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Recipients of the
Medal of Honor, Marine Corps Brevet Medal, |
Revised and Updated: August 11, 2006
| Graves, Ora - MOH (WWI) | |
| Hoevet, Dean C. (KIA) - DSC (WWII) | |
| McCampbell, Robert P. - DSC (WWII) | |
| Myers, Cloyd G. - DSC (WWII) | |
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City/County |
Name
and Award Details (B) Indicates Place of Birth if Award Credited Elsewhere |
| Adams County | Bonahoom, Robert C. (KIA) - DSC (WWII) |
| Alliance | (B) Coker, Ronald Leroy (KIA) - MOH (Vietnam War) |
| Alma | Bauer, Harold William "Indian Joe" (KIA) - MOH (WWII) |
| Anselmo | Van Neste, Keith G. (KIA) - DSC (WWII) |
| (B) Powers, Leo J. - MOH (WWII) | |
| Arcadia | (B) Sandh, Robin (KIA) - DSC (WWI) |
| Avoca | Ralston, Orville Alfred - DSC (WWI) |
| Bancroft | (B) Sackett, Earl L. - NC (WWII) |
| Bassett | Jordan, Grover S. - DSC (WWII) |
| Rodgers, James F. - DSC (WWI) | |
| Beatrice | Kennedy, Leslie D. - DSC (Vietnam) |
| (B) Cobbey, Luther W. - DSC (WWI) | |
| Benedict | Cummings, Ralph Waldo - NC (WWII) |
| Benkelman | Walsh, Frank - DSC (WWI) |
| Bertrand | Benson, Andrew A. - DSC (WWI) |
| Bertrant | (B) Benson, Andrew A. - DSC (WWI) |
| Bladen | Cather, Grosvenor P. (KIA) - DSC (WWI) |
| Blaine County | Swan, Harold D. (KIA) - DSC (WWII) |
| Blair | Marsh, Robert J. - DSC (Spanish-American) |
| Schmidt, Otto Diller - MOH (Peace Time Heroism) | |
| Boyd County | Carlson, Eric G. (KIA) - DSC (WWII) |
| Brady | (B) Kohler, Robert D. - NC (Korea) |
| Brainard | (B) Porter, Chauncey W. - DSC (WWI) |
| Broken Bow | (B) Simonson, Harvey L. - NC (WWII) |
| Brownville | (B) Mosier, Melvin - NC (Nicaragua) |
| Bruno | Proctor, Dale T. (KIA) - DSC (WWII) |
| Callaway | Booker, Robert D. (KIA) - MOH (WWII) |
| Carson City | Floto, Kenneth B. - DSC (WWII) |
| Center | Peterson, Roy W. - DSC (WWI) |
| Chadron | Hass, Floyd N. (KIA) - DSC (WWII) |
| Chambers | Porter, Chauncey W. - DSC (WWI) |
| Chappell | Anderberg, Martin L. (KIA) - NC (WWII) |
| Hedlund, Earl Clifford - DSC (WWII) | |
| Columbus | Co-Rux-Te-Chod-Ish (Mad Bear) - MOH (Indian Campaigns) |
| Crete | Daniel, Henry - DSC (WWI) |
| Crofton | Everton, Loren D. (KIA) - NC (WWII) |
| Curtis | (B) Howard, Chester R. (KIA) - DSC (WWI) |
| Deshler | Rodenburg, Eugene E. - NC (WWII) |
| Douglas | Bush, Lavern L. - DSC (Korea) |
| Douglas County | Deffenbaugh, Lyle J. (KIA) - DSC (WWII) |
| Dwight | Kouma, Anthony B. - NC (WWII) |
| Kouma, Ernest Richard - MOH (Korean War) | |
| Enders Lake | Eller, Lloyd - DSC (WWI) |
| Endicott | (B) McCandless, Byron - NC (WWI) |
