List of members of the American Legion

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This table provides a list of notable members of The American Legion.

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A

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!scope="col" colspan="2"|Member

!scope="col"|Conflict Era

!scope="col"|Branch of Service

!scope="col"|References

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!scope="row"|Sherman Adams

|{{Nowrap|World War I Era}}

|U.S. Marine Corps

|{{citation needed|date=October 2019}}

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!scope="row"|Spiro Agnew

|{{Nowrap|World War II Era}}

|U.S. Army

|{{cite web|url=https://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc3500/sc3520/001400/001486/html/1486bio.html|title=Spiro T. Agnew, MSA SC 3520-1486|website=Archives of Maryland|access-date=August 24, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230305055142/https://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc3500/sc3520/001400/001486/html/1486bio.html|archive-date=March 5, 2023}}

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!scope="row"|Harold Arthur

|{{Nowrap|World War II Era}}

|U.S. Army

|{{citation needed|date=October 2019}}

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!scope="row"|Gene Autry

|{{Nowrap|World War II Era}}

|U.S. Army Air Forces

|{{cite web |title=Post 43 History |url=https://www.hollywoodpost43.org/post-43 |website=Hollywood Post 43 |access-date=24 July 2023}}

B

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!scope="col" colspan="2"|Member

!scope="col"|Conflict Era

!scope="col"|Branch of Service

!scope="col"|References

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!scope="row"|Perry Belmont

|{{Nowrap|World War I Era}}

|U.S. Army

|{{citation needed|date=October 2019}}

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|75px

!scope="row"|Humphrey Bogart

|{{Nowrap|World War I Era}}

|U.S. Navy

|

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!scope="row"|Hale Boggs

|{{Nowrap|World War II Era}}

|U.S. Navy

|{{citation needed|date=October 2019}}

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!scope="row"|John Breckinridge

|{{Nowrap|World War II Era}}

|U.S. Army

|{{citation needed|date=October 2019}}

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!scope="row"|Maurice Britt

|{{Nowrap|World War II Era}}

|U.S. Army

|{{citation needed|date=October 2019}}

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!scope="row"|Harold Burton

|{{Nowrap|World War I Era}}

|U.S. Army

|{{citation needed|date=October 2019}}

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!scope="row"|George Bush

|{{Nowrap|World War II Era}}

|U.S. Navy

|{{cite web|url=https://www.legion.org/commander/244065/legion-commander-‘president-bush-admired-troops-world-leaders-around-globe’|title=Legion commander: 'President Bush admired by troops, world leaders around the globe'|website=The American Legion|access-date=August 25, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230825021931/https://www.legion.org/commander/244065/legion-commander-‘president-bush-admired-troops-world-leaders-around-globe’|archive-date=August 25, 2023}}

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!scope="row"|George Bush

|{{Nowrap|Vietnam War Era}}

|U.S. Air Force

|{{cite web|url=https://centennial.legion.org/timeline/16985/post-911-gi-bill|title=The Post 9/11 GI Bill|date=June 30, 2008|website=The American Legion|access-date=August 25, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230327013956/https://centennial.legion.org/timeline/16985/post-911-gi-bill|archive-date=Mar 27, 2023}}

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!scope="row"|Prescott Bush

|{{Nowrap|World War I Era}}

|U.S. Army

|{{cite web|url=https://www.greenwichlibrary.org/bush-family-patriarch-prescott-s-bush/|title=The Bush Family Patriarch: Prescott S. Bush|website=Greenwich Library |date= March 4, 2017 |first1=Carl |last1=White |access-date=August 25, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230825044745/https://www.greenwichlibrary.org/bush-family-patriarch-prescott-s-bush/|archive-date=August 25, 2023}}

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!scope="row"|Red Buttons

|{{Nowrap|World War II Era}}

|U.S. Army Air Forces

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!scope="row"|Richard Byrd

|{{Nowrap|World War I Era}}

|U.S. Navy

|{{citation needed|date=October 2019}}

C

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!scope="col" colspan="2"|Member

