List of People From Wisconsin - Military

Military

• Harold C. Agerholm (1925–1944), World War II Medal of Honor recipient (Racine)
• Frank L. Anders (1875–1966), Philippine-American War Medal of Honor recipient (Ripon)
• James Roy Andersen (1904–1945), U.S. Army general (Racine)
• Beauford T. Anderson (1922–1996), World War II Medal of Honor recipient (Eagle, Soldiers Grove)
• Mark E. Anderson, U.S. National Guard general (Wisconsin Rapids)
• Peter Anderson (1847–1907), American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient (Lafayette County)
• Fred Ascani (1917–2010), U.S. Air Force Major General (Beloit)
• Margaret H. Bair, U.S. Air National Guard general (Lake Geneva)
• Merton W. Baker (1924–2000), U.S. Air Force Major General (Tomahawk)
• George Barnett (1859–1930), Commandant of the United States Marine Corps (Lancaster, Boscobel)
• Stuart E. Barstad (1929–2009), Chief of Chaplains of the U.S. Air Force (Colfax)
• William A. Barstow (1813–1865), Union Army general (Waukesha, Janesville)
• Frank E. Beatty (1853–1926), U.S. Navy admiral (Aztalan)
• Harry Bell (1860–1938), Philippine-American War Medal of Honor recipient (Milwaukee)
• Leslie Allen Bellrichard (1941–1967), Vietnam War Medal of Honor recipient (Janesville)
• Harold Medberry Bemis (1884–1970), U.S. Navy admiral (Oshkosh)
• Paul M. Blayney, U.S. Coast Guard admiral (Milwaukee, Jefferson)
• Orville Emil Bloch (1915–1983), World War II Medal of Honor recipient (Big Falls)
• Robert D. Bohn, U.S. Marine Corps Major General (Neenah)
• Richard Bong (1920–1945), World War II pilot (Superior)
• Frank Matteson Bostwick (1857–1945), U.S. Navy Commodore (Janesville)
• Peter J. Boylan, U.S. Army Major General (Portage)
• John Bradley (1923–1994), Iwo Jima flag-raiser (Antigo)
• Edward S. Bragg (1827–1912), Union Army general (Fond du Lac)
• Oscar Brookin, Spanish-American War Medal of Honor recipient (Byron)
• Deming Bronson (1894–1957), World War I Medal of Honor recipient (Rhinelander)
• Clarence John Brown (1895–1973), U.S. Navy Vice Admiral (Plum City)
• F. Taylor Brown (1925–2011), U.S. Navy admiral (Ashland)
• Robert Whitney Burns (1908–1964), U.S. Air Force Lieutenant General (Stanley)
• Elmer J. Burr (1908–1942), World War II Medal of Honor recipient (Neenah, Menasha)
• Joseph Cable (1848–1877), American Indian Wars Medal of Honor recipient (Madison)
• James J. Carey, U.S. Navy admiral (Green Lake County, Aurora)
• Irving J. Carr (1875–1963), U.S. Army Major General (Chippewa Falls)
• Guy W.S. Castle (1879–1919), Medal of Honor recipient
• Arthur S. Champeny (1893–1979), U.S. Army general (Briggsville)
• Stanley R. Christianson (1925–1950), Korean War Medal of Honor recipient (Mindoro)
• Paul Clemens, U.S. Army general (Superior)
• Gerald W. Clusen, U.S. Navy admiral (Manitowoc)
• Jefferson Coates (1843–1880), American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient (Boscobel)
• James Kelsey Cogswell (1847–1908), U.S. Navy admiral (Milwaukee)
• Robert Grimes Coman (1887–1963), U.S. Navy Commodore (Trempealeau)
• Richard H. Cosgriff (1845–1910), American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient (Hudson, Chippewa Falls)
• James E. Croft (1833–1914), American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient (Janesville)
• Winfield S. Cunningham (1900–1986), U.S. Navy admiral (Rockbridge)
