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Recipients of the Medal of Honor, Marine Corps Brevet Medal, 
Distinguished Service Cross, Navy Cross, and Air Force Cross

Revised and Updated: August 11, 2006

The following were from New Jersey with no city identified

Blume, Robert - MOH (Spanish-American War)
Clark, Paul Leaman - NC (WWII)
Cooney, Thomas C. - MOH (Spanish-American War)
Harvey, Harry - MOH (Philippine Insurrection)
Jackson, James - MOH (Indian Campaigns)
Pfeifer, Louis Fred - MOH (Peace Time Heroism)
Shivers, John - MOH (Civil War)
Siegel, John Otto - MOH (WWI)
Strahan, Robert - MOH (Civil War)
Sweeney, Robert Augustus - 2 MOHs (Peace Time Heroism)
Teytand, August P. - MOH (Peace Time Heroism)
Tomich, Peter (KIA) - MOH (WWII)
Van Etten, Hudson - MOH (Spanish-American War)
Weeks, Charles H. - MOH (Civil War)
City/County Name and Award Details 
(B) Indicates Place of Birth if Award Credited Elsewhere
Absecom Nestor, George P. - DSC (WWII)
Andover Turnbull, Robert Chester (KIA) - DSC (Vietnam)
Arlington Adams, James S. - DSC (WWI)
  Pegg, Donald A. (KIA) - DSC (WWI)
Asbury Park De Rogatis, Albert. - DSC (WWI)
Atlantic City Cooper, Edwin H. - DSC (WWI)
  Hamel, Alfred R. (KIA) - DSC (WWI)
  Hansberry, Edward H. - NC (WWII)
  Leeds, Joseph Robert (KIA) - NC (Korea)
  McGahn, Patrick T., Jr. - NC (Korea)
  (B) Garrison, Frederick R. - DSC (WWI)
Atlantic Highlands (B) Speers, Thomas G. - DSC (WWI)
Audubon Brittin, Nelson Vogel (KIA) - MOH (Korean War)
Avon By The Sea Kernahan, Gregory P., Jr. (KIA) - DSC (Vietnam)
  Ramsey, DeWitt Clinton - NC (WWII)
Avondale (B) Barr, Joseph T. - DSC (WWI)
Barnegat Falkinburg, Edwin A. - DSC (WWI)
  (B) Tilton, Henry Remsen - MOH (Indian Campaigns)
Bayhead (B) Bullock, Benjamin, III (KIA)  - DSC (WWI)
Bayonee (B) Best, Richard Halsey - NC (WWII)
Bayonne Donovan, James J. - DSC (WWI)
  Gallagher, Cornelius E. - DSC (WWI)
  Gregg, Stephen Raymond - MOH (WWII)
  Jackson, William (KIA) - DSC (Vietnam)
  Oresko, Nicholas - MOH (WWII)
  Shemin, William - DSC (WWI)
Belleville Burlazzi, Joseph L. (KIA) - DSC (WWII)
  Crowell, Roger Brian (KIA) - DSC (Vietnam)
Bergen Bruinooge, Marinus (KIA) - DSC (Korea)
  Young, Edward B. - MOH (Civil War)
Bergen County Church, Russel M. (KIA) - DSC (WWII)
  Gautier, George J. (KIA) - DSC (WWII)
  (B) Folly, William H. - MOH (Indian Campaigns)
Bergenfield Graf, Homer C. - DSC (WWII)
Berkeley Preston, Herbert Irving - MOH (China Relief)
Beverly Burk, Joseph W. - NC (WWII)
  Taylor, Forrester L. - MOH (Civil War)
  (B) Brown, Joseph J. - DSC (WWI)
Bivalve (B) Johnson, Elden Harvey (KIA)  - MOH (WWII)
Bloomsbury Rosenberger, George V. - DSC (WWI)
Bridgeton Williams, Lester, Jr. (KIA) - DSC (Vietnam)
  (B) Veale, Moses - MOH (Civil War)
Bridgewood (B) Walton, Edward A. - DSC (WWI)
Burlington Bonavantura, Ferdinando - DSC (WWI)
  Conner, Richard - MOH (Civil War)
  Frazier, Kenneth D. - NC (WWII)
  MacFarland, James (KIA) - DSC (WWI)
  (B) Taylor, Anthony - MOH (Civil War)
Burlington County Clayton, Richard F. (KIA) - DSC (WWII)
Caldwell Batten, Rollin Morgan, Jr. - NC (WWII)
Camden Bald, Edward - DSC (WWI), NC (WWI)
  Chain, William B., Jr. - NC (Korea)
  Cholister, George Robert (KIA) - MOH (Peace Time Heroism)
  Clancy, James T. - MOH (Civil War)
  Davis, Harry J. (KIA) - DSC (WWI)