!scope="col"|Conflict Era

!scope="col"|Branch of Service

!scope="col"|References

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!scope="row"|Jimmy Carter

|{{Nowrap|World War II Era}}

|U.S. Navy

|{{cite encyclopedia |last=Fink |first=Gary |title=Jimmy Carter |encyclopedia=New Georgia Encyclopedia |date=November 3, 2020|url=https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/government-politics/jimmy-carter-b-1924/ |access-date=January 26, 2024}}{{cite magazine |author= |date=March 2025 |title=National Commander Jim LaCoursiere, on the death of President Jimmy Carter on Dec. 29. |url= |department=Forward Operating Base (The FOB) |magazine=The American Legion Magazine |volume=198 |number=3 |location=Indianapolis, Ind. |publisher=The American Legion |page=6 |issn=0886-1234}}

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!scope="row"|John Chafee

|{{Nowrap|World War II Era}}

|U.S. Marine Corps

|{{citation needed|date=October 2019}}

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!scope="row"|Francis Cherry

|{{Nowrap|World War II Era}}

|U.S. Navy

|{{citation needed|date=October 2019}}

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!scope="row"|Bennett Clark

|{{Nowrap|World War I Era}}

|U.S. Army

|{{cite web |first=George Seay |last=Wheat |date=1919 |title=The Story of the American Legion |url=https://archive.org/details/storyofamericanl00whearich |series=The Birth of the Legion |location=New York |publisher=G. P. Putnam's Sons |page=258 |lccn=19012694 |ol=7238700M |via=Internet Archive}}

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!scope="row"|Max Cleland

|{{Nowrap|Vietnam War Era}}

|U.S. Army

|{{citation needed|date=October 2019}}

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!scope="row"|Robert Coontz

|{{Nowrap|World War I Era}}

|U.S. Navy

|{{cite magazine |author= |date=January 1929 |title=Hannibal's Heroes |url=https://archive.org/details/sim_american-legion_1929-01_6_1/page/34/mode/2up |magazine=The American Legion Monthly |volume=6 |number=1 |location=Indianapolis, Indiana |publisher=The American Legion |page=34 |issn=0886-1234 |via=Internet Archive}}

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!scope="row"|Tom Cotton

|{{Nowrap|War on Terrorism Era}}

|U.S. Army

|{{cite news |last=Turnage |first=Clara |date=January 13, 2019 |title=New Legion scholarship honors Arkansas couple |url=https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2019/jan/13/new-legion-scholarship-honors-couple-20-1/ |work=Arkansas Democrat-Gazette |access-date=September 29, 2020}}

D

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!scope="col" colspan="2"|Member

!scope="col"|Conflict Era

!scope="col"|Branch of Service

!scope="col"|References

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!scope="row"|Tom Daschle

|{{Nowrap|Vietnam War Era}}

|U.S. Air Force

|{{cite web|url=https://www.legion.org/boysnation/alumni|title=Prominent Graduates|website=The American Legion|access-date=January 25, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240126055142/https://www.legion.org/boysnation/alumni|archive-date=January 26, 2024}}

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!scope="row"|Charles Dawes

|{{Nowrap|World War I Era}}

|U.S. Army

|{{cite magazine |author= |date=September 18, 1925 |title=The What and the Why of the Forty and Eight |url=https://archive.org/details/americanlegionwe738amer/page/n5/mode/2up |magazine=The American Legion Weekly |volume=7 |number=38 |location=Indianapolis, Indiana |publisher=The American Legion |page=7 |issn=0886-1234 |via=Internet Archive}}

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|75px

!scope="row"|Cecil DeMille

|{{Nowrap|World War I Era}}

|U.S. Army

|

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!scope="row"|Everett Dirksen

|{{Nowrap|World War I Era}}

|U.S. Army

|{{cite book |last1=Jeffrey |first1=Robert Campbell |last2=Peterson |first2=Owen |date=1975 |title=Speech: A Text With Adapted Readings |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8YdFu_RJwjMC&q=%22postwar%22 |location=New York, NY |publisher=Harper & Row |page=83|isbn=9780060432775 }}