• James B. Currie (1925–2009), U.S. Air Force Major General (Milwaukee)
• William B. Cushing (1842–1874), Navy officer who sank the CSS Albemarle, the USS Cushing was named after him (Delafield)
• Marshall E. Cusic Jr., U.S. Navy admiral (Marshfield)
• Lysander Cutler (1807–1866), Union Army general (Milwaukee)
• Clinton W. Davies (1899–1989), U.S. Air Force general (Racine)
• Frederick Curtice Davis (1915–1941), highly-decorated Navy officer, the USS Frederick C. Davis was named for him (Rock County)
• Leighton I. Davis (1910–1995), U.S. Air Force Lieutenant General (Sparta)
• Charles G. Dawes (1865–1951), U.S. Army general (La Crosse)
• Dirk J. Debbink, U.S. Navy Vice Admiral; Chief of Navy Reserve (Oconomowoc)
• Abraham DeSomer (1884–1974), Medal of Honor recipient (Milwaukee)
• John Durham (1843–1918), American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient (Malone)
• Herbert W. Ehrgott (1910–1982), U.S. Air Force general (Milwaukee)
• Clarence Ekstrom, U.S. Navy Vice Admiral (Waupaca)
• Horace Ellis (1843–1867), American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient (Chippewa Falls)
• William Ellis (1834–1875), American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient (Watertown)
• Gerald L. Endl (1915–1944), World War II Medal of Honor recipient (Fort Atkinson, Janesville)
• Lucius Fairchild (1831–1896), Union Army general (Madison)
• Peter Fanta, U.S. Navy admiral (Manitowoc)
• Jack K. Farris (1934–), U.S. Air Force Major General (Fennimore)
• Richard W. Fellows (1914–1998), U.S. Air Force general (Algoma)
• Art Fiala (1899–2005), World War I (Kewaunee)
• James H. Flatley (1906–1958), U.S. Navy Vice Admiral (Green Bay)
• Lawrence J. Fleming (1922–2006), U.S. Air Force Major General (Green Bay)
• James F. Flock, U.S. Marine Corps Major General (Milwaukee)
• Amos Fries (1873–1963), U.S. Army Major General, Chief of the Chemical Warfare Service (Viroqua)
• Harold A. Fritz (born 1944), Vietnam War Medal of Honor recipient (Milwaukee)
• Julius A. Furer (1880–1963), U.S. Navy admiral (Mosel)
• Augustus F. Gearhard (1893–1975) Deputy Chief of Chaplains of the U.S. Air Force (Milwaukee)
• Theodore W. Goldin (1858–1935), American Indian Wars Medal of Honor recipient (Avon, Brodhead, Janesville, King)
• Albert W. Grant (1856–1930), U.S. Navy Vice Admiral (Stevens Point)
• Sandra A. Gregory, U.S. Air Force general (Loyal)
• Kenneth E. Gruennert (1922–1942), World War II Medal of Honor recipient (Helenville)
• Charles Smith Hamilton (1822–1891), Union Army Major General (Milwaukee)
• Melvin O. Handrich (1919–1950), Korean War Medal of Honor recipient (Manawa)
• Rodney R. Hannula, U.S. National Guard Major General (Saxon)
• William Frederick Hase (1874–1935), U.S. Army Major General (Milwaukee)
• J. Michael Hayes, U.S. Marine Corps general (Milwaukee)
• Philip Hayes (1887–1949), U.S. Army Major General (Portage)
• John Higgins (1899–1973), U.S. Navy admiral (Madison)
• Frank E. Hill (1850–1906), American Indian Wars Medal of Honor recipient (Mayfield)
• Benjamin Hilliker, American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient (Town of Waupaca)
• Harrison Carroll Hobart (1815–1902), Union Army general (Sheboygan, Chilton, Milwaukee)
• Roy Hoffmann, U.S. Navy admiral (Milwaukee)
• Lucius Roy Holbrook (1875–1952), U.S. Army Major General (Arkansaw)
