page_title: List of people from Indiana
section_title: Military
hierarchical_section_title: List of people from Indiana / Military
caption_attribution_description: English: U.S. Army Retired Sgt. 1st Class Sammy Davis clutches the Medal of Honor he was awarded for actions in Vietnam, during a ceremony marking the partnership between the Army National Guard, U.S. Army Reserve and Helmets to Hardhats, at the Pentagon, Va., July 2, 2009. Helmets to Hardhats is a nonprofit program that connects service members with careers in building and construction trades. "There is nothing broken in this nation, that we people cannot repair," Davis said. "You don't lose, until you quit trying."
context_page_description: This is a list of notable people who were born or lived in the American state of Indiana.
context_section_description: Jeremy Michael Boorda, Admiral, Chief of Naval Operations (South Bend)
  Ambrose Burnside, General in the Civil War, sideburns are named after him (Liberty)
  John Howard Cassady U.S. Navy Admiral, Commander in Chief Naval Forces Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean (Spencer)
  George Rogers Clark, man who conquered Indiana for the United States (Clarksville)
  Sammy L. Davis, Medal of Honor recipient from Vietnam War, U.S. Army (Freedom)
  Jonathan D. George, retired Air Force brigadier general, 9th District congressional candidate (Bedford)
  William Grose, Civil War General (New Castle)
  Scott S. Haraburda, Colonel, U.S. Army; President of the Indiana Society of Professional Engineers (Spencer)
  Horace Meek Hickam, Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Army Air Corps; aviation pioneer; Hickam AFB named in his honor (Spencer)
  Jonas Ingram, Medal of Honor recipient, Atlantic Fleet commander in World War II (Jeffersonville)
  Henry Maston Mullinnix, Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy; USS Mullinnix was named in his honor (Spencer)
  John Poindexter, Vice Admiral, U.S. Navy, National Security Adviser to President Ronald Reagan, figure in the Iran-Contra affair (Odon)
  David M. Shoup, Medal of Honor recipient, 22nd Commandant of the Marine Corps (Battle Ground)
  Walter Bedell Smith, General, U.S. Army, chief of staff to General Dwight D. Eisenhower (Indianapolis)
  Raymond Ames Spruance, Admiral, U.S. Navy, Flagship Commander USS Indianapolis (Indianapolis)
  Lew Wallace, General in the Civil War (Crawfordsville)
  Anthony Wayne, known for being mad and overrunning Chief Little Turtle (Fort Wayne)
  Samuel Woodfill, most decorated American soldier in World War I (Jefferson County)
caption: Sammy L. Davis
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