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|75px

!scope="row"|Bob Dole

|{{Nowrap|World War II Era}}

|U.S. Army

|{{cite web |url=https://www.legion.org/distinguishedservicemedal/1997/sen-robert-j-dole |title=Sen. Robert J. Dole |website=The American Legion |access-date=September 29, 2020}}

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!scope="row"|William Donovan

|{{Nowrap|World War I Era}}

|U.S. Army

|{{cite web |first=George Seay |last=Wheat |date=1919 |title=The Story of the American Legion |url=https://archive.org/details/storyofamericanl00whearich |series=The Birth of the Legion |location=New York |publisher=G. P. Putnam's Sons |page=207 |lccn=19012694 |ol=7238700M |via=Internet Archive}}

E

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!scope="col" colspan="2"|Member

!scope="col"|Conflict Era

!scope="col"|Branch of Service

!scope="col"|References

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|75px

!scope="row"|Dwight Eisenhower

|{{Nowrap|World War I Era}}

|U.S. Army

|{{citation needed|date=October 2019}}

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!scope="row"|Sam Ervin

|{{Nowrap|World War I Era}}

|U.S. Army

|{{citation needed|date=October 2019}}

F

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!scope="col" colspan="2"|Member

!scope="col"|Conflict Era

!scope="col"|Branch of Service

!scope="col"|References

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!scope="row"|Orval Faubus

|{{Nowrap|World War II Era}}

|U.S. Army

|{{citation needed|date=October 2019}}

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|75px

!scope="row"|Mark Ferguson III

|{{Nowrap|Gulf War Era}}

|U.S. Navy

|{{cite web |url=https://www.legion.org/fodpal/228161/paris-post-1-gets-high-ranking-new-member |title=Paris Post 1 gets high-ranking new member |author= |date=June 10, 2015 |website=The American Legion |location=Indianapolis, Ind. |publisher=The American Legion |access-date=October 23, 2019}}

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!scope="row"|Hamilton Fish, Jr.

|{{Nowrap|World War I Era}}

|U.S. Army

|

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|75px

!scope="row"|Hamilton Fish IV

|{{Nowrap|World War II Era}}

|U.S. Navy

|{{citation needed|date=October 2019}}

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|75px

!scope="row"|Jim Folsom

|{{Nowrap|World War II Era}}

|U.S. Army

|{{citation needed|date=November 2022}}

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|75px

!scope="row"|Gerald Ford

|{{Nowrap|World War II Era}}

|U.S. Navy

|{{cite book |last=Ford |first=Gerald R. |authorlink=Gerald Ford |year=1979 |title=A Time To Heal: The Autobiography of Gerald R. Ford |location=New York |publisher=Harper & Row |page=62 |isbn=0-06-011297-2 |oclc=4835213}}

G

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!scope="col" colspan="2"|Member

!scope="col"|Conflict Era

!scope="col"|Branch of Service

!scope="col"|References

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!scope="row"|Clark Gable

|{{Nowrap|World War II Era}}

|U.S. Army Air Forces

|{{cite book|author=American Legion. National Executive Committee|title=Proceedings of the National Executive Committee of The American Legion [November 1960]|url=https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12203/6621|format=PDF|location=Indianapolis, Indiana|publisher=American Legion|page=84|date=1960|hdl=20.500.12203/6621 }}

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|75px

!scope="row"|William Gardiner

|{{Nowrap|World War I Era}}

|U.S. Army

|{{citation needed|date=October 2019}}

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|75px

!scope="row"|John Gleason, Jr.

|{{Nowrap|World War II Era}}

|U.S. Army

|{{cite news |last=Kiernan |first=Louise |title=Ex-VA Chief, City Banker John S. Gleason Jr., 78 |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1993/04/05/ex-va-chief-city-banker-john-s-gleason-jr-78/ |access-date=August 21, 2016 |newspaper=Chicago Tribune |date=April 5, 1993}}