  Heyl, Charles Pettit Heath - MOH (Indian Campaigns)
  Kantz, Clarence E. (KIA) - DSC (WWI)
  Manzi, Nicholas - DSC (WWI)
  McGraw, Francis Xavier (KIA) - MOH (WWII)
  Mills, Edwin S. - DSC (WWI)
  Moritz, Max F. - DSC (WWI)
  Moses, John H. (KIA) - DSC (WWII)
  Powell, George W. - DSC (WWI)
  Schmitt, Edward (KIA) - DSC (Korea)
  Sewell, William Joyce - MOH (Civil War)
  (B) Hewitt, Charles Wilmer, Jr. (KIA)  - DSC (WWI), NC (WWI)
  (B) O'Rourke, James H. - DSC (WWI)
  (B) Sheerin, John - MOH (Indian Campaigns)
  (B) Whitehead, Frank - DSC (WWI), NC (WWI)
Camden County Radich, Srecko F. (KIA) - DSC (WWII)
  Wagner, Donald F. (KIA) - DSC (WWII)
Camp Kilmer Coyle, James Michael (KIA) - DSC (Vietnam)
Canajoharie Connors, James - MOH (Civil War)
Canton (B) Wood, Richard H. - MOH (Civil War)
Cape May County Ludlam, Stephen C. (KIA) - DSC (WWII)
  (B) Thompson, William - MOH (Civil War)
Carlstadt (B) Rudolph, Martin C. - DSC (WWI)
Carmel (B) Rosen, Theodore - DSC (WWI)
Carney's Point Benjamin, George (KIA) - MOH (WWII)
  Hahn, Orville V. - NC (WWII)
Carteret Colgan, William Winfield (KIA) - NC (WWII)
  Minue, Nicholas (KIA) - MOH (WWII)
Cedarville Davis, John - MOH (Civil War)
Chatham (B) Butcher, George S. (KIA)  - DSC (WWI)
Chester Maysey, Larry Wayne (KIA) - AFC (Vietnam)
Clayton Coyle, Garry (KIA) - DSC (Vietnam)
Clementon Buchanan, Robert Lester - NC (WWII)
  Kenngott, Joseph L. - DSC (WWI)
Cliffside Nutt, Alan (KIA) - DSC (WWI)
Clifton Czegka, Victor Hugo - NC (1st Byrd Expedition), NC (2d Byrd Expedition)
Collingswood Haas, Walter Albert - 2 NCs (WWII)
  Larsen, Harold H. - 2 NCs (WWII)
Convent Moore, Paul, Jr. - NC (WWII)
Coytesville (B) Van Fleet, James Alward - 3 DSCs (WWII)
Cranford Fiske, Newell R. (KIA) - DSC (WWI)
Croton-on-Hudson (B) Tavano, Antonio J. - DSC (WWI)
Cumberland County Foster, Leslie W. (KIA) - DSC (WWII)
  Martin, Ernest V. (KIA) - DSC (WWII)
Dover Cafferata, Hector Albert - MOH (Korean War)
Dundee Lake Tavano, Antonio J. - DSC (WWI)
East Brunswick Streczyk, Phillip - DSC (WWII)
East Orange Best, Richard Halsey - NC (WWII)
  Condit, Phillip H. - DSC (WWI)
  Cornell, Thomas L. - DSC (WWI)
  McCunn, Walter T. - DSC (WWI)
  Ogle, Edward W., Jr. - DSC (WWI)
  (B) Bingham, John P. - DSC (WWI)
  (B) Copeland, Francis T. - DSC (WWI)
  (B) Foley, Robert J. - 3 NCs (WWII)
  (B) Melvin, Donald Joseph - 2 NCs (WWII)
Egg Harbor (B) Flegel, Frank H. - DSC (WWI)
Elberon (B) Arnold, Howard W. (KIA)  - DSC (WWI)
  (B) Kean, Robert Winthrop - DSC (WWI)
  (B) Scott, Edward W. (KIA)  - DSC (WWI)
Elizabeth Aldridge, Joseph S., Jr. - DSC (WWI)
  Dowd, John Aloysius (KIA) - NC (Vietnam)
  Drake, James Madison - MOH (Civil War)
  Fahey, Joseph H. - DSC (WWI)
  Holland, Charles James (KIA) - DSC (Vietnam)
  Johnson, Joseph Samuel (KIA) - NC (WWI)
  Kinaszczuk, Thomas - NC (WWII)
  Maslosky, John - DSC (WWI)
  McCutcheon, Donald - NC (WWII)
  Menge, William M. - DSC (WWI)
  Osborne, Harry - DSC (WWI)
  Van Hart, John A. - DSC (WWI)
  Woodward, Frederick A. - DSC (WWI)
  (B) Brant, William - MOH (Civil War)
  (B) Burke, John J. - DSC (WWI)
  (B) Halsey, William F.., Jr. - NC (WWI)
  (B) Lukens, Alan W. (KIA)  - DSC (WWI)
  (B) McMahon, Bernard F. - NC (WWII)
  (B) Tunner, William H. - DSC (Korea)
  (B) Whiting, Clinton L. - DSC (WWI)
Elizabethtown (B) Williams, John - MOH  (Civil War)
Englewood Brown, Francis J. (KIA) - DSC (WWI)