| Ewing | Wright, Dewey Edward - DSC (WWI) |
| Falls City | Phillips, Clifford F. (KIA) - DSC (North Russia) |
| (B) Hurst, Edwin William (KIA) - NC (WWII) | |
| (B) Stains, Tracy R. - DSC (WWI) | |
| Farnum | Banks, Leonard S. (KIA) - DSC (WWI) |
| Fort McPherson | Cody, William Frederick - MOH (Indian Campaigns) |
| Fort Niobrare | (B) Thatcher, Miles R. - NC (Nicaragua) |
| Fort Omaha | Berg, George Francis - MOH (Spanish-American War) |
| Freemont | (B) Peterson, Roy W. - DSC (WWI) |
| Fremont | Lee, Victor C. (KIA) - DSC (WWI) |
| Gage County | (B) Phillips, Clifford F. (KIA) - DSC (North Russia) |
| Garden | Dilley, Gerald L. - DSC (Korea) |
| Geneva | (B) Hastings, William Walton - NC (WWII) |
| (B) Walker, James M. - DSC (WWI) | |
| Gering | Ponder, James W. - DSC (WWI) |
| Gilead | Naiman, Herman A. - DSC (WWI) |
| Grand Island | Moorberg, Monte Larue (KIA) - AFC (Vietnam) |
| Sorensen, Soren C. - DSC (WWI) | |
| (B) Flebbe, Walter Edward - NC (WWII) | |
| (B) Westervelt, Edgar C. - DSC (WWI) | |
| Grant | Reed, Glenn M. (KIA) - DSC (WWI) |
| Greeley County | (B) James, Darl S. - DSC (WWI) |
| Gresham | (B) Thomas, Thomas C. - NC (WWII) |
| Hall County | Owen, Albert E. (KIA) - DSC (WWII) |
| Harris | (B) Eaton, Roy H. (KIA) - DSC (WWI) |
| Hartington | Lange, Carl M. - DSC (WWI) |
| Hastings | Holmes, Oliver Wendell - DSC (WWI) |
| (B) Hermle, Leo D. - DSC (WWI), NC (WWII) | |
| Hebron | (B) Cruise, Edgar Allen - NC (WWII) |
| (B) Rodenburg, Eugene E. - NC (WWII) | |
| Holdrege | (B) Lindstrom, Floyd K. (KIA) - MOH (WWII) |
| (B) Schmidt, Harry - NC (Nicaragua) | |
| Holdridge | Mitchell, George R. - DSC (WWI) |
| Hooper | Schwab, Donald K. - DSC (WWII) |
| Sieg, Robert E. - DSC (WWI), NC (WWI) | |
| (B) Sauers, Roy M. - DSC (WWI) | |
| Humboldt | (B) Bickford, Ernest E. (KIA) - DSC (WWI) |
| (B) Kelly, John - DSC (WWI) | |
| Humphrey | Widhelm, William John - 2 NCs (WWII) |
| (B) Myers, Irwin - DSC (WWI) | |
| Imperial | Ingold, Albert S. - DSC (WWI) |
| Irwin | (B) Sanders, Lewis Ben - NC (WWII) |
| Kearney | Ehle, John Walter - MOH (Spanish-American War) |
| Lancaster County | Bridger, James R. (KIA) - DSC (WWII) |
| Leigh | (B) Mason, John Lowery - NC (WWII) |
| Lincoln | Bradley, Bobbie B. - NC (Korea) |
| Chappell, Ralph A. - DSC (WWI) | |
| Dougherty, Raymond M. - DSC (WWI) | |
| Doyle, John Remine - NC (WWII) | |
| Dye, Billy Hubert - NC (WWII) | |
| Green, Robert L. - DSC (North Russia) | |
| Hagemeister, Charles Cris - MOH (Vietnam War) | |
| Kauffman, Eldeen H. - DSC (WWII) | |
| Westervelt, Edgar C. - DSC (WWI) | |
