List of Medal of Honor recipients educated at the United States Naval Academy
Table:
Name

Class year

Notability

References

Frank Friday Fletcher

1875

Rear Admiral; recipient of the Medal of Honor for commanding landing operations during the United States occupation of Veracruz in April 1914; the Template:Sclass- was named after him; uncle of Frank Jack Fletcher

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William R. Rush

1877

Captain; recipient of the Medal of Honor for commanding landing operations during the United States occupation of Veracruz in April 1914

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Harry M. P. Huse

1878

Vice-Admiral; recipient of the Medal of Honor for leadership in shortening the conflict during the United States occupation of Veracruz in April 1914

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Edwin Anderson, Jr.

1882

Admiral; recipient of the Medal of Honor for leadership as commanding officer of USS New Hampshire, and while leading ground units during the United States occupation of Veracruz in April 1914

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Herman Osman Stickney

1888

Rear Admiral; recipient of the Medal of Honor for actions as gun captain on board USS Prairie during the United States occupation of Veracruz in April 1914

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William Kelly Harrison

1889

Recipient of the Medal of Honor for actions during the United States occupation of Veracruz in April 1914

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Albertus W. Catlin

1890

Brigadier General, USMC; recipient of the Medal of Honor for bravery in ground combat operations during the United States occupation of Veracruz in April 1914

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William A. Moffett

1890

Rear Admiral; pioneer of Naval aviation; first Chief of the Navy's Bureau of Aeronautics, Moffett Federal Airfield named after him; recipient of the Medal of Honor for night operations aboard USS Chester during the United States occupation of Veracruz in April 1914

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Wendell Cushing Neville

1890

Major General, USMC; recipient of the Medal of Honor for leadership during ground combat during the landings at United States occupation of Veracruz in April 1914; Commandant of the Marine Corps (1929–1930)

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Rufus Zenas Johnston

1895

Rear Admiral; recipient of the Medal of Honor for actions during the United States occupation of Veracruz in April 1914

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Allen Buchanan

1899

Commander; recipient of the Medal of Honor for actions during the United States occupation of Veracruz in April 1914

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Guy W. S. Castle

1901

Commander; pioneer of submarine service as commanding officer of USS Plunger and USS Porpoise; recipient of the Medal of Honor for leadership during the landings at Veracruz in April 1914

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James Patrick Lannon

1902

Rear Admiral; recipient of the Medal of Honor for actions during the United States occupation of Veracruz in April 1914

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Adolphus Staton

1902

Rear Admiral; recipient of the Medal of Honor for actions during the United States occupation of Veracruz in April 1914

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Julius Curtis Townsend

1902

Rear Admiral; recipient of the Medal of Honor for actions during the United States occupation of Veracruz in April 1914

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Richard Wainwright

1902

Commander; recipient of the Medal of Honor for actions in ground combat during the United States occupation of Veracruz in April 1914; sailed with the Great White Fleet (1907–1909)

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Frederick V. McNair, Jr.

1903

Captain; recipient of the Medal of Honor for actions in occupying the city during the United States occupation of Veracruz in April 1914; son of Admiral Frederick V. McNair, Sr. (class of 1857); grandfather of tennis champion Frederick V. McNair, IV

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Frank Jack Fletcher

1906

Admiral; recipient of the Medal of Honor for saving hundreds of refugees during the United States occupation of Veracruz in April 1914; operational commander at the pivotal Battles of Coral Sea and of Midway in World War II; nephew of Admiral Frank Friday Fletcher

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Charles Conway Hartigan

1906

Rear Admiral; recipient of the Medal of Honor for actions during the United States occupation of Veracruz in April 1914