  Brown, Frederick H., Jr. (KIA) - DSC (WWI)
  Grassi, Everett B. (KIA) - NC (WWII)
  Ruess, Edward (KIA) - NC (WWII)
  (B) Hilliard, Frederick E. - NC (Korea)
  (B) Searles, John M. - NC (WWII)
Essex Burns, Charles E. (KIA) - DSC (Korea)
  Dankowski, Stanley Raymond (KIA) - DSC (Korea)
  Svehla, Henry (KIA) - DSC (Korea)
Essex County Lawson, Bennet N. (KIA) - DSC (WWII)
Fairview Pistilli, Anthony F. (KIA) - DSC (WWII)
Far Hills Seibert, Richard J. (KIA) - DSC (Vietnam)
Farmingdale (B) Sustick, Emanuel - DSC (WWI)
Flemington Herr, Charles Ryman - DSC (WWI)
  (B) Hughes, William J. - DSC (WWI)
Florence Bartlett, Elmer E., Jr. - DSC (WWI)
  Duffy, Francis A. - DSC (WWI)
  Southard, David - MOH (Civil War)
  (B) Frazier, Kenneth D. - NC (WWII)
  (B) Weber, John F. - DSC (WWI)
Fort Dix Hosking, Charles Ernest (KIA) - MOH (Vietnam War)
  Watters, Charles Joseph (KIA) - MOH (Vietnam War)
Franklin Nero, Louis C. - NC (WWII)
Franklin Park Von Krebs, Paul (KIA) - DSC (WWI)
Freehold Fallon, Thomas Timothy - MOH (Civil War)
  Welsh, Edward J. - DSC (WWI)
Frenchtown (B) Nero, Louis C. - NC (WWII)
Garfield Sarti, William - DSC (WWI)
  (B) Visser, Richard G. - NC (WWII)
Genessee County Chittenden, Everett F. (KIA) - DSC (WWII)
Gibbstown Campitelli, Donato - DSC (WWI)
Gladstone Haskew, Edward D. - DSC (WWI)
Glassboro (B) Carpenter, Louis Henry - MOH (Indian Campaigns)
Glen Ridge Hopgood, Robert Brown - NC (WWII)
  Moseley, James A. (KIA) - DSC (WWI)
  (B) Sigler, Franklin Earl - MOH (WWII)
Glen Rock Ebbert, Peter W. (KIA) - DSC (WWI)
  Van Iersel, Ludovicus M.M. - MOH (WWI)
Goshen Tomlin, Andrew J. - MOH (Civil War)
Grenlock Dramesi, John Arthur - 2 AFCs (Vietnam)
Guttemnberg Casey, Robert Michael (KIA) - NC (Vietnam)
Guttenberg (B) Carhart, Joseph B. - DSC (WWI), NC (WWI)
Hackensack Dennis, Clarence A. (KIA) - DSC (WWI), NC (WWI)
  Doremus, Harry B. (KIA) - DSC (WWI)
  Kempton, Raymond D. - DSC (WWI)
  (B) Dayton, Allan S. - DSC (WWI)
Hackettstown Bulkeley, John Duncan - MOH (WWII), NC (WWII) 2DSCs (WWII)
Haddon Heights (B) Nash, David - NC (WWII)
Haddonfield Moore, John D. - DSC (WWI)
Hamburg Fegeley, Byron S. (KIA) - DSC (WWI)
Hammonton (B) Plumley, Richard G. - DSC (WWI)
Hanover Eddy, William A., Jr. - NC (WWII)
Harrison Sawelson, William (KIA) - MOH (WWI)
Hatborough Wilson, Charles E. - MOH (Civil War)
Haworth Lewis, Donald - NC (WWII)
Hawthorne Koch, Wesley Arthur - NC (WWII)
Hightstown Fryer, Eli Thompson - MOH (Mexican Campaign)
Hillside Knox, Leslie Lockhart Bruce (KIA) - NC (WWII)
Hoboken Brennan, Matthew - DSC (WWI)
  Fesken, William P. (KIA) - DSC (Vietnam)
  Fitzpatrick, Michael - DSC (WWI)
  Harris, Henry L., Jr. - DSC (Philippines)
  Hofmann, Fred, Jr. - NC (WWII)
  Jobes, Leslie J. (KIA) - DSC (WWI)
  Keane, Charles P. (KIA) - NC (WWII)
  Ward, John M. - DSC (WWI)
  (B) Brewster, Andre Walker - MOH (China Relief)
  (B) Meyer, George F. - DSC (WWI)
  (B) Terzi, Joseph Anthony (KIA)  - NC (WWII)
Hope (B) Hopkins, Charles F. - MOH (Civil War)
Hudson Dunn, John H. (KIA) - DSC (Korea)
  Toffey, John James - MOH (Civil War)
Hudson County Carberry, William F. (KIA) - DSC (WWII)
  Emery, Robert M. (KIA) - DSC (WWII)
  Pear, Sidney A. - DSC (WWII)
Irvington Cummings, Amos Jay - MOH (Civil War)
  Jones, Arthur Duane (KIA) - NC (WWII)
  (B) Koch, Wesley Arthur - NC (WWII)

