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Important Update

Important Update

Notice is hereby given that the 2024 Annual Meeting for regular members of the West Point Association of Graduates (WPAOG) will take place on Tuesday, November 19 at 5:00 pm Eastern Time in the Herbert Hall Alumni Center, 698 Mills Road, West Point, New York 10996. The business of the meeting will be to elect a Chair, Vice-Chair, five members to our Board of Directors, and six Advisors at Large.

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USMA Medal of Honor Recipients

This is a list of graduates who have received the Medal of Honor. Each entry provides the graduate’s Cullum Number, name, year of graduation, unit of service and the place and date of the conflict for which the graduate received his medal. For full citation, please visit www.cmohs.org.

1247—BG John P. Hatch, Class of 1845
Civil War
U.S. Volunteers, South Mountain, MD, September 14, 1862

1338—COL Orlando B. Wilcox, Class of 1847
Civil War
1st Michigan Infantry, Bull Run, VA, July 21, 1861

1415—BG Absalom Baird, Class of 1849
Civil War
U.S. Volunteers, Jonesboro, GA, September 1, 1864

1424—BG Rufus Saxton Jr., Class of 1849
Civil War
U.S. Volunteers, Harpers Ferry, VA, May 26-30, 1862

1468—COL Eugene A. Carr, Class of 1850
Civil War
3rd Illinois Cavalry, Pea Ridge, AR, March 7, 1862

1544—MG David S. Stanley, Class of 1852
Civil War
U.S. Volunteers, Franklin, TN, November 30, 1864

1585—MAJ John M. Schofield, Class of 1853
Civil War
1st Missouri Infantry, Wilson’s Creek, MO, August 10, 1861

1634—BG Oliver O. Howard, Class of 1854
Civil War
U.S. Volunteers, Fair Oaks, VA, June 1, 1862

1656—MAJ Oliver D. Greene, Class of 1854
Civil War
Assistant Adjutant General, Antietam, MD, September 17, 1862

1672—COL Zenas R. Bliss, Class of 1854
Civil War
7th Rhode Island Infantry, Fredericksburg, VA, December 13, 1862

1689—BG Alexander S. Webb, Class of 1855
Civil War
U.S. Volunteers, Gettysburg, PA, July 3, 1863

1845—CPT Abraham K. Arnold, Class of 1859
Civil War
5th U.S. Cavalry, Davenport Bridge, VA, May 10, 1864

1849—CPT Horace Porter, Class of 1860
Civil War
Ordnance Department, Chickamauga, GA, September 20, 1863

1858—1LT John M. Wilson, Class of 1860
Civil War
U.S. Engineers, Malvern Hill, VA, August 6, 1862

1888—CPT Henry A. Du Pont, Class of 1861 May
Civil War
5th U.S. Artillery, Cedar Creek, VA, October 19, 1864

1892—1LT Adelbert Ames, Class of 1861 May
Civil War
5th U.S. Artillery, Bull Run, VA, July 21, 1861

1899—1LT Samuel N. Benjamin, Class of 1861 May
Civil War
2d U.S. Artillery, Bull Run-Spotsylvania, VA, July 1861-May 1864

1914—COL Guy V. Henry, Class of 1861 May
Civil War
49th Massachusetts Infantry, Cold Harbor, VA, June 1, 1864

1919—MAJ Eugene B. Beaumont, Class of 1861 May
Civil War
Assistant Adjutant General, Cavalry Corps, Harpeth River, TN, December 17, 1864

Assistant Adjutant General, Cavalry Corps, Selma, AL, April 2, 1865
1944—1LT Alonzo H. Cushing, Class of 1861 June
Civil War
4th U.S. Artillery, in the vicinity of Gettysburg, PA, July 3, 1863

1968—1LT George L. Gillespie Jr., Class of 1862
Civil War
Corps of Engineers, Bethesda Church, VA, May 31, 1864

2000—1LT William H.H. Benyaurd, Class of 1863
Civil War
Corps of Engineers, Five Forks, VA, April 1, 1865

2009—1LT William S. Beebe, Class of 1863
Civil War
Ordnance Department, Cane River Crossing, LA, April 23, 1864

2208 CPT Edward S. Godfrey, Class of 1867
Indian War Campaigns
7th U.S. Cavalry, Bear Paw Mountain, MT, September 30, 1877