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Frank Friday Fletcher ( November 23 , 1855 - November 28 , 1928 ) was a United States Navy admiral who served in the late 19th and early 20th centuries . He was awarded the U.S. military 's highest decoration , the Medal of Honor , for his actions as commander of navy forces at the Battle of Veracruz , Mexico . The Fletcher-class destroyer , the most produced class of United States Navy destroyers , was named after him . He was also the uncle of Frank Jack Fletcher , another U.S. Navy Admiral who also received the Medal of Honor for actions at Veracruz , and who commanded U.S. naval forces at the battles of Coral Sea and Midway during the Second World War .
The Fletcher class was a class of destroyers built by the United States during World War II . The class was designed in 1939 , as a result of dissatisfaction with the earlier destroyer leader types of the Porter and Somers classes . Some went on to serve during the Korean War and into the Vietnam War . The United States Navy commissioned 175 Fletcher-class destroyers between 1942 and 1944 , more than any other destroyer class , and the design was generally regarded as highly successful . Fletchers had a design speed of 38 knots and an armament of five 5 guns in single mounts with 10 21 torpedoes in two quintuple centerline mounts . The Allen M. Sumner and Gearing classes were Fletcher derivatives . The long-range Fletcher-class ships performed every task asked of a destroyer , from anti-submarine warfare and anti-aircraft warfare to surface action . They could cover the vast distances required by fleet actions in the Pacific and served almost exclusively in the Pacific Theater of Operations during World War II , during which they accounted for 29 Imperial Japanese Navy submarines sunk . [ failed verification ] In a massive effort , the Fletchers were built by shipyards across the United States and , after World War II ended , 11 were sold to countries that they had been built to fight against : Italy , Germany , and Japan , as well as other countries , where they had even longer , distinguished careers . Three have been preserved as museum ships in the U.S. and one in Greece .
Frank Jack Fletcher ( April 29 , 1885 - April 25 , 1973 ) was an admiral in the United States Navy during World War II . Fletcher was the operational commander at the pivotal Battles of Coral Sea and of Midway . As a lieutenant , Fletcher was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions in battle at Veracruz . He was the nephew of Admiral Frank Friday Fletcher , who was also awarded the Medal of Honor for actions at Veracruz .
William Rees Rush ( 1857-1940 ) was an officer in the United States Navy during the Spanish-American War , the 1914 United States occupation of Veracruz , and World War I , and was a recipient of the Medal of Honor and the Navy Cross .
Harry McLaren Pinckney Huse ( December 8 , 1858 - May 14 , 1942 ) was a United States Navy Vice-Admiral and a recipient of America 's highest military decoration - the Medal of Honor - for his actions during the U.S. intervention at Veracruz , Mexico .
Edwin Alexander Anderson Jr. ( 16 July 1860 - 23 September 1933 ) was a United States Navy officer who received the Medal of Honor for actions during the 1914 American intervention at Veracruz . He retired from the Navy in 1924 , as an admiral .
New Hampshire ( BB-25 ) was the sixth and final Connecticut-class pre-dreadnought battleship , the last vessel of that type built for the United States Navy . Like most contemporary battleships , she was armed with an offensive armament that consisted of four large-caliber 12-inch ( 300 mm ) guns and several medium-caliber 7 and 8-inch ( 178 and 203 mm ) guns . The ship was laid down in May 1905 , launched in June 1906 , and commissioned in March 1908 , a little over a year after the revolutionary all-big-gun HMS Dreadnought rendered ships like New Hampshire obsolescent . Despite being rapidly surpassed by new American dreadnoughts , New Hampshire had an active career . She made two trips to Europe in 1910 and 1911 , and she sank the old battleship USS Texas , which had been converted into a target ship . New Hampshire was particularly active in the Caribbean during this period , as several countries , including Haiti , the Dominican Republic , and Mexico devolved into internal political conflicts . These actions included the United States occupation of Veracruz , during which the ship 's commander was awarded the Medal of Honor . After the United States entered World War I in April 1917 , the ship was used primarily to train gunners and engine room personnel , as the US Navy had expanded significantly to combat the German U-boat campaign . She escorted convoys in late 1918 , and after the war ended she took part in the effort to bring American soldiers back from France . New Hampshire remained in service for only a few years after the war , as the 1922 Washington Naval Treaty significantly reduced the navies of the signatories ; as a result , the ship was sold for scrap in November 1923 .
Herman Osman Stickney ( December 10 , 1867 - September 13 , 1936 ) was a Rear Admiral in the United States Navy who served in various capacities , including as Commander , Pacific Fleet at the end of his military career . Stickney was a recipient of the Navy Cross and the Medal of Honor .