• Willard Ames Holbrook (1860–1932), U.S. Army Major General (Arkansaw)
• David William Hutchison (1908–1982), U.S. Air Force Major General (Mineral Point)
• Einar H. Ingman, Jr. (born 1929), Korean War Medal of Honor recipient (Milwaukee, Tomahawk)
• Frank B. James (1912–2004), U.S. Air Force general (Delavan)
• John L. Jerstad (1918–1943), World War II Medal of Honor recipient (Racine, Milwaukee)
• Jay L. Johnson, Chief of Naval Operations (West Salem)
• John Johnson (1842–1907), American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient (Janesville)
• Marvin John Jensen (1908–1993), U.S. Navy admiral (Sheboygan)
• Stephen E. Johnson, U.S. Navy admiral (Wisconsin Rapids)
• Donald S. Jones (1928–2004), U.S. Navy Vice Admiral (Madison)
• Harley Sanford Jones (1902–1997), U.S. Air Force general (Fox Lake)
• Emil C. Kiel (1895–1977), U.S. Air Force general
• Charles King (1844–1933), U.S. Army general (Milwaukee)
• Rufus King (1814–1876), Union Army general (Milwaukee)
• John Baxter Kinne (1877–1954), Philippine-American War Medal of Honor recipient (Beloit)
• Louis Joseph Kirn (1908–1995), U.S. Navy admiral (Milwaukee)
• Russell Klika, combat photographer (Appleton)
• Richard A. Knobloch (1918–2001), U.S. Air Force general (West Allis, Milwaukee)
• Oscar Koch (1897–1970), U.S. Army general, member of the Military Intelligence Hall of Fame (Milwaukee)
• Edmond Konrad, U.S. Navy admiral (Oshkosh)
• James Benjamin Lampert (1914–1978), U.S. Army Lieutenant General
• Thomas B. Larkin (1890–1968), Quartermaster General of the U.S. Army (Louisburg)
• Daniel P. Leaf, U.S. Air Force Lieutenant General, Commander of the United States Pacific Command (Shawano)
• William D. Leahy (1875–1959), U.S. Navy Fleet Admiral, first military officer to reach of five-star rank (Ashland)
• James J. LeCleir (1941–), U.S. Air Force Major General (Chippewa Falls)
• Scott D. Legwold, U.S. National Guard general (Eau Claire)
• James J. Lindsay (born 1932), U.S. Army General, first Commander of the United States Special Operations Command (Portage)
• Nathan J. Lindsay (1936–), U.S. Air Force Major General (Monroe)
• Arno H. Luehman (1911–1989), U.S. Air Force Major General (Milwaukee)
• Edward E. Lyon (1871–1931), Philippine-American War Medal of Honor recipient (Hixton)
• Arthur MacArthur, Jr. (1845–1912), Medal of Honor Civil War, "On Wisconsin", father of General Douglas MacArthur (Milwaukee)
• Douglas MacArthur (1880–1964), General of the U.S. Army, U.S. Army Chief of Staff, Medal of Honor recipient (Milwaukee)
• Alexander Mackenzie (1844–1921), U.S. Army Chief of Engineers (Postosi)
• Lester J. Maitland (1899–1990), U.S. Army Air Service general (Milwaukee)
• Francis Marshall, U.S. Army general (Darlington)
• Michael A. McAuliffe (1941–), U.S. Air Force general (Ashland)
• Michael J. McCarthy, U.S. Air Force Major General (Niagara)
• John E. McCoy, U.S. Air National Guard general (Janesville, Stoughton)
• Robert Bruce McCoy (1867–1926), U.S. National Guard Major General (Kenosha, Lafayette, Sparta)
• Arthur L. McCullough, U.S. Air Force general (Milwaukee)
• Charles C. McDonald (born 1933), U.S. Air Force General (Barron)
• Edward McGlachlin, Jr., U.S. Army Major General (Fond du Lac, Stevens Point)
• Hugh J. McGrath (1858–1899), Philippine-American War Medal of Honor recipient (Fond du Lac)
• John S. Mills (1906–1996), U.S. Air Force Major General (Appleton)