Jersey City

Behrens, Warren Douglas - DSC (WWII)
Blackham, Henry Rysdyk (KIA) - DSC (WWI)
Burke, Francis Xavier - MOH (WWII)
Burke, John J. - DSC (WWI)
Bush, George J. - NC (Lake Denmark Fire, 1926)
Colonna, Thomas - DSC (WWI)
Dachnowicz, Peter - DSC (WWI)
Darkoski, Waclaw - DSC (WWI)
Donelly, John S. - MOH (Indian Campaigns)
Dooley, James - DSC (WWI)
Frundt, Oscar C. - DSC (Siberia)
Gancaz, Stanley - DSC (WWI)
Glendenning, Hugh L. - DSC (WWI)
Hardie, William C. - DSC (WWI)
Harssell, George J. (KIA) - DSC (WWI)
Hooper, William B. - MOH (Civil War)
Huff, Chester Ray - DSC (WWI)
Hynes, Thomas J. - DSC (WWI)
Kane, Thomas - MOH (Civil War)
Larkin, Michael - DSC (WWI)
Leeker, Garrett (KIA) - DSC (WWI)
Lewis, Harold A. - DSC (WWI)
Locke, Lewis - MOH (Civil War)
Mack, Francis William (KIA) - NC (Vietnam)
McGreevey, James E. (KIA) - NC (WWII)
McKee, Augustus Bernard, Jr. - NC (WWII)
Meagher, John William - MOH (WWII)
Miner, Donald - DSC (WWI)
Monahan, Peter T. (KIA) - DSC (WWI)
Nicol, William O. - DSC (WWI)
Sagelhurst, John Christopher - MOH (Civil War)
Schmelz, Frederick (KIA) - DSC (WWI)
Streile, Christian - MOH (Civil War)
Stuart, George - DSC (WWI)
Tieman, Frederick A. (KIA) - DSC (WWI)
Tilton, Henry Remsen - MOH (Indian Campaigns)
Tompkins, Aaron B. - MOH (Civil War)
Trestrail, Frederick J. (KIA) - DSC (WWI)
Viniarsky, Watzlaw - DSC (WWI)
Wilson, John - MOH (Civil War)
(B) Davis, Harry J. (KIA)  - DSC (WWI)
(B) Field, Oscar Wadsworth - MOH (Spanish-American War)
(B) Gcalairtch, August (KIA)  - DSC (WWI)
(B) Gertsch, John Gerry (KIA)  - MOH (Vietnam War)
(B) Heinzmann, Grover P. - DSC (WWI)
(B) Hofmann, Fred, Jr. - NC (WWII)
(B) Holmes, Felix R. - DSC (WWI)
(B) Maass, Charles - DSC (WWI)
(B) Madison, James Jonas - MOH (WWI)
(B) Smith, George C., Jr. - NC (Nicaragua)
(B) Swing, Joseph May - DSC (WWII)
(B) Watters, Charles Joseph (KIA)  - MOH (Vietnam War)
(B) Weiss, George L. - NC (WWII)

City/County

Name and Award Details
Keansburg (B) Thorne, Horace Marvin (KIA)  - MOH (WWII)
Kearny Washington, John P. (KIA) - DSC (WWII)
Kensington Parker, Alexander - MOH (Peace Time Heroism)
Kenvil Groff, John - DSC (WWI), NC (WWI)
Keyport Sadkowski, Frank - DSC (WWI)
  Slover, Luke E., Jr., (KIA) - DSC (WWI)
  Thorne, Horace Marvin (KIA) - MOH (WWII)
  (B) Garrison, Malcolm Everett - 2 NCs (WWII)
Lakewood Buckley, Frank E. (KIA) - DSC (WWII)
  O'Rourke, James H. - DSC (WWI)
Leonia Burger, Valentine Joseph - 2 DSCs (WWI)
  Livezey, John C. (KIA) - NC (WWII)
  MacDermut, Charles K. - DSC (WWI)
  Searles, John M. - NC (WWII)
  Timmerman, Louis F., Jr. - DSC (WWI), NC (WWI)
  (B) Dennison, Charles S. - DSC (WWI)
Linden Hemenway, Charles William - NC (WWII)
Lindenwold (B) Rouh, Carlton Robert - MOH (WWII)
Linderwold Rouh, Carlton Robert - MOH (WWII)
Little Falls Sigler, Franklin Earl - MOH (WWII)
Lodi Behne, Frederick - MOH (Peace Time Heroism)
Long Branch (B) Walsh, Herbert E. - DSC (WWI)
Lyndhurst Alamo, Gabriel Ralph (KIA) - DSC (Vietnam)
Madison Coursen, Samuel Streit (KIA) - MOH (Korean War)
  (B) Howard, Harry - DSC (WWI)
Magnolia Reid, John Michael (KIA) - NC (Vietnam)
Manchester Llewellyn, Stanley Dunlap - DSC (WWII)
Manville Shanahan, Edward T. - DSC (WWI)
Maplewood Mason, Edric Robert - NC (WWII)
  (B) Drake, Charles W. (KIA)  - NC (WWII)
Medford Iannuzzi, Arthur (KIA) - DSC (WWII)