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|75px

!scope="row"|Albert Gore, Jr.

|{{Nowrap|Vietnam War Era}}

|U.S. Army

|{{citation needed|date=October 2019}}

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|75px

!scope="row"|John Greenway

|{{Nowrap|World War I Era}}

|U.S. Army

|{{cite book|last=Rumer|first=Thomas A.|date=1990|title=The American Legion: An Official History, 1919-1989|publisher=M. Evans|location=New York|isbn=0-87131-622-6|lccn=90013822|oclc=22207881|ol=1860441M|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/americanlegionof00thom}}

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|75px

!scope="row"|Warren Grimm

|{{Nowrap|World War I Era}}

|U.S. Army

|{{citation needed|date=October 2019}}

H

class=wikitable style="text-align:center"

!scope="col" colspan="2"|Member

!scope="col"|Conflict Era

!scope="col"|Branch of Service

!scope="col"|References

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|75px

!scope="row"|Charlton Heston

|{{Nowrap|World War II Era}}

|U.S. Army Air Forces

|

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|75px

!scope="row"|Luther Hodges

|{{Nowrap|World War I Era}}

|U.S. Army

|{{citation needed|date=October 2019}}

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|75px

!scope="row"|John Hoeppel

|{{Nowrap|World War I Era}}

|U.S. Army

|{{citation needed|date=October 2019}}

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|75px

!scope="row"|Ernest Hollings

|{{Nowrap|World War II Era}}

|U.S. Army

|{{citation needed|date=October 2019}}

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|75px

!scope="row"|Jon Huertas

|{{Nowrap|Gulf War Era}}

|U.S. Air Force

|{{cite news |last1=Castagnoli |first1=Kat |title=Jon Huertas – From Airman To Actor |url=https://usveteransmagazine.com/2021/05/jon-huertas-from-airman-to-actor/ |access-date=24 July 2023 |publisher=U.S. Veterans Magazine |archive-date=July 25, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230725003629/https://usveteransmagazine.com/2021/05/jon-huertas-from-airman-to-actor/ |url-status=dead }}

I

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!scope="col" colspan="2"|Member

!scope="col"|Conflict Era

!scope="col"|Branch of Service

!scope="col"|References

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|75px

!scope="row"|Vincent Impellitteri

|{{Nowrap|World War I Era}}

|U.S. Navy

|{{citation needed|date=October 2019}}

J

class=wikitable style="text-align:center"

!scope="col" colspan="2"|Member

!scope="col"|Conflict Era

!scope="col"|Branch of Service

!scope="col"|References

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|75px

!scope="row"|Dr. Nelson Jackson

|{{Nowrap|World War I Era}}

|U.S. Army

|{{cite magazine |last=Bolles |first=Lemuel |date=January 6, 1922 |title=The Nine Commandments: An Address to Newly-Elected Post Officers |url=https://archive.org/details/americanlegionwe41amer/page/11/mode/1up |magazine=The American Legion Weekly |volume=4 |number=1 |location=New York City |publisher=The American Legion |page=11 |oclc=622734470 |via=Internet Archive |quote=... he is now a National Vice-Commander of The American Legion, and his department, Vermont, is second in the list of States in proportion of Legionnaires to number of men contributed to the service.}}

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|75px

!scope="row"|Douglas Jacobson

|{{Nowrap|World War II Era}}

|U.S. Marine Corps

|{{citation needed|date=October 2023}}

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|75px

!scope="row"|Joseph Johnson

|{{Nowrap|World War I Era}}

|U.S. Army

|{{citation needed|date=October 2019}}

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|75px

!scope="row"|Louis Johnson

|{{Nowrap|World War I Era}}

|U.S. Army

|{{cite book |last1=McFarland |first1=Keith D. |last2=Roll |first2=David L. |title=Louis Johnson and the Arming of America: The Roosevelt and Truman Years |location=Bloomington, IN |publisher=Indiana University Press |date=2005 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/louisjohnsonarmi00mcfa_0/page/24 24–26] |isbn=978-0-253-34626-1 |oclc=1023102538 |ol=22709936M |name-list-style=amp |url=https://archive.org/details/louisjohnsonarmi00mcfa_0/page/24}}

