Mississippi
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Many Medal of Honor recipients have given interviews detailing their actions which have been posted online. There are also many actual award presentations online. We have linked to these under the alphabetical listings.
For a list of recipients born in, accredited to and Medals earned in Mississippi, click here: Mississippi (updated 5 Aug 2020)
BESSEY, Charles Albert (Indian Campaigns) Biloxi Cemetery (Section H), Biloxi, MS LAT 30.3964 LON -88.9069
BROWN, Wilson (Civil War) Natchez National Cemetery (Section G, Site 3152), Natchez, MS LAT 31.5814 LON -91.3944
COMMISKEY, Sr., Henry Alfred (Korean War) IMO at Highland Cemetery (Section 11, Lot 40), Hattiesburg, MS LAT 31.3363 LON – 89.3414
DIAMOND, James H. (World War II) Evergreen Cemetery (Block 29, Lot 12, Space 6), Gulfport, MS LAT 30.3822 LON -89.1088
DORLEY, August (Civil War) Natchez City Cemetery (Catholic Hill, Lot 355), Natchez, MS Buried as August Doerle LAT 31.5775 LON -91.3919
FREEMAN, Martin (Civil War) Greenwood Cemetery, Pascagoula, MS LAT 30.3498 LON -88.5514
GILMORE, Howard Walter (World War II) IMO Magnolia Cemetery (Section 13, Lot 5), Meridian, MS LAT 32.3869 LON -88.6995
HANSON Jack G. (Korean War) Robinson Cemetery, Escatawpa, MS LAT 30.4456 LON -88.5435
HENRY, Robert T. (World War II) Greenville Cemetery (Lot 3, Block 5, Section 1 and 2), Greenville, MS LAT 33.3920 LON -91.0556
JORDON, Mack A. (Korean War) Station Creek Cemetery, Collins, MS LAT 31.6779 LON -89.4854
LEE, Hubert Louis (Korean War) Leland/Stoneville Cemetery, Stoneville, MS LAT 33.4265 LON -90.9276
LINDSEY, Sr. Jake William (World War II) White House Cemetery, Waynesboro/Clara, MS LAT 31.5943 LON -88.6751
LUCAS, Jacklyn Harold (World War II) Highland Cemetery (Lot 47, Section 32), Hattiesburg, MS LAT 31.3377 LON -89.3379
OLIVE, III Milton Lee (Vietnam) West Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Lexington, MS LAT 33.0401 LON -90.0701
PITTMAN, John Albert (Korean War) New Hope Church Cemetery, Greenwood, MS LAT 33.4050 LON -90.0928 Cemetery GPS
SLATON, James Daniel (World War II) Harmony (Woodlawn) Cemetery, Laurel, MS LAT 31.6485 LON -89.1837
SNEDDEN, James (Civil War) Odd Fellow Cemetery (J.S. Eggleston Lot 228), Lexington, MS LAT 33.1166 LON -90.0332
WELBORN, Ira Clinton (Spanish American) Biloxi National Cemetery (Section 12, Row 4, Grave 12), Biloxi, MS LAT 30.4105 LON -88.9440
WHEAT, Roy Mitchell (Vietnam) Eastabuchie Baptist Church Cemetery, Eastabuchie, MS LAT 31.4372 LON -89.2887
WILBANKS, Hilliard Almond (Vietnam) Fayette Methodist Cemetery, Fayette, MS LAT 31.7071 LON -91.0613
WILHELM, George (Civil War) Greenville Cemetery (Old Cemetery Section, Lot 194, South 1/2 of Sections 1, Lot 2, Lot 3, Grave 11), Greenville, MS LAT 33.3941 LON -91.0540