USS Prairie ( AD-5 ) , formerly Morgan Liner SS El Sol , was built in 1890 by William Cramp & Sons , Philadelphia . She was purchased by the United States Navy on 6 April 1898 from the Southern Pacific Company , and commissioned two days later at New York , Commander Charles J . Train in command .
William Kelly Harrison ( July 30 , 1870 - August 15 , 1928 ) was born in Waco , Texas and died in San Diego , California . Harrison graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1889 . He received the Medal of Honor for actions at the United States occupation of Veracruz , 1914 . He is a relative of President William Henry Harrison ( genealogical research indicates that while they might have a shared ancestry , both families being from Virginia , there is no evidence of a direct relation ) . His son , William Kelly Harrison Jr. graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1917 and retired from the United States Army as a Lieutenant General .
Brigadier General Albertus Wright Catlin ( December 1 , 1868 - May 31 , 1933 ) was a United States Marine Corps general . He also was a recipient of the Medal of Honor for his services during the Occupation of Veracruz in 1914 .
William Adger Moffett ( October 31 , 1869 - April 4 , 1933 ) was an American admiral and Medal of Honor recipient known as the architect of naval aviation in the United States Navy .
Military aviation is the use of military aircraft and other flying machines for the purposes of conducting or enabling aerial warfare , including national airlift ( air cargo ) capacity to provide logistical supply to forces stationed in a theater or along a front . Airpower includes the national means of conducting such warfare , including the intersection of transport and war craft . Military aircraft include bombers , fighters , transports , trainer aircraft , and reconnaissance aircraft .
The Bureau of Aeronautics ( BuAer ) was the U.S. Navy 's material-support organization for naval aviation from 1921 to 1959 . The bureau had cognizance ( i.e. , responsibility ) for the design , procurement , and support of Naval aircraft and related systems . Aerial weapons , however , were under the cognizance of the Navy 's Bureau of Ordnance ( BuOrd ) .
Moffett Federal Airfield ( IATA : NUQ , ICAO : KNUQ , FAA LID : NUQ ) , also known as Moffett Field , is a joint civil-military airport located in an unincorporated part of Santa Clara County , California , United States between northern Mountain View and northern Sunnyvale . On November 10 , 2014 , NASA announced that it would be leasing 1,000 acres ( 400 ha ) of the airfield property to Google for 60 years . The airport is near the south end of San Francisco Bay , northwest of San Jose . Formerly a US Navy facility , the former naval air station is now owned and operated by the NASA Ames Research Center . Tenant military activities include the 129th Rescue Wing of the California Air National Guard , operating the HC-130J Combat King II and HH-60G Pave Hawk aircraft , as well as the adjacent Headquarters for the 7th Psychological Operations Group of the US Army Reserve . Until 28 July 2010 , the US Air Force 's 21st Space Operations Squadron was also a tenant command at Moffett Field , occupying the former Onizuka Air Force Station . In addition to these military activities , NASA also operates several of its own aircraft from Moffett . Hangars One , Two , and Three , and the adjacent Shenandoah Plaza are collectively designated as a National Historic District listed on the National Register of Historic Places . Hangar One is one of the world 's largest freestanding structures , covering 8 acres ( 32,000 m2 ) . The hangar was constructed in 1931 . Hangar One is a Naval Historical Monument , Historic American Engineering Record CA-335 , State of California Historic Civil Engineering Landmarks . In May 2008 , The National Trust for Historic Preservation listed Hangar One on their list of America 's Most Endangered Places .
USS Chester ( CS-1/CL-1 ) of the United States Navy was the first scout cruiser built for the Navy . In 1920 , she was reclassified as a light cruiser . She was launched on 26 June 1907 , by Bath Iron Works , Bath , Maine , sponsored by Miss D. W. Sproul , and commissioned on 25 April 1908 , Commander H. B. Wilson in command . She was named in honor of Chester , Pennsylvania .
The United States occupation of Veracruz began with the Battle of Veracruz and lasted for seven months , as a response to the Tampico Affair of April 9 , 1914 . The incident came in the midst of poor diplomatic relations between Mexico and the United States , and was related to the ongoing Mexican Revolution .
Wendell Cushing Neville ( May 12 , 1870 - July 8 , 1930 ) was a major general of the United States Marine Corps . He was a Medal of Honor recipient and 14th Commandant of the Marine Corps between 1929 and 1930 .
Rufus Zenas Johnston ( June 7 , 1874 - July 4 , 1959 ) was born in Lincolnton , North Carolina . He graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1895 . He received the Medal of Honor for actions at the United States occupation of Veracruz , 1914 . He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery . Johnston is also a recipient of the Navy Cross and served in the Battle of Santiago de Cuba , Boxer Rebellion , Philippine-American War and World War I .