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|75px

!scope="row"|Lyndon Johnson

|{{Nowrap|World War II Era}}

|U.S. Navy

|{{citation needed|date=October 2019}}

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|75px

!scope="row"|Royal Johnson

|{{Nowrap|World War I Era}}

|U.S. Army

|{{cite web |first=George Seay |last=Wheat |date=1919 |title=The Story of the American Legion |url=https://archive.org/details/storyofamericanl00whearich |series=The Birth of the Legion |location=New York |publisher=G. P. Putnam's Sons |page=40 |lccn=19012694 |ol=7238700M |via=Internet Archive}}

K

class=wikitable style="text-align:center"

!scope="col" colspan="2"|Member

!scope="col"|Conflict Era

!scope="col"|Branch of Service

!scope="col"|References

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|75px

!scope="row"|John Kennedy

|{{Nowrap|World War II Era}}

|U.S. Navy

|{{citation needed|date=October 2019}}

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|75px

!scope="row"|Frank Knox

|{{Nowrap|World War I Era}}

|U.S. Army

|{{cite web |first=George Seay |last=Wheat |date=1919 |title=The Story of the American Legion |url=https://archive.org/details/storyofamericanl00whearich |series=The Birth of the Legion |location=New York |publisher=G. P. Putnam's Sons |page=260 |lccn=19012694 |ol=7238700M |via=Internet Archive}}

L

class=wikitable style="text-align:center"

!scope="col" colspan="2"|Member

!scope="col"|Conflict Era

!scope="col"|Branch of Service

!scope="col"|References

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|75px

!scope="row"|Luke Lea

|{{Nowrap|World War I Era}}

|U.S. Army

|

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|75px

!scope="row"|Stan Lee

|{{Nowrap|World War II Era}}

|U.S. Army Air Forces

|

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|75px

!scope="row"|Henry Lindsley

|{{Nowrap|World War I Era}}

|U.S. Army

|

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|75px

!scope="row"|John Lodge

|{{Nowrap|World War II Era}}

|U.S. Navy

|{{cite web|url=https://i.pinimg.com/originals/f0/99/a4/f099a48b3b078e088fcd3126536dd225.jpg|title=Lodge (John Davis) papers|website=Online Archive of California|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230826232203/https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/ft9c6007r1/entire_text/|archive-date=August 26, 2023}}

M

class=wikitable style="text-align:center"

!scope="col" colspan="2"|Member

!scope="col"|Conflict Era

!scope="col"|Branch of Service

!scope="col"|References

style="height:2em;"

|75px

!scope="row"|Charles Mabey

|{{Nowrap|World War I Era}}

|U.S. Navy

|{{citation needed|date=October 2019}}

style="height:2em;"

|75px

!scope="row"|Douglas MacArthur

|{{Nowrap|World War I Era}}

|U.S. Army

|

style="height:2em;"

|75px

!scope="row"|Edward Martin

|{{Nowrap|World War I Era}}

|U.S. Army

|{{citation needed|date=October 2019}}

style="height:2em;"

|75px

!scope="row"|John McCloy

|{{Nowrap|World War I Era}}

|U.S. Navy

|{{citation needed|date=October 2019}}

style="height:2em;"

|75px

!scope="row"|Stewart McKinney

|{{Nowrap|Korean War Era}}

|U.S. Air Force

|{{citation needed|date=October 2019}}

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|75px

!scope="row"|James McKnight

|{{Nowrap|World War I Era}}

|U.S. Army

|[https://www.proquest.com/docview/162064492 "Long Beach Celebrates With Military Pomp," Los Angeles Times, May 31, 1927, page A-1]