Mercer Radice, Michael - DSC (Korea)
Mercer County Delmont, William A. (KIA) - DSC (WWII)
  Harrison, George N. (KIA) - DSC (WWII)
  Procaccini, Eugene J. (KIA) - DSC (WWII)
Merchantville Bottomley, Harold Sidney, Jr. - NC (WWII)
Middlesex County Antosky, Michael (KIA) - DSC (WWII)
  Nebus, Max L., Jr. (KIA) - DSC (WWII)
Middletown Blevins, Thomas Lee, Jr. (KIA) - NC (Vietnam)
  (B) Rorty, James H. - DSC (WWI)
Millburn (B) Hemenway, Charles William - NC (WWII)
Millstone (B) Titus, Charles - MOH (Civil War)
Millville Paskoski, Joseph John - NC (WWII)
Monmouth Wood, Steven H. - DSC (Korea)
  (B) Carmin, Isaac Harrison - MOH (Civil War)
Monmouth Beach (B) Winant, Frederick, Jr. - DSC (WWI)
Monmouth County Hawke, Thomas C. (KIA) - DSC (WWII)
Monroe Township Brown, Courtney P. - DSC (WWII)
Montague (B) Cole, James E. - DSC (WWI), NC (WWI)
Montclair Abrams, Lewis Herbert (KIA) - NC (Vietnam)
  Hall, Percy M. (KIA) - DSC (WWI)
  Lawlor, Joseph William - DSC (WWI)
  Merritt, Harry P. - DSC (WWI)
  Orme, George E. - NC (WWII)
  Peck, Myron H. (KIA) - DSC (WWI)
  Speers, Thomas G. - DSC (WWI)
  Weed, Newell P. - DSC (WWI)
  West, Douglas Halling - NC (WWII)
  (B) Brown, George Scratchley - DSC (WWII)
  (B) Burr, Leland M. (KIA)  - NC (WWII)
  (B) Littlejohn, Kenneth S. - DSC (WWI)
  (B) Mitchel, Ormsby M., Jr. - NC (WWII)
Morris County Bonsall, John H. (KIA) - DSC (WWII)
Morristown Berkeley, Theodore I. - DSC (WWI)
  Brown, Russell A. - DSC (WWI)
  Faulkner, Frederic L. - NC (WWII)
  Maury, Alfred B. - DSC (WWI)
Mount Holly Karg, Howard M. (KIA) - DSC (WWI)
  Meara, William Daniels (KIA) - DSC (Vietnam)
Mount Holy (B) Sutter, Allan - NC (Korea)
Mountain Lakes Castle, Frederick Walker (KIA) - MOH (WWII)
Mountainside Little, William F., III (KIA) - DSC (Vietnam)
Mountclair Weed, Walker Ten Eyke (KIA) - NC (WWI)
Mt. Kisko Jerue, George Edward - NC (WWII)
New Brunswick Bear, Robert Judy - NC (WWII)
  Billings, Frank Bond, Jr. (KIA) - DSC (Korea)
  Clementi, Vincent (KIA) - DSC (WWII)
  Knapp, Charles H. - DSC (WWI)
  Titus, Charles - MOH (Civil War)
  (B) Hopta, Joseph Leo (KIA)  - DSC (WWI), NC (WWI)
New Milford Battali, Charles J. - NC (WWII)
New Providence Krayer, Nicholas - DSC (WWI)

Newark

Ambrunn, William C. - DSC (WWI)
Banks, Charles L. - NC (Korea)
Bart, Frank J. - MOH (WWI)
Bloomberg, Sam - DSC (WWI)
Capezio, John - DSC (WWI)
Collins, James P. - DSC (WWI)
Conroy, Lawrence - DSC (WWI)
Eilers, Henry A. - MOH (Peace Time Heroism)
English, Edmund - MOH (Civil War)
Fazler, Robert - DSC (WWI)
Fesq, Frank E. - MOH (Civil War)
Fowler, Gordon W. (KIA) - DSC (WWII)
Gcalairtch, August (KIA) - DSC (WWI)
Giger, George J. - DSC (WWI)
Golden, William T. - DSC (WWI)
Goldstein, Isaac - DSC (WWI)
Guarino, Lawrence Nicholas - AFC (Vietnam)
Gucwa, Joseph - DSC (WWI)
Hagedorn, Bruno P. (KIA) - NC (WWII)
Hamberger, William Francis - MOH (China Relief)
Hantschke, Edward (KIA) - DSC (WWI)
Henderson, George H. - DSC (WWI)
Hennessey, James (KIA) - DSC (WWI)
Hennessy, Patrick - DSC (WWI)
Herrmann, Bertrand (KIA) - DSC (WWI)
Herrmann, Victor - DSC (WWI)
Holden, James E. - DSC (WWI)
Hopta, Joseph Leo (KIA) - DSC (WWI), NC (WWI)
Joerger, Carl F. - DSC (WWI)
Klein, Leonard (KIA) - DSC (WWII)
Klinger, Walter W. (KIA) - DSC (WWI)
Knispel, Arthur William - NC (WWII)
Lawrence, Hull F. - DSC (WWI)
Lee, John B. - DSC (WWI)
