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[[File:Cypress hills 33.jpg|thumb|Medal of Honor recipient [[Henry Rodenburg]].]] | [[File:Cypress hills 33.jpg|thumb|Medal of Honor recipient [[Henry Rodenburg]].]] | ||
* There are 24 [[Medal of Honor]] recipients interred at Cypress Hills | * There are 24 [[Medal of Honor]] recipients interred at Cypress Hills | ||
Marine Sergeant [[John Mapes Adams]], for action during the [[Boxer Rebellion]] | |||
Coxswain [[John Laver Mather Cooper|John Cooper]], aka John Laver Mather, two time recipient. The first for action on board [[USS Brooklyn (1858)|USS ''Brooklyn'']] during the [[Battle of Mobile Bay]], and the second a year later while serving on Rear Admiral [[Henry K. Thatcher]]'s staff in [[Mobile, Alabama]] | |||
Army Sergeant [[Wilbur E. Colyer]], for action at the [[Battle of Verdun]] during World War I | |||
Marine Sergeant Major [[Daniel Daly|Daniel Joseph Daly]], two time Medal of Honor recipient. The first for action in the Boxer Rebellion, and the second for action in [[Haiti]] in 1915 | |||
Marine Private [[James Dougherty (Medal of Honor)|James Dougherty]], for action aboard USS ''Carondelet'' (second ship by that name) in Korea in 1871 | |||
Army Private [[Christopher Freemeyer]], for action in [[Montana Territory]] during the [[Indian Wars]] | |||
Army Sergeant Major [[Frederick W. Gerber]], for 32 years of service to the US Army during the [[Indian Wars]] | |||
Army Sergeant [[Patrick Golden]], for action in the [[Arizona Territory]] during the Indian Wars | |||
Army First Sergeant [[Edward P. Grimes]], for action in [[Colorado Territory]] during the Indian Wars | |||
Army Sergeant [[Bernhard Jetter]], for action during the [[Indian Wars]] | |||
Chief Watertender [[Johannes J. Johannessen]], for peace time service aboard [[USS Iowa (BB-4)|USS ''Iowa'']] | |||
Quartermaster [[Edward S. Martin]], for action at the [[Battle of Mobile Bay]] during the Civil War | |||
Lieutenant [[Mons Monssen]], for peace time service aboard [[USS Missouri (BB-11)|USS ''Missouri'']] | |||
Army Sergeant [[John Nihill]], for action in Arizona Territory during the Indian Wars | |||
Quartermaster Third Class [[Anton Olsen (U.S. Navy)|Anton Olsen]], for action aboard [[USS Marblehead (C-11)|USS ''Marblehead'']] during the [[Spanish–American War]] | |||
Army Private [[Henry Rodenburg]], for action in Montana Territory during the Indian Wars | |||
Army Sergeant [[Valentine Rossbach]], for action at the [[Battle of Spotsylvania Court House]] during the Civil War | |||
Army Private [[John Schiller]], for action at the [[Battle of Chaffin's Farm]] during the Civil War | |||
Chief Watertender [[Eugene P. Smith]], for peace time service aboard [[USS Decatur (DD-5)|USS ''Decatur'']] | |||
Gunner's Mate First Class [[Wilhelm Smith]], for peace time service aboard [[USS New York (BB-34)|USS ''New York'']] | |||
Marine Gunnery Sergeant [[Peter Stewart (Medal of Honor recipient)|Peter Stewart]], for action during the Boxer Rebellion | |||
Army Private [[James W. Webb]], for action at the [[Second Battle of Bull Run]] during the Civil War | |||
Army First Sergeant [[Henry Wilkens]], for action in Montana Territory during the Indian Wars | |||
Seaman Louis Williams, a.k.a. [[Ludwig Andreas Olsen]], two time recipient. Both medals were for peace time service aboard [[USS Lackawanna (1862)|USS ''Lackawanna'']] | |||
* Other notable interments | * Other notable interments | ||
[[Robert Osborne Abbott]], [[American Civil War]] surgeon, and medical director, [[Department of Washington]] | |||
[[Hiram Cronk]], soldier with the New York Volunteers, the last surviving veteran of the [[War of 1812]] as of the date of his death in 1905 | |||
General [[Thomas W. Egan]], [[40th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment]], Civil War | |||
Brevet Brigadier General [[William Gates (soldier)|William Gates]], veteran of the War of 1812, Seminole War, Mexican War and Civil War | |||
[[Bill Lovett|William "Wild Bill" Lovett]], leader of the [[White Hand Gang]], veteran of World War I | |||
Colonel [[Benjamin Kendrick Pierce]], veteran of the [[War of 1812]], [[Second Seminole War]], and [[Mexican–American War]], and brother of President [[Franklin Pierce]] | |||
== Gallery == | == Gallery == |
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