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|75px

!scope="row"|Sid McMath

|{{Nowrap|World War II Era}}

|U.S. Marine Corps

|{{cite magazine |author=American Legion. National Headquarters|date=March 1949|title=Veterans Newsletter|url=https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12203/3279|magazine=The American Legion Magazine|format=PDF|volume=46|number=3|location=Indianapolis, Indiana|publisher=American Legion|page=37|hdl=20.500.12203/3279 }}

style="height:2em;"

|75px

!scope="row"|Adolphe Menjou

|{{Nowrap|World War I Era}}

|U.S. Army

|

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|75px

!scope="row"|Ron Meyer

|{{Nowrap|Vietnam War Era}}

|U.S. Marine Corps

|{{cite web |last1=Seavey |first1=Mark |title=Legion connects with student veterans in Los Angeles |url=https://www.legion.org/education/248027/legion-connects-student-veterans-los-angeles |website=American Legion Magazine |date=9 January 2020}}

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|75px

!scope="row"|Thomas Miller

|{{Nowrap|World War I Era}}

|U.S. Army

|{{cite book |last=Rumer |first=Thomas A. |date=1990 |title=The American Legion: An Official History, 1919-1989 |url=https://archive.org/details/americanlegionof00thom |url-access=registration |location=New York |publisher=M. Evans |page=[https://archive.org/details/americanlegionof00thom/page/559 559] |isbn=0-87131-622-6 |lccn=90013822 |oclc=22207881 |ol=1860441M}}

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|75px

!scope="row"|Billy Mitchell

|{{Nowrap|World War I Era}}

|U.S. Army

|{{cite web|url=https://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/Visit/Museum-Exhibits/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/196418/www.instagram.com/brig-gen-william-billy-mitchell/|title=Brig. Gen. William "Billy" Mitchell|website=National Museum of the United States Air Force|access-date=January 26, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240127022307/https://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/Visit/Museum-Exhibits/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/196418/www.instagram.com/brig-gen-william-billy-mitchell/|archive-date=January 27, 2024}}

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|75px

!scope="row"|Walter Mondale

|{{Nowrap|Korean War Era}}

|U.S. Army

|{{cite web|url=https://www.floridalegion.org/the-american-legion-mourns-passing-of-walter-mondale/|title=The American Legion Mourns the Passing of Walter Mondale|date=April 20, 2021|access-date=August 26, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220125224713/https://www.floridalegion.org/the-american-legion-mourns-passing-of-walter-mondale/|archive-date=Jan 25, 2022}}

N

class=wikitable style="text-align:center"

!scope="col" colspan="2"|Member

!scope="col"|Conflict Era

!scope="col"|Branch of Service

!scope="col"|References

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|75px

!scope="row"|Richard Nixon

|{{Nowrap|World War II Era}}

|U.S. Navy

|{{citation needed|date=October 2019}}

O

class=wikitable style="text-align:center"

!scope="col" colspan="2"|Member

!scope="col"|Conflict Era

!scope="col"|Branch of Service

!scope="col"|References

style="height:2em;"

|75px

!scope="row"|William St. Onge

|{{Nowrap|World War II Era}}

|U.S. Army Air Forces

|{{citation needed|date=October 2019}}

P

class=wikitable style="text-align:center"

!scope="col" colspan="2"|Member

!scope="col"|Conflict Era

!scope="col"|Branch of Service

!scope="col"|References

style="height:2em;"

|75px

!scope="row"|George Patton, Jr.

|{{Nowrap|World War I Era}}

|U.S. Army

|{{cite news|url=http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1921-07-17/ed-1/seq-20/#date1=1916&index=1&rows=20&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&words=George+Patton+Smith&proxdistance=5&date2=1922&ortext=&proxtext=George+Smith+Patton&phrasetext=&andtext=&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1|title=Veterans of Great War|newspaper=The Evening Star|date=July 17, 1921|page=20|via=Chronicling America|access-date=October 28, 2016|archive-date=November 18, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161118080212/http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1921-07-17/ed-1/seq-20/#date1=1916&index=1&rows=20&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&words=George+Patton+Smith&proxdistance=5&date2=1922&ortext=&proxtext=George+Smith+Patton&phrasetext=&andtext=&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1|url-status=live}}