• Andrew Miller (1916–1944), World War II Medal of Honor recipient (Manitowoc, Two Rivers)
• Billy Mitchell (1879–1936), U.S. general, aviation (raised in West Allis)
• Marc Mitscher (1887–1947), World War II admiral (Hillsboro)
• Robert J. Modrzejewski (born 1934), Vietnam War Medal of Honor recipient (Milwaukee)
• Daniel B. Moore (1838–1914), American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient (Mifflin)
• Charles E. Mower (1924–1944), World War II Medal of Honor recipient (Chippewa Falls)
• Dennis Murphy (1830–1901), American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient (Green Bay)
• Beryl Newman (1911–1998), World War II Medal of Honor recipient (Baraboo)
• Richard J. Nolan (1848–1905), American Indian Wars Medal of Honor recipient (Milwaukee)
• William Nordeen (1936–1988), U.S. Navy officer, killed in terrorist attack (Amery, Centuria)
• Albert O'Connor, American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient (Lodi)
• Tad J. Oelstrom, U.S. Air Force Lieutenant General (Milwaukee)
• Ralph A. Ofstie (1897–1956), U.S. Navy Vice Admiral (Eau Claire)
• Truman O. Olson (1917–1944), World War II Medal of Honor recipient (Christiana, Cambridge)
• Andrew P. O'Meara (1907–2005), U.S. Army General, Commander-in-Chief of United States Southern Command and United States Army Europe (West Bend)
• John Birdsell Oren (1909–2006), U.S. Coast Guard admiral (Madison)
• Halbert E. Paine (1826–1905), Union Army general (Milwaukee)
• John Patterson (1838–1922), American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient (Summit, Mauston)
• Ernest Dichmann Peek (1878–1950), U.S. Army Major General (Oshkosh)
• Oscar V. Peterson (1899–1942), World War II Medal of Honor recipient (Prentice)
• George F. Pond (1844–1911), American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient (Fairwater)
• James Pond (1838–1903), American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient (Janesville)
• Mitchell Red Cloud, Jr. (1924–1950), Korean War Medal of Honor recipient (Hatfield, Merrillan)
• Marcus Robbins (1851–1924), American Indian Wars Medal of Honor recipient (Elba)
• Carson Abel Roberts (1905–1983), U.S. Marine Corps Lieutenant General (Lancaster)
• Marcus W. Robertson (1870–1948), Philippine-American War Medal of Honor recipient (Suamico)
• Davis C. Rohr, U.S. Air Force Major General (Burlington)
• Thomas H. Ruger (1833–1907), Superintendent of the United States Military Academy (Janesville)
• Margaret A. Rykowski, U.S. Navy admiral (Milwaukee)
• Ben L. Salomon, (1914–1944), World War II Medal of Honor recipient (Milwaukee)
• Frederick C. Salomon (1826–1897), Union Army general (Manitowoc)
• Elmer Salzman, U.S. Marine Corps Major General (Kiel)
• Walter Schindler (1897–1991), U.S. Navy Vice Admiral (New Glarus)
• Herman Alfred Schmid (1910–1985), U.S. Air Force general (Milwaukee)
• Carl Schurz (1829–1906), Union Army Major General (Town of Watertown, Milwaukee)
• Richard Severson, U.S. Air Force general (Brooklyn)
• James Shields (1810–1879), Union Army general
• Henry Hastings Sibley (1811–1891), Union Army general
• William Sickles (1844–1938), American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient (Fall River)
• John Otto Siegel (1890–1973), World War I Medal of Honor recipient (Milwaukee)
