List of People From Michigan - Military Figures

Military Figures

• Christopher C. Augur, commanding officer of the Union Army XXII Corps (ACW) at the Battle of Plains Store in the American Civil War (born in New York, settled in Michigan from which state he led troops in the war)
• Remi A. Balduck, World War II naval hero (born in Detroit)
• Frank Dwight Baldwin, Major General in the US Army, twice awarded the Medal of Honor for his parts in the American Civil War and Indian Wars, also serving in the Spanish-American War and the Philippine-American War (born in Manchester)
• Harry Hill Bandholtz, US Brigadier General in World War I and head of the US Military Mission to Hungary (born in Constantine)
• Joseph Beyrle, only soldier to have served in both the US Army and the Soviet Army in World War II (born in Muskegon)
• Ronald A. Burdo, World War II US Marine hero for whom the high speed transport USS Burdo (APD-133) was named (born in Cheboygan)
• George H. Cannon, first US Marine to receive the Medal of Honor in World War II (born in Webster Groves, Missouri; raised in Detroit)
• Lewis Cass, Secretary of War, Secretary of State, Brigadier General in the War of 1812, 1848 Democratic Party presidential nominee, governor of Michigan Territory (born in New Hampshire; moved to Michigan when appointed governor)
• William R. Charette, Korean War US Navy hospital corpsman who selected the Unknown Soldier of World War II (born in Ludington)
• Ferdinand J. Chesarek, US Army General who served as Comptroller of the Army (born in Calumet)
• John G. Coburn, Four-star general, Commander U.S. Army Materiel Command (born in Ypsilanti)
• George Armstrong Custer, US General—born in New Rumley, Ohio; moved to Monroe)
• Hugh A. Drum, US General who fought in the Philippine-American War and World War I, later becoming Chief of Staff of the First United States Army, AEF (born in Fort Brady)
• Sarah Emma Edmundson, Union spy and (famously disguised as a man) soldier (born in Magaguadavic Settlement, New Brunswick, Canada; moved to Flint)
• Daniel Ellsberg, military analyst, known for releasing the Pentagon Papers (grew up Detroit)
• Anna Etheridge (aka Michigan Annie), Civil War nurse enlisted with the Michigan 2nd Infantry, active in nearly every major battle of the war, awarded the Kearney Cross for bravery at the Battle of Chancellorsville (born in Wayne County)
• Elon J. Farnsworth, Union Army Cavalry General in the American Civil War, killed at the Battle of Gettysburg (born in Green Oak)
• Aubrey Fitch, US Navy admiral (born in Saint Ignace)
• Douglas Harold Fox, World War II naval hero killed at Guadalcanal (born in Walled Lake)
• Ben Hebard Fuller, Commandant of the Marine Corps (born in Big Rapids)
• Duane D. Hackney, Vietnam War US Air Force hero (born in Flint)
• Francis P. Hammerberg, United States Navy diver who was awarded the Medal of Honor (born in Daggett)
• Henry Moore Harrington, officer in the U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment who died with George Armstrong Custer at the Battle of Little Big Horn (born in Albion, New York, but moved as a child to Coldwater
• Thomas C. Hart, US Navy Director of Submarines in World War I, US Navy admiral in World War II and later Senator from Connecticut (born in Davison)
• Frank Knox, Secretary of the Navy under Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 1936 Republican Vice Presidential candidate and newspaper owner (born in Boston, Massachusetts; moved to Grand Rapids)
• Alexander Macomb, commanding general of the United States Army from 1828-1841 (born in Detroit)
• James Joseph Raby, Rear Admiral, USN (born in Bay City)
• Karl W. Richter, youngest pilot in the Vietnam War to shoot down a MiG in air-to-air combat, winner of the Air Force Cross, Distinguished Flying Cross, and Purple Heart (born in Holly)
• Dean Rockwell, D-Day hero, coach of the US Greco-Roman wrestling team at the Tokyo 1964 Summer Olympics and Albion College football coach (born in rural Cass County)
• Frederick C. Sherman, World War II US Navy admiral (born in Michigan)
• Oliver Sipple, marine who saved President Gerald Ford's life during a 1975 assassination attempt (born in Detroit)
• Willard J. Smith, United States Coast Guard Commandant (born in Suttons Bay)
• Carl W. Weiss, World War II U.S. Marine Corps hero who was killed in action at Guadalcanal (born in Detroit)
• Donald W. Wolf, World War II U.S. Marine Corps hero who was killed in action at Guadalcanal (born in Hart)