style="height:2em;"

|75px

!scope="row"|Claude Pepper

|{{Nowrap|World War I Era}}

|U.S. Army

|{{citation needed|date=October 2019}}

style="height:2em;"

|75px

!scope="row"|John Pershing

|{{Nowrap|World War I Era}}

|U.S. Army

|{{cite book |last=Rickenbacker |first=Eddie|author-link=Eddie Rickenbacker |date=June 1, 1967 |title=Rickenbacker |location=Engelwood Cliffs, New Jersey |publisher=Prentice-Hall|page=140 |isbn=978-0137810055 |url=https://archive.org/details/rickenbacker00eddi/page/140/mode/2up}}

style="height:2em;"

|75px

!scope="row"|Mike Pompeo

|{{Nowrap|Gulf War Era}}

|U.S. Army

|{{cite magazine |last=Wolf |first=Mackenzie |date=November 2019 |title='A Duty to Lead': Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on America's role and responsibilities in a dangerous world |magazine=The American Legion Magazine |volume=187 |number=5 |location=Indianapolis, Ind. |publisher=The American Legion |page=44 |issn=0886-1234}}

style="height:2em;"

|75px

!scope="row"|Mortimer Proctor

|{{Nowrap|World War I Era}}

|U.S. Army

|{{citation needed|date=October 2019}}

R

class=wikitable style="text-align:center"

!scope="col" colspan="2"|Member

!scope="col"|Conflict Era

!scope="col"|Branch of Service

!scope="col"|References

style="height:2em;"

|75px

!scope="row"|Ronald Reagan

|{{Nowrap|World War II Era}}

|U.S. Army Air Forces

|

75px

!Scott Richardson

|{{Nowrap|Gulf War Era}}

|U.S. Army

|{{Cite web |title=Scott Richardson |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Scott_Richardson |access-date=2023-10-16 |website=Ballotpedia |language=en}}

style="height:2em;"

|75px

!scope="row"|Stanley Reed

|{{Nowrap|World War I Era}}

|U.S. Army

|{{citation needed|date=October 2019}}

style="height:2em;"

|75px

!scope="row"|Eddie Rickenbacker

|{{Nowrap|World War I Era}}

|U.S. Army

|

style="height:2em;"

|75px

!scope="row"|Rob Riggle

|{{Nowrap|War on Terrorism Era}}

|U.S. Marine Corps

|{{cite news |last1=Hjelmstad |first1=Michael |title=Legion member Rob Riggle in '12 Strong' |url=https://www.legion.org/membership/241087/legion-member-rob-riggle-‘12-strong’ |publisher=The American Legion Magazine |date=1 February 2018}}

style="height:2em;"

|75px

!scope="row"|Pierre Robineau

|{{Nowrap|World War I Era}}

|U.S. Army

| {{cite book |last1=Morales |first1=Ralph |title=Harvey W. Seeds American Legion Post #29 Centennial History |date=July 4, 2018 |publisher=Harvey W. Seeds, Post #29 |location=Miami |isbn=9780692128497 |edition=First |url=https://www.google.com/search?tbm=bks&q=isbn:9780692128497}}

style="height:2em;"

|75px

!scope="row"|Gene Roddenberry

|{{Nowrap|World War II Era}}

|U.S. Army Air Forces

|{{cite web |title=Jimmy Stewart |url=https://www.legion.org/belovedveterans/221014/gene-roddenberry |website=www.legion.org |access-date=25 July 2023}}

style="height:2em;"

|75px

!scope="row"|Phil Roe

|{{Nowrap|Vietnam War Era}}

|U.S. Army

|{{cite magazine |author= |date=November 2022 |title=Hon. David P. "Phil" Roe |magazine=The American Legion |volume=193 |number=5 |location=Indianapolis, Indiana |publisher=The American Legion |page=38 |issn=0886-1234}}

style="height:2em;"

|75px

!scope="row"|Mickey Rooney

|{{Nowrap|World War II Era}}

|U.S. Army

|

style="height:2em;"

|75px

!scope="row"|Richard Russell, Jr.