Magee, William - MOH (Civil War)
Mahar, Daniel H. - DSC (WWI)
Marsh, Arthur D. (KIA) - DSC (WWI)
McGuire, James - DSC (WWI)
McLaughlin, Edward J. (KIA) - DSC (WWI)
Moehler, Frank W. - DSC (WWI)
Oss, Albert - MOH (Civil War)
Parker, James - MOH (Philippine Insurrection)
Pearce, Percy R. - DSC (WWI)
Porter, Ernest Washington (KIA) - DSC (WWI), NC (WWI)
Rischmann, Edward - DSC (WWI)
Rummell, Leslie J. - DSC (WWI)
Schiani, Alfred - DSC (WWI), NC (WWI)
Schmidt, Ferdinand A. - DSC (WWI)
Shimanowich, Alex - DSC (WWI)
Stinson, James K. - DSC (WWI)
Sullivan, Thomas - MOH (Indian Campaigns)
Vierbuchen, William J. - DSC (WWI), NC (WWI)
Whitfield, Daniel - MOH (Civil War)
Woliansky, Harry - DSC (WWII)
Wright, Leroy Norris (KIA) - DSC (Vietnam)
(B) Adams, Platt, Jr. (KIA)  - DSC (WWII)
(B) Dietz, Edward W. A. - DSC (WWI)
(B) Follett, Joseph Leonard - MOH (Civil War)
(B) Gayer, Harry - NC (Nicaragua)
(B) Gehres, Leslie Edward - NC (WWII)
(B) Grant, Gabriel - MOH (Civil War)
(B) Hunt, Leroy P. - DSC (WWI), NC (WWI)
(B) Jones, Arthur Duane (KIA)  - NC (WWII)
(B) Littauer, Kenneth P. - DSC (WWI)
(B) Mason, Edric Robert - NC (WWII)
(B) Norton, Robert William - DSC (WWI)
(B) Rothenberg, Allan - NC (WWII)
(B) Sawelson, William (KIA)  - MOH (WWI)
(B) Schneider, Robert G. - NC (WWII)
(B) Secor, John H. - DSC (WWI)
(B) Sheridan, James - MOH (Civil War)
(B) Thomas, Harry C. - NC (WWII)
(B) Traynor, Andrew - MOH (Civil War)
(B) Washington, John P. (KIA)  - DSC (WWII)
(B) Willy, Wilford John (KIA)  - NC (WWII)

City/County

Name and Award Details
Newcomb Arsenault, Thomas - DSC (WWI)
Newfield Langley, John H. - DSC (WWI)
Newton Hilliard, Frederick E. - NC (Korea)
  (B) Bradbury, Sanford - MOH (Indian Campaigns)
  (B) Howard, James - MOH (Civil War)
North Bergen Piazzani, Julius A. - DSC (WWI)
Nutley (B) Hitchcock, Roger W. - DSC (WWI)
Oakhurst Lehy, Howard C. (KIA) - DSC (WWI)
Ocean County (B) Southard, David - MOH (Civil War)
Ocean Grove Morris, William H. H., Jr. - DSC (WWI)
  White, Tracy S. - DSC (WWI)
  Young, John S. E. - NC (Nicaragua)
Old Bridge Crandall, Joseph B. (KIA) - DSC (WWI)
  (B) Slover, Luke E., Jr., (KIA)  - DSC (WWI)
Oradell Phillips, John S. - NC (WWII)
Orange Burke, Walter F. - DSC (WWI)
  Dowd, Meredith L. (KIA) - DSC (WWI)
  Dugan, Daniel, Jr. (KIA) - DSC (WWI)
  Kanaley, Joseph - DSC (WWI)
  Marshall, William J. - DSC (WWII)
  Riley, Lowell H. (KIA) - DSC (WWI)
  Sheldon, Raymond - DSC (WWI)
  (B) Aschenbach, Julius O. - NC (WWII)
  (B) Connor, Peter Spencer (KIA)  - MOH (Vietnam War)
  (B) Garey, Philip - DSC (WWI)
  (B) Power, Llewellyn - DSC (WWI)
  (B) Tompkins, Aaron B. - MOH (Civil War)
  Zarillo, James R. (KIA) - NC (WWII)
Park Ridge Barker, Jedh Colby (KIA) - MOH (Vietnam War)
Passaic Breeman, George - MOH (Peace Time Heroism)
  Darragh, Ralph F. (KIA) - DSC (WWII)
  Evanich, Michael (KIA) - DSC (WWII)
  Flanagan, Edward G. (KIA) - DSC (Korea)
  Heinzmann, Grover P. - DSC (WWI)
  Moskowitz, Herman - DSC (WWI)
  Peterson, Kenneth F. - DSC (WWII)
  Synnott, Joseph A. (KIA) - DSC (WWI), NC (WWI)
  Wasilewski, Joseph - DSC (WWI)
  (B) Deloto, Peter - DSC (WWI)
  (B) Kenaston, Harold W. - DSC (WWI)
  (B) Quinn, Alexander M. - MOH (Spanish-American War)
Passaic County Van Ness, James (KIA) - DSC (WWII)
  Weiss, Harry (KIA) - DSC (WWII)
Paterson Frederick, Eugene J., Jr. - NC (WWII)
