Holmes, Lovilo N. Bio July ’16 |
| Huggins, Eli L. Bio July ’16 |
| John Upshur Dennis Bio June ’16 |
| Kelley, Andrew John Bio July ’16 |
| Kraus, Richard E. Bio July ’16 |
| LaBelle, James D. Bio July ’16 |
| Lindbergh, Charles A. Bio July ’16 |
| Mallon, George Henry Original bio |
| May,William C. Bio July ’16 docx |
| McCornack, Andrew Bio July ’16 |
| McKay, Charles Wesley Bio July ’16 |
| McMillan, Albert W. Bio July ’16 |
| Merritt, John G. Bio July ’16 |
| Montrose, Charles H. June ’16 |
| Morgan, George H. Bio July ’16 |
| Nelson, Oscar F. Bio July ’16 |
| O’Brien, Henry Bio July ’16 |
| Olson, Arlo Laverne Bio June ’16 |
| Olson, Kenneth Bio July ’16 |
| Pay, Byron Edward Original Bio |
| Phillips, Samuel D Bio July ’16 |
| Pickle, Alonzo H. Bio Final ’16 |
| Pruden, Robert J. Bio Final June ’16 |
| Rabel, Laszlo Bio July ’16 |
| Reed, Axel Hayford Bio June ’16 |
| Robinson, Thomas-Interim 1865-1870 Bio |
| Rud, George William July ’16 |
| Rudolph Sr., Donald Eugene June ’16 |
| Schmidt, William Bio July ’16 |
| Shepard, Dr. Irwin Bio June ’16 |
| Sherman, Marshall Bio July ’16 |
| Sorenson, Richard Bio July ’16 |
| Taylor, Wilbur Bio July ’16 |
| Thorsness,, Leo Bio August ’16 |
| Vale John Bio June ’16 |
| Van Valkenburgh, Franklin Bio July ’16 |
| Vlug, Dirk Bio July ’16 |
| Wayrynen, Dale Eugene Bio July ’16 |
| Welch, Charles Henry Bio Final |
| Wilson, William Othello Bio August ’16 |
| Wold, Nels T. Bio June ’16 |
| Wright, Samuel Bio June ’16 |
*Compiled by the Members of the Minnesota State Society Daughters of the American Revolution
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