| (B) Blumenthal, Alabel (KIA) - DSC (WWI) | |
| (B) Cowan, Richard Eller (KIA) - MOH (WWII) | |
| (B) DeTar, John Leslie - NC (WWII) | |
| (B) Erickson, John Lonam (KIA) - NC (WWII) | |
| (B) Faulkner, Clark Woods - NC (WWII) | |
| (B) Kerns, John I. (KIA) - NC (WWII) | |
| (B) Kerrey, Joseph Robert - MOH (Vietnam War) | |
| (B) Shughart, Randall David (KIA) - MOH (Somalia) | |
| (B) Tibbetts, Loyd J. - DSC (WWI) | |
| Lindsay | Ruzicka, Lumir, Jr. - NC (WWII) |
| Litchfield | LeMasters, Charles A. - DSC (WWI) |
| Logan County | Greeley, Ralph F. (KIA) - DSC (WWII) |
| Loup City | (B) Bly, Robert - DSC (WWI) |
| McCook | (B) Eller, Lloyd - DSC (WWI) |
| Merna | Sittler, Edward - DSC (WWI) |
| Merriman | Sanders, Lewis Ben - NC (WWII) |
| Minden | Budd, John O. - DSC (WWI) |
| Morrill County | Corl, George P. (KIA) - DSC (WWII) |
| Nebraska City | Gude, Charles J. - DSC (WWI) |
| Nebron | Cruise, Edgar Allen - NC (WWII) |
| Norfolk | Benning, Fred G. - DSC (WWI) |
| North Loup | (B) Thorngate, George - DSC (WWI) |
| North Platte | Flebbe, Walter Edward - NC (WWII) |
| Ford, Daris V. - DSC (WWI) | |
| North Platte Barracks | Kirkwood, John A. - MOH (Indian Campaigns) |
| Oasis | Brinda, John - DSC (WWI) |
| Ohiowa | (B) Patten, Louis P. - DSC (WWI) |
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Omaha |
| Bongardt, Charles F. - DSC (WWI) |
| Brown, Buster E. - DSC (WWII) |
| Chapek, Anthony B. (KIA) - DSC (WWII) |
| Dietz, Edward W. A. - DSC (WWI) |
| Fous, James William (KIA) - MOH (Vietnam War) |
| Garrard, Floyd P. - DSC (Philippines) |
| Gomez, Edward (KIA) - MOH (Korean War) |
| Keith, Miguel (KIA) - MOH (Vietnam War) |
| Kerrey, Joseph Robert - MOH (Vietnam War) |
| Kline, David - DSC (WWI) |
| Kotrc, James Carl (KIA) - DSC (Vietnam) |
| Krenzer, Leonard (KIA) - NC (WWII) |
| Lohnes, Frank W. - MOH (Indian Campaigns) |
| Muskin, Leonard Gordon - 2 NCs (WWII) |
| Parle, John Joseph (KIA) - MOH (WWII) |
| Sladen, Fred W. - DSC (WWI) |
| Tukey, Allen A. - DSC (WWI) |
| Ver Mehren, Hubert - DSC (WWI) |
| (B) Fenton, Neal D. (KIA) - DSC (WWI) |
| (B) Graves, John C. - DSC (WWI) |
| (B) Hibbs, Robert John (KIA) - MOH (Vietnam War) |
| (B) Hogan, John V. - DSC (WWI) |
| (B) Lane, Herschel V. - DSC (WWI), NC (WWI) |
| (B) Larsen, Harold H. - 2 NCs (WWII) |
| (B) Magee, Christopher L. - NC (WWII) |
| (B) Meredith, James - MOH (Spanish-American War) |
| (B) Montgomery, Alfred E. - NC (WWII) |
| (B) Steele, Richard Wilson - DSC (WWI) |
| (B) Thorne, Charles E. (KIA) - DSC (WWI) |
| (B) Warthen, Bruce - DSC (WWI) |
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City/County |