  Kramer, Vincent R. - NC (Korea)
  (B) Farrell, William - NC (WWII)
  (B) Paul, John (KIA)  - DSC (WWI)
  (B) Thompkins, William H. - MOH (Spanish-American War)
  (B) Wanton, George Henry - MOH (Spanish-American War)
Patterson Conti, Anthony J. P. - NC (WWII)
  Draper, William J. - DSC (WWII)
  Edell, Christopher L. - DSC (WWI)
  Paul, John (KIA) - DSC (WWI)
  Thompkins, William H. - MOH (Spanish-American War)
  Wanton, George Henry - MOH (Spanish-American War)
  (B) Fajardo, Theodore C. (KIA)  - NC (WWII)
  (B) Farrell, John J. (KIA)  - DSC (WWI)
  (B) Giger, George J. - DSC (WWI)
Penns Grove Angelo, Joseph T. - DSC (WWI)
  Reach, Harry B. - DSC (WWI)
Pennsgrove (B) Hahn, Orville V. - NC (WWII)
Perth Amboy Christopher, Thomas A. - 2 NCs (WWII)
  Fiigen, Peter - DSC (WWI)
  Sadowski, Joseph John (KIA) - MOH (WWII)
  (B) Colgan, William Winfield (KIA)  - NC (WWII)
  Zavodsky, John - DSC (WWI)
Phillipsburg Baker, Jesse - DSC (WWI)
  Johnston, George W. - DSC (WWI)
  Mager, George Frederick - MOH (Spanish-American War)
  May, Martin O. (KIA) - MOH (WWII)
Plainfield Baker, John Drayton (KIA) - NC (WWII)
  Burke, Stanley W. - DSC (WWI)
  Hulsart, C. Raymond - DSC (WWI)
  McGee, James - NC (WWII)
  Schenck, Alexander P. - DSC (WWI)
  Wagner, William H., Jr. - NC (WWII)
  (B) Douglass, Allan W. (KIA)  - DSC (WWI)
Pleasantville (B) McGahn, Patrick T., Jr. - NC (Korea)
Port Jervis Cole, James E. - DSC (WWI), NC (WWI)
Port Norris Rowley, Joseph C. (KIA) - DSC (WWI)
Pottstown (B) Langley, John H. - DSC (WWI)
Princeton Behrend, Carl Wilhelm (KIA) - NC (WWII)
  Cassidy, Joseph J. (KIA) - DSC (WWI)
  Goheen, Richard R. P. - NC (WWII)
  McConnell, William O. (KIA) - DSC (WWI)
  Miles, Louis Warlaw - MOH (WWI)
  (B) Eddy, William A., Jr. - NC (WWII)
  (B) McKee, Augustus Bernard, Jr. - NC (WWII)
  (B) Sheldon, Raymond - DSC (WWI)
Rahway Terrill, Elsworth O. - DSC (WWI)
  (B) Smith, Theodore F. - MOH (Indian Campaigns)
Ramsey (B) Bush, George J. - NC (Lake Denmark Fire, 1926)
  (B) Hosking, Charles Ernest (KIA)  - MOH (Vietnam War)
Raritan Basilone, John "Manila John" (KIA) - MOH (WWII), NC (WWII)
Recklestown (B) Pitman, George J. - MOH (Civil War)
Redbank Atwater, Benjamin L. - DSC (WWI)
Ridgewood Douglass, Joseph U. - DSC (WWI)
  Fajardo, Theodore C. (KIA) - NC (WWII)
  Wendels, Anthonie - DSC (WWI)
  (B) McGuire, Thomas Buchanan, Jr. (KIA)  - MOH (WWII), DSC (WWII)
River Edge Day, Barton Elred - NC (WWII)
Riverside Dutko, John W. (KIA) - MOH (WWII)
  Mongillo, Paul John (KIA) - AFC (Vietnam)
Riverton (B) Reath, Thomas R. (KIA)  - NC (WWI), DSC (WWI)
Roselle Goodman, George W. (KIA) - DSC (WWII)
  Wesche, Frederick F., III - DSC (WWII)
Rumson (B) Brooks, John A., III - DSC (WWII)
Rutherford Brown, Charles Donald - NC (WWII)
  Carroll, William M., Jr. - DSC (WWI)
  Latham, John Cridland - MOH (WWI)
  Shugg, William R. - DSC (WWI)
  (B) Porter, Ernest Washington (KIA)  - DSC (WWI), NC (WWI)
  (B) Stevens, Harry A. (KIA)  - DSC (WWI)
Saddle Brook Chinchar, Michael - DSC (WWII)
Salem Crow, John H. - DSC (WWI)
  Lehew, Donald Lee (KIA) - DSC (Vietnam)
  Roslof, Edward E. (KIA) - DSC (Korea)
  Stewart, George W. - MOH (Civil War)
  (B) Lambert, John H. - DSC (WWI)
Seabright Levy, Joseph - DSC (WWI)
  (B) Hulsart, C. Raymond - DSC (WWI)
  (B) Merle-Smith, Van Santvoord - DSC (WWI)
Seeaucus (B) Lorence, Herbert M. - NC (Korea)