2246—1LT William P. Hall, Class of 1868
Indian War Campaigns
5th U.S. Cavalry, Near White River, CO, October 20, 1879

2283—PVT John G. Bourke, Class of 1869
Civil War
15th Pennsylvania Cavalry, Stones River, TN, December 31, 1862-January 1, 1863

2330—CPT William E. Birkhimer, Class of 1870
Philippine Insurrection
3rd U.S. Artillery, San Miguel de Mayumo, Luzon, P.I., May 13, 1899

2347—2LT Edward J. McClernand, Class of 1870
Indian War Campaigns
2nd U.S. Cavalry, Bear Paw Mountain, MT, September 30, 1877

2349—2LT Robert G. Carter, Class of 1870
Indian War Campaigns
4th U.S. Cavalry, Brazos River, TX, October 10, 1871

2362—CPT John B. Kerr, Class of 1870
Indian War Campaigns
6th U.S. Cavalry, White River, SD, January 1, 1891

2427—CPT Charles A. Varnum, Class of 1872
Indian War Campaigns
7th U.S. Cavalry, White Clay Creek, SC, December 30, 1890

2428—1LT Frank West, Class of 1872
Indian War Campaigns
6th U.S. Cavalry, Big Dry Wash, AZ, July 17, 1882

2502—1LT William H. Carter, Class of 1873
Indian War Campaigns
6th U.S. Cavalry, Cibicu, AZ, August 30, 1881

2545—1LT Marion P. Maus, Class of 1874
Indian War Campaigns
1st U.S. Infantry, Sierra Madre Mountains, Mexico, January 11, 1886

2614—2LT Oscar F. Long, Class of 1876
Indian War Campaigns
5th U.S. Infantry, Bear Paw Mountain, MT, September 30, 1877

2622—1LT Ernest A. Garlington, Class of 1876
Indian War Campaigns
7th U.S. Cavalry, Wounded Knee Creek, SD, December 29, 1890

2623—LTC James Parker, Class of 1876
Philippine Insurrection
45th Infantry, U.S. Volunteers, Vigon, Luzon, P.I., December 4, 1899

2626—1LT John C. Gresham, Class of 1876
Indian War Campaigns
7th U.S. Cavalry, Wounded Knee Creek, SD, December 29, 1890

2672—1LT Wilber E. Wilder, Class of 1877
Indian War Campaigns
4th U.S. Cavalry, Horseshoe Canyon, NM, April 23, 1882

2693—2LT Robert T. Emmet, Class of 1877
Indian War Campaigns
9th U.S. Cavalry, Las Animas Canyon, NM, September 18, 1879

2710—2LT Matthias W. Day, Class of 1877
Indian War Campaigns
9th U.S. Cavalry, Las Animas Canyon, NM, September 18, 1879

2754—COL J. Franklin Bell, Class of 1878
Philippine Insurrection
36th Infantry, U.S. Volunteers, Porac, Luzon, P.I., September 9, 1899

2785—2LT Thomas Cruse, Class of 1879
Indian War Campaigns
6th U.S. Cavalry, Big Dry Fork, AZ, July 17, 1882

2793—2LT Lloyd M. Brett, Class of 1879
Indian War Campaigns
2nd U.S. Cavalry, O’Fallon’s Creek, MT, April 1, 1880

2796—CPT Albert L. Mills, Class of 1879
War with Spain
Assistant Adjutant General, U.S. Volunteers, Near Santiago, Cuba, July 1, 1898

2850—CPT Hugh J. McGrath, Class of 1880
Philippine Insurrection
4th U.S. Cavalry, Calamba, Luzon, P.I., July 26, 1899

2858—2LT George H. Morgan, Class of 1880
Indian War Campaigns
3rd U.S. Cavalry, Big Dry Fork, AZ, July 17, 1882

2876—2LT George R. Burnett, Class of 1880
Indian War Campaigns
9th U.S. Cavalry, Cuchillo Negro Mountains, NM, August 16, 1881

2952—CPT William H. Sage, Class of 1882
Philippine Insurrection
23rd U.S. Infantry, Near Zapote River, Luzon, P.I., June 13, 1899

3001—1LT John W. Heard, Class of 1883
War with Spain
3rd U.S. Cavalry, Cuba, July 23, 1898

