List of Popular American Soldiers

Henry Clay, Jr. was an American politician and soldier from Kentucky, the third son of US Senator and Congressman Henry Clay and Lucretia Hart Clay. He was elected to the Kentucky House of Representatives in 1835 and served one term. A graduate of West Point, he served in the MexicanAmerican War and was killed in 1847 at the Battle of Buena Vista.....
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Henry Dearborn was an American soldier and statesman. In the Revolutionary War, he served under Benedict Arnold in the expedition to Quebec, of which his journal provides an important record. After being captured and exchanged, he served in George Washingtons Continental Army, and was present at the British surrender at Yorktown. Dearborn served on General Washingtons staff in Virginia. He was US Secretary of War serving under President Thomas Jefferson from 1801 to 1809, and served as a comman....
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Henry F. Warner was a United States Army soldier and a recipient of the United States militarys highest decorationthe Medal of Honorfor his actions in World War II.....
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Dennis Bell was a Buffalo Soldier in the United States Army and a recipient of Americas highest military decorationthe Medal of Honorfor his actions in the SpanishAmerican War.....
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Emmet Crawford was an American soldier who rose through the ranks to become an officer. He was most noted for his time spent in the Arizona Territory under General George Crook in the United States Cavalry. He was killed in pursuit of the Apache leader Geronimo in January 1886 in Mexico.....
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Emory Lawrence Bennett was a United States Army soldier in the Korean War who received the U.S. militarys highest decoration, the Medal of Honor.....
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Clarence Eugene Sasser is a former United States Army soldier and a recipient of the U.S. militarys highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions in the Vietnam War.....
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Henry Ossian Flipper was an American soldier, former slave, and the first African American to graduate from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1877, earning a commission as a 2nd lieutenant in the US Army.....
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Henry Washington Benham was an American soldier and civil engineer who served as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War.....
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Henry Watkins Allen was an American soldier and politician, and a general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He served as the 17th Governor of Louisiana late in the war and was the last governor elected under Constitutional law to the post until the end of Reconstruction.....
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Gino Joseph Merli was an American soldier, and recipient of the Medal of Honor during World War II.....
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Basil L. Plumley was a career soldier and airborne combat infantryman in the United States Army who eventually achieved the rank of Command Sergeant Major. A veteran of World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War, he is most famous for his actions during the Battle of Ia Drang in Vietnam.....
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Ernest Edison Ernie West is a former United States Army soldier and a recipient of the U.S. militarys highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions in the Korean War.....
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Hiroshi H. Miyamura , also known as Hershey Miyamura, was a United States Army soldier. He received the Medal of Honor for actions in the Korean War. While he was held as a prisoner of war, the award was classified as top secret.....
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Ernest Richard Kouma was a soldier in the United States Army during World War II and the Korean War. He rose to the rank of Master Sergeant and received the Medal of Honor for his actions on August 31 and September 1, 1950, during the Second Battle of Naktong Bulge in South Korea.....
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Dirk John Vlug was a United States Army soldier and a recipient of the United States militarys highest decorationthe Medal of Honorfor his actions in World War II.....
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Homer Lee Wise was a United States Army soldier who received the United States militarys highest decorationthe Medal of Honorfor his actions in World War II.....
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Benjamin William Brice was a lawyer and soldier who served in the United States Army during the Black Hawk War and MexicanAmerican War. Later employed as the Paymaster General of the Union Army during the American Civil War and postbellum periods, Brice had on his retirement in 1872 risen to the rank of brevet major general.....
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Benjamin Franklin Kelley was an American soldier who served as a brigadier general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He played a prominent role in several military campaigns in West Virginia and Maryland.....
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Major General Horace H. Fuller was an American soldier and general in the first half of the 20th century. He is best known for his command of the 41st Infantry Division in the South West Pacific Area during World War II.....
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