Short Hills Bradley, Paul W. - DSC (WWI)
  Drake, Charles W. (KIA) - NC (WWII)
  Wodell, Webster Page - NC (WWII)
Silver Lake Gallo, Joseph - DSC (WWI)
Silverton Irons, Benjamin G. - DSC (WWI)
Somerset County Russell, James E. (KIA) - DSC (WWII)
South Amboy Barkalow, James W. - DSC (WWI)
  Barrett, John M. - NC (Korea)
  Minardi, Guisippe - DSC (WWI)
  Weber, John F. - DSC (WWI)
South Orange Barr, Joseph T. - DSC (WWI)
  Bridget, Francis Joseph (KIA) - NC (WWII)
  Connor, Peter Spencer (KIA) - MOH (Vietnam War)
  Fitzsimmons, Thomas E. - DSC (WWI)
  Garey, Philip - DSC (WWI)
  (B) Campbell, Clarence George, Jr. - NC (WWII)
South Plainfield Zych, John - DSC (WWI)
Springfield Chisholm, Raymond C. (KIA) - DSC (WWI)
Stone Harbor Rockey, Keller Emrick - DSC (WWI), NC (WWI), NC (Nicaragua)
Summit Connelly, Martin F. - DSC (WWI)
  Eggers, Alan Louis - MOH (WWI)
  Gow, Kenneth (KIA) - DSC (WWI)
  Howard, Harry - DSC (WWI)
  O'Shea, Thomas E. (KIA) - MOH (WWI)
  Willis, Edward (KIA) - DSC (WWI)
Swedesboro Monahon, Robert Edward (KIA) - NC (Vietnam)
Teaneck McCormack, Vincent F. - NC (WWII)
  Smith, George C., Jr. - NC (Nicaragua)
Thorofare Wilkins, Charles W. - 2 NCs (WWII)
Toms River Lomell, Leonard G. - DSC (WWII)
Trenton Beech, John P. - MOH (Civil War)
  Brant, William - MOH (Civil War)
  Conover, Howard R. - DSC (WWI)
  Grant, Gabriel - MOH (Civil War)
  Hopkins, Charles F. - MOH (Civil War)
  Jacobs, Jack Howard - MOH (Vietnam War)
  Karwoski, Paul J. - DSC (WWI)
  Kenny, John P. - DSC (WWII)
  Lewandowski, Felix - DSC (WWI)
  Patarcity, Adam - DSC (WWI)
  Porter, William - MOH (Civil War)
  Santarsiero, Guiseppe - DSC (WWI)
  Schroth, Raymond A. - DSC (WWI)
  Welling, Hank - DSC (WWI)
  Worthington, Henry H. (KIA) - DSC (WWI)
  (B) Crilley, Frank William - MOH (Peace Time Heroism), NC (S-4 Salvage, 1927)
  (B) Jackson, William - DSC (WWI)
  (B) Johnston, William James - MOH (WWII)
  (B) Stevens, Levi - DSC (WWI)
  Zabitosky, Fred William - MOH (Vietnam War)
Union Schneider, Robert G. - NC (WWII)
Union County Boyer, Henry (KIA) - DSC (WWII)
  Hackett, Edward J. (KIA) - DSC (WWII)
  Horyt, Edward S. (KIA) - DSC (WWII)
Union Hill Cline, Jacob F. (KIA) - DSC (WWI)
Upper Montclair Butcher, George S. (KIA) - DSC (WWI)
  Swanson, Chandler Waterman - 2 NCs (WWII)
Vineland Beakley , Wallace Morris - NC (WWII)
  Powell, William Glasgow - Brevet Medal (China)
  Van Duesen, Robert R. (KIA) - DSC (WWI), NC (WWI)
  Wallace, John George - NC (WWII)
Washington Aschenbach, Julius O. - NC (WWII)
Washington Valley (B) Drake, James Madison - MOH (Civil War)
Weehawken Carhart, Joseph B. - DSC (WWI), NC (WWI)
  Kraft, William E. (KIA) - DSC (WWI)
West Englewood Singleton, D. Arnold - NC (WWII)
West Hoboken (B) Cline, Jacob F. (KIA)  - DSC (WWI)
West Milford (B) Banks, Charles L. - NC (Korea)
West New York Armellino, John R. - DSC (WWII)
  (B) Henry, Norman - DSC (WWI)
West Orange Howell, John David - NC (WWII)
West Patterson Casselo, Angelo - DSC (WWI)
Westmont Hernandez, William M. (KIA) - DSC (WWII)
White Plains (B) Butler, William - DSC (WWI)
Williamstown Rennebaum, Leon A. - DSC (WWII)
Woodbridge Petersen, Carl Emil - MOH (China Relief)
Woodbury Walton, Charles Wayne - DSC (WWI)
Woodcliff (B) Stevenson, Robert E. (KIA)  - NC (WWII)

 

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