Allen Buchanan ( December 22 , 1876 - January 12 , 1940 ) was an officer in the United States Navy and a Medal of Honor recipient for his role in the United States occupation of Veracruz . He died January 12 , 1940 , and is buried in Arlington National Cemetery , Arlington , Virginia . His grave can be found in Section 4 , Grave 5845 .
Guy W. S. Castle ( February 8 , 1879 - August 10 , 1919 ) was an officer of the United States Navy who received the Medal of Honor for his actions during the United States occupation , of Veracruz , Mexico , in 1914 .
USS Plunger ( SS-2 ) was one of the earliest submarines of the United States Navy . She was the lead boat of her class and was later renamed A-1 when she was designated an A-type submarine . She is not to be confused with the experimental submarine Plunger which was evaluated by the U.S. Navy from 1898 to 1900 .
The third USS Porpoise ( SS-7 ) was an early Plunger-class submarine in the service of the United States Navy , later renamed as A-6 . She was laid down on 13 December 1900 in Elizabeth , New Jersey at the Crescent Shipyard under the direction of shipyard superintendent , Arthur Leopold Busch . This craft was launched on 23 September 1901 , and commissioned at the Holland Torpedo Boatyard at New Suffolk , New York on 19 September 1903 , with Lieutenant Charles P. Nelson in command .
James Patrick Lannon ( October 12 , 1878 - March 13 , 1953 ) was born in Alexandria , Virginia . He graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1902 . He received the Medal of Honor for actions at the United States occupation of Veracruz , 1914 . He was awarded the Navy Cross for service as commanding officer of USS Nashville ( PG-7 ) in the Mediterranean Sea during World War I , served in World War II , and retired in 1947 . He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery .
Adolphus Staton ( August 28 , 1879 - June 4 , 1964 ) was born in Tarboro , North Carolina , and died in Chevy Chase , Maryland . He graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1902 . He received the Medal of Honor for actions at the United States occupation of Veracruz , 1914 . Staton was awarded the Navy Cross in World War I for his actions when his ship , the Mount Vernon , was torpedoed . He served in World War II , and retired from the military in 1947 . He worked in Naval Intelligence and attended the Naval War College and Army War College in addition to earning a law degree from George Washington University Law School . He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery .
Julius Curtis Townsend ( February 22 , 1881 - December 28 , 1939 ) was born in Missouri . He graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1902 . He received the Medal of Honor for actions at the United States occupation of Veracruz , 1914 . He was awarded the Navy Cross and served in World War I .
Richard Wainwright , Jr. ( September 15 , 1881 - March 28 , 1944 ) , was an officer in the United States Navy during World War I who received the Medal of Honor for actions during the 1914 Veracruz action .
The Great White Fleet was the popular nickname for the powerful United States Navy battleships which completed a journey around the globe from 16 December 1907 , to 22 February 1909 , by order of United States President Theodore Roosevelt . Its mission was to make friendly courtesy visits to numerous countries , while displaying new U.S. naval power to the world . It consisted of 16 battleships divided into two squadrons , along with various escorts . Roosevelt sought to demonstrate growing American military power and blue-water navy capability . Hoping to enforce treaties and protect overseas holdings , the United States Congress appropriated funds to build American naval power . Beginning in the 1880s with just 90 small ships , over one-third of them wooden and therefore obsolete , the navy quickly grew to include new steel fighting vessels . The hulls of these ships were painted a stark white , giving the armada the nickname Great White Fleet .
Frederick Vallette McNair Jr. ( March 13 , 1882 - September 2 , 1962 ) was an officer of the United States Navy and a recipient of the Medal of Honor for his actions at the beginning of the U.S. occupation of Veracruz , Mexico . McNair was a graduate of the United States Naval Academy ( Class of 1903 ) and the son of Rear Admiral Frederick V. McNair Sr. ( Class of 1857 ) , and the grandfather of tennis star Frederick V. McNair , IV . McNair rose to the rank of captain . He is buried in the United States Naval Academy Cemetery and his grave can be located in lot 406 .
Frederick Valette McNair ( 13 January 1839 - 28 November 1900 ) was a rear admiral in the United States Navy . McNair served as superintendent of the United States Naval Academy from 1898 to 1900 .