3057—Powhatan H. Clarke, Class of 1884
Indian War Campaigns
10 U.S. Cavalry, Pinito Mountains, Sonora, Mexico, May 3, 1886

3260—2LT Robert L. Howze, Class of 1888
Indian War Campaigns
6th U.S. Cavalry, White River, SC, January 1, 1892

3533—1LT Louis B. Lawton, Class of 1893
Boxer Rebellion
9th U.S. Infantry, Tienstin, China, July 13, 1900

3749—2LT Charles D. Roberts, Class of 1897
War with Spain
17th U.S. Infantry, El Caney, Cuba, July 1, 1898

3847—2LT Ira C. Welborn, Class of 1898
War with Spain
9th U.S. Infantry, Santiago, Cuba, July 2, 1898

4066—LTC Emory J. Pike, Class of 1901
World War I
82nd Division, Vandieres, France, September 15, 1918

4122 GEN Douglas MacArthur, Class of 1903
World War II
Commanding U.S. Forces, On the Bataan Peninsula, P.I., March 25, 1942

4331—2LT Arthur H. Wilson, Class of 1904
Philippine Insurrection
6th U.S. Cavalry, Patian Islands, P.I., July 4, 1909

4380—Musician Calvin P. Titus, Class of 1905
Boxer Rebellion
14th U.S. Infantry, Peking, China, August 14, 1900

4477—LTG Jonathan M. Wainwright, Class of 1906
World War II
Commanding U.S. Army Forces on the Philippine Islands, March-May 1942

4684—2LT John T. Kennedy, Class of 1908
Philippine Insurrection
6th U.S. Cavalry, Patian Islands, P.I., July 4, 1909

5042—COL William H. Wilbur, Class of 1912
World War II
Western Task Force, Fedala, North Africa, November 8, 1942

7590—COL Demas T. Craw, Class of 1924
World War II
Air Corps Reserve, Near Port Lyautey, French Morocco, North Africa, November 8, 1942

7930—COL Leon W. Johnson, Class of 1926
World War II
44th Bomber Group, 9th Air Force, Ploesti, Rumania, August 1, 1943

8792—BG Frederick W. Castle, Class of 1930
World War II
4th Bomber Wing, 8th Air Force, Over Germany, December 24, 1944

11630—LTC Robert G. Cole, Class of 1939
World War II
101st Airborne Division, Near Carentan, France, June 11, 1944

11652—LTC Leon R. Vance, Class of 1939
World War II
489th Bomber Group, 8th Air Force, Over Wimereaux, France, June 5, 1944

12317—2LT Alexander R. Nininger, Class of 1941
World War II
57th Infantry, Philippine Scouts, Near Abucay, Bataan, P.I., January 12, 1942

14654—COL William A. Jones III, Class of 1945
Vietnam War
82nd Special Operations Squadron, Near Dong Hoi, North Vietnam, September 1, 1968

16935—1LT Ralph Puckett, Jr, Class of 1949
Korean War
8th Ranger Company, 8th U.S. Army, Hill 205 near Unsan, Korea, November 25-26, 1950

17342—1LT Samuel S. Coursen, Class of 1949
Korean War
5th Cavalry, Near Kaesong, Korea, October 12, 1950

18774—1LT Richard T. Shea Jr., Class of 1952
Korean War
17th Infantry, 7th Division, Near Sokkogae, Korea, July 6-8, 1953

19779—LTC Andre C. Lucas, Class of 1954
Vietnam War
506th Infantry, 101st Airborne Division, Fire Support Base Ripcord, Republic of Vietnam, July 1-23, 1970

22607—CPT Humbert R. Versace, Class of 1959
Vietnam War
Military Assistance Advisory Group, Detachment 52, Ca Mau, Republic of Vietnam, October 29, 1963-September 26, 1965

24302—1LT Frank S. Reasoner, Class of 1962
Vietnam War
3rd Reconnaissance Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, Near Da Nang, Republic of Vietnam, July 12, 1965

24913—MAJ Robert F. Foley, Class of 1963
Vietnam War
27th Infantry, 25th Division, Near Quan Dau Tieng, Republic of Vietnam, November 5, 1965

25503—CPT Paul W. Bucha, Class of 1965
Vietnam War
187th Infantry, 101st Airborne Division, Near Phuoc Vinh, Binh Duong Province, Republic of Vietnam,
March 16-19, 1968