Name and Award Details |
| Ord | (B) LeMasters, Charles A. - DSC (WWI) |
| Pawnee City | Richardson, Harold E. (KIA) - NC (WWII) |
| Pierce | Buckendahl, Emil - DSC (WWI) |
| Platte County | Schimmelpfenning, Irving R. (KIA) - DSC (WWII) |
| Polk | (B) Cummings, Ralph Waldo - NC (WWII) |
| Randolph | Hoffman, Earl A. - DSC (WWI) |
| (B) Figgins, Charles R. - DSC (WWI) | |
| Reno | Curti, Mike - DSC (WWI) |
| Richardson County | Hebenstreit, Frank A., Jr. (KIA) - DSC (WWII) |
| Riverview | (B) McCulley, Hale T. - NC (WWII) |
| Roca | (B) Bronn, Clyde Leroy - 2 NCs (WWII) |
| Rushville | Janssen, Martin J. - DSC (WWI) |
| Ruskin | (B) Holmes, Oliver Wendell - DSC (WWI) |
| Salem | (B) Ray, Billy Dean - NC (WWII) |
| Salene | Vifquain, Victor - MOH (Civil War) |
| Saline County | (B) Svanda, Victor - NC (WWII) |
| Sargent | (B) Dye, Henry E. - DSC (WWI) |
| Schuyler | Grotelueschen, Edgar W. - DSC (WWII) |
| Scotts Bluff | Sandlain, Alan D. (KIA) - DSC (WWII) |
| Seward | (B) Steinhilber, Cloyd W. - DSC (WWI) |
| Sidney | Dunbar, Charles T. - DSC (WWI) |
| Springfield | (B) Bates, Bret V. - DSC (WWI) |
| St. Helena | Hausmann, William L. - DSC (WWI) |
| Stapleton | Schmidt, Harry - NC (Nicaragua) |
| Stella | Curtis, Clyde O. - DSC (WWI) |
| Stratton | Reed, Cecil E. - DSC (WWI) |
| Stuart | Sauers, Roy M. - DSC (WWI) |
| Superior | (B) Templeton, Charles K. - DSC (WWI) |
| Sutton | Volz, Jacob - MOH (Philippines 1911) |
| Walton, Merritt C. (KIA) - NC (WWII) | |
| Thurston | Moore, Leroy L. (KIA) - DSC (Korea) |
| Thurston County | Sinclair, Wayne H. (KIA) - DSC (WWII) |
| Trumbull | (B) Holderman, Nelson Miles - MOH (WWI) |
| Valparaiso | Conner, Lawrence B. - DSC (Spanish-American) |
| Olson, John O. - DSC (WWI) | |
| (B) Hedlund, Earl Clifford - DSC (WWII) | |
| Verdigris | (B) Benoit, Henry N. - DSC (WWI) |
| Wakefield | (B) Armstrong, Robert Gordon - NC (WWII) |
| (B) Crellin, Conrad Wesley (KIA) - NC (WWII) | |
| Wallace | Heath, Carl (KIA) - DSC (WWI) |
| Walworth | Dye, Henry E. - DSC (WWI) |
| Wausa | Swing, Joseph May - DSC (WWII) |
| Waverly | (B) Reed, Cecil E. - DSC (WWI) |
| Webster County | (B) Banks, Leonard S. (KIA) - DSC (WWI) |
| (B) Cather, Grosvenor P. (KIA) - DSC (WWI) | |
| Weeping Water | (B) Ralston, Orville Alfred - DSC (WWI) |
| West Point | Timmerman, Karl H. - DSC (WWII) |
| Zacek, Edward Casimir - NC (WWII) | |
| Wilsonville | (B) Marts, Alvin Lee (KIA) - NC (WWII) |
| Wisner | Hansen, Dale Merlin (KIA) - MOH (WWII) |
| Wymore | (B) Hargrave, Thomas J. - DSC (WWI) |
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