• Lance Sijan (1942–1968), Vietnam War Medal of Honor recipient (Milwaukee)
• Clayton K. Slack (1896–1976), World War I Medal of Honor recipient (Plover)
• Fred R. Sloan, U.S. Air National Guard Major General (Milwaukee)
• John Converse Starkweather (1829–1890), Union Army general (Milwaukee)
• Henry J. Stehling (1918–2001), U.S. Air Force general (Milwaukee)
• Joseph Stika (1889–1976), U.S. Coast Guard Vice Admiral (Milwaukee, Kewaunee)
• Kenneth E. Stumpf (born 1944), Vietnam War Medal of Honor recipient (Neenah, Milwaukee)
• Jerome A. Sudut (1930–1951), Korean War Medal of Honor recipient (Wausau)
• Dennis B. Sullivan (1927–), U.S. Air Force general (Chippewa Falls)
• Timothy S. Sullivan, U.S. Coast Guard admiral (Milwaukee)
• Woodrow Swancutt (1915–1993), U.S. Air Force Major General (Edgar)
• Eugene L. Tattini, U.S. Air Force Lieutenant General (Madison)
• Claude Taugher (1895–1963), World War I Distinguished Service Cross and Navy Cross recipient (Marathon City)
• Thomas Toohey (1835–1918), American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient (Milwaukee)
• Robin G. Tornow (1942–2010), U.S. Air Force general (Monroe)
• Charles Treat, U.S. Army general (Monroe)
• Clement A. Trott, U.S. Army Major General (Milwaukee)
• Edwin M. Truell (1841–1907), American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient (Mauston)
• Merrill B. Twining (1902–1996), U.S. Marine Corps General (Monroe)
• Nathan C. Twining (1869–1924), U.S. Navy admiral (Boscobel)
• Nathan Farragut Twining (1897–1982), U.S. Air Force general (Monroe)
• William J. Van Ryzin (1914–2002), U.S. Marine Corps Lieutenant General (Appleton)
• James M. Vande Hey (1916–2009), U.S. Air Force general
• Hoyt Vandenberg (1899–1954), U.S. Air Force general (Milwaukee)
• James R. Van Den Elzen (1931–), U.S. Marine Corps general (Green Bay)
• Alfred Verhulst (1921–1975), U.S. Air Force general (Sheboygan Falls)
• Fred W. Vetter, Jr. (1921–2002), U.S. Air Force general (Milwaukee)
• Lutz Wahl (1869–1928), Adjutant General of the U.S. Army (Milwaukee)
• William Miller Wallace (1844–1924), U.S. Army general (Prairie du Chien)
• Francis A. Waller (1840–1911), American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient (De Soto)
• Cadwallader C. Washburn (1818–1882), Union Army Major General (Mineral Point, La Crosse)
• Waldemar F.A. Wendt (1912–1997), U.S. Navy Admiral, Commander-in-Chief of the United States Naval Forces Europe
• Don S. Wenger (1911–1986), U.S. Air Force Major General (Monroe)
• Leslie J. Westberg (1920–1997), U.S. Air Force general (Menasha)
• Gary George Wetzel (born 1947), Vietnam War Medal of Honor recipient (South Milwaukee, Milwaukee)
• Charles White Whittlesey (1884–1921), World War I Medal of Honor recipient, leader of the Lost Battalion (Florence)
• Hugh E. Wild (1918–), U.S. Air Force general (Elmwood)
• Albert H. Wilkening, U.S. Air National Guard Major General
• Donald Erwin Wilson, U.S. Navy admiral (Taylor County)
• Claron A. Windus, Indian Wars Medal of Honor recipient (Janesville)
• Arthur Wolcott Yates, U.S. Army general
• Cassin Young (1894–1942), World War II Medal of Honor recipient
• Frank Albert Young (1876–1941), China Relief Expedition Medal of Honor recipient (Milwaukee)
• Elmo Zumwalt (1920–2000), Chief of Naval Operations (Milwaukee)
• Ralph Wise Zwicker (1903–1991), U.S. Army Major General (Stoughton)