|{{Nowrap|World War I Era}}

|U.S. Navy

|{{citation needed|date=October 2019}}

S

class=wikitable style="text-align:center"

!scope="col" colspan="2"|Member

!scope="col"|Conflict Era

!scope="col"|Branch of Service

!scope="col"|References

style="height:2em;"

|75px

!scope="row"|Fernand St Germain

|{{Nowrap|Korean War Era}}

|U.S. Army

|{{citation needed|date=October 2019}}

style="height:2em;"

|75px

!scope="row"|Leverett Saltonstall

|{{Nowrap|World War I Era}}

|U.S. Army

|{{citation needed|date=October 2019}}

style="height:2em;"

|75px

!scope="row"|Chuck Sams

|{{Nowrap|Gulf War Era}}

|U.S. Navy

|{{cite magazine |last=Grills |first=Matt |date=July 2023 |title='Our gift to ourselves' |url=https://www.legion.org/magazine/259791/%E2%80%98our-gift-ourselves%E2%80%99 |magazine=The American Legion |volume=195 |number=1 |location=Indianapolis, Indiana |publisher=The American Legion |pages=16-18, 20, 22 |issn=0886-1234}}

style="height:2em;"

|75px

!scope="row"|John Schmitz

|{{Nowrap|Korean War Era}}

|U.S. Marine Corps

|{{citation needed|date=October 2019}}

style="height:2em;"

|75px

!scope="row"|Robert Stafford

|{{Nowrap|World War II Era}}

|U.S. Navy

|{{citation needed|date=October 2019}}

style="height:2em;"

|75px

!scope="row"|Lloyd Stark

|{{Nowrap|World War I Era}}

|U.S. Army

|{{cite book|title=Memoirs by Harry S. Truman|volume=I: Year of Decisions|location=Garden City, N.Y.|publisher=Doubleday & Company, Inc.|date=1955|page=160|lccn=55-10519}}

style="height:2em;"

|75px

!scope="row"|John Stelle

|{{Nowrap|World War I Era}}

|U.S. Army

|{{cite web|url=https://www.legion.org/honor/252774/our-wwii-story-john-stelle’s-devotion-new-generation|title=OUR WWII STORY: John Stelle's devotion to a new generation|last=Stoffer|first=Jeff|date=June 15, 2021|website=The American Legion}}

style="height:2em;"

|75px

!scope="row"|Jimmy Stewart

|{{Nowrap|World War II Era}}

|U.S. Army Air Forces

|{{cite web |title=Jimmy Stewart |url=https://www.legion.org/belovedveterans/220982/jimmy-stewart |website=www.legion.org |access-date=25 July 2023}}

T

class=wikitable style="text-align:center"

!scope="col" colspan="2"|Member

!scope="col"|Conflict Era

!scope="col"|Branch of Service

!scope="col"|References

style="height:2em;"

|75px

!scope="row"|Herman Talmadge

|{{Nowrap|World War II Era}}

|U.S. Navy

|{{citation needed|date=October 2019}}

style="height:2em;"

|75px

!scope="row"|John Thomas Taylor

|{{Nowrap|World War I Era
World War II Era}}

|U.S. Army

|{{cite press release |date=May 28, 1965 |title=John Thomas Taylor Dies |url=https://archive.legion.org/node/5766 |location=Indianapolis, Indiana|publisher=American Legion News Service |pages=179–180 |access-date=January 22, 2024}}

style="height:2em;"

|75px

!scope="row"|John Tower

|{{Nowrap|World War II Era}}

|U.S. Navy

|{{citation needed|date=October 2019}}

style="height:2em;"

|75px

!scope="row"|Harry Truman

|{{Nowrap|World War I Era}}

|U.S. Army

|{{cite book |last=Rumer |first=Thomas A. |date=1990 |title=The American Legion: An Official History, 1919-1989 |url=https://archive.org/details/americanlegionof00thom |url-access=registration |location=