Frederick V. McNair IV ( born July 22 , 1950 ) is an American former professional tennis player who reached the world No . 1 doubles ranking in 1976 . That year , he teamed up with Sherwood Stewart to capture the men 's doubles titles at French Open , the German Open and the Masters . McNair was also a mixed doubles runner-up at the French Open in 1981 , partnering Betty Stöve . In 1978 , he was a member of the U.S. team that won the Davis Cup . In nine years on the professional tour , McNair won 16 doubles titles . His career-high singles ranking was world No . 67 . Before turning professional , McNair played tennis for the University of North Carolina , where he was a four-time All-American and an NCAA doubles finalist in 1973 . McNair comes from a tennis playing family . His grandfather , Frederick V. McNair , Jr. , and father , Fred III , both played in the U.S. Championships ( now known as the US Open ) . Fred III and Fred IV formed a father-son doubles team which won six U.S. national father and son doubles championship titles .
The Battle of the Coral Sea , fought from 4-8 May 1942 , was a major naval battle between the Imperial Japanese Navy ( IJN ) and naval and air forces from the United States and Australia , taking place in the Pacific Theatre of World War II . The battle is historically significant as the first action in which aircraft carriers engaged each other , as well as the first in which the opposing ships neither sighted nor fired directly upon one another . In an attempt to strengthen their defensive position in the South Pacific , the Japanese decided to invade and occupy Port Moresby ( in New Guinea ) and Tulagi ( in the southeastern Solomon Islands ) . The plan to accomplish this was called Operation Mo , and involved several major units of Japan 's Combined Fleet . These included two fleet carriers and a light carrier to provide air cover for the invasion forces . It was under the overall command of Japanese Admiral Shigeyoshi Inoue . The U.S. learned of the Japanese plan through signals intelligence , and sent two United States Navy carrier task forces and a joint Australian-U.S. cruiser force to oppose the offensive . These were under the overall command of U.S. Admiral Frank J. Fletcher . On 3-4 May , Japanese forces successfully invaded and occupied Tulagi , although several of their supporting warships were sunk or damaged in surprise attacks by aircraft from the U.S. fleet carrier Yorktown . Now aware of the presence of U.S. carriers in the area , the Japanese fleet carriers advanced towards the Coral Sea with the intention of locating and destroying the Allied naval forces . On the evening of 6 May , the direction chosen for air searches by the opposing commanders brought the two carrier forces to within 70 nmi ( 81 mi ; 130 km ) of each other , unbeknownst to both sides . Beginning on 7 May , the carrier forces from the two sides engaged in airstrikes over two consecutive days .
The Battle of Midway was a decisive naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II that took place on 4-7 June 1942 , six months after Japan 's attack on Pearl Harbor and one month after the Battle of the Coral Sea . The United States Navy under Admirals Chester W. Nimitz , Frank J. Fletcher , and Raymond A. Spruance defeated an attacking fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy under Admirals Isoroku Yamamoto , Chūichi Nagumo , and Nobutake Kondō near Midway Atoll , inflicting devastating damage on the Japanese fleet that proved irreparable . Military historian John Keegan called it the most stunning and decisive blow in the history of naval warfare , while naval historian Craig Symonds called it one of the most consequential naval engagements in world history , ranking alongside Salamis , Trafalgar , and Tsushima Strait , as both tactically decisive and strategically influential . The Japanese operation , like the earlier attack on Pearl Harbor , sought to eliminate the United States as a strategic power in the Pacific , thereby giving Japan a free hand in establishing its Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere . The Japanese hoped another demoralizing defeat would force the U.S. to capitulate in the Pacific War and thus ensure Japanese dominance in the Pacific . Luring the American aircraft carriers into a trap and occupying Midway was part of an overall barrier strategy to extend Japan 's defensive perimeter , in response to the Doolittle air raid on Tokyo . This operation was also considered preparatory for further attacks against Fiji , Samoa , and Hawaii itself . The plan was handicapped by faulty Japanese assumptions of the American reaction and poor initial dispositions . Most significantly , American cryptographers were able to determine the date and location of the planned attack , enabling the forewarned U.S. Navy to prepare its own ambush . Four Japanese and three American aircraft carriers participated in the battle . The four Japanese fleet carriers - Akagi , Kaga , Sōryū and Hiryū , part of the six-carrier force that had attacked Pearl Harbor six months earlier - were sunk , as was the heavy cruiser Mikuma . The U.S. lost the carrier Yorktown and the destroyer Hammann .
Charles Conway Hartigan ( September 13 , 1882 - February 25 , 1944 ) was born in Norwich , New York and died in Edgewater , Maryland . He graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1906 . He received the Medal of Honor for actions at the United States occupation of Veracruz . He is a veteran of World War I and commanded the ill-fated USS Oklahoma ( BB-37 ) from 1937 to 1939 .
George McCall Courts ( February 16 , 1888 - August 1 , 1932 ) was born in the District of Columbia . He graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1907 . He received the Medal of Honor for actions at the United States occupation of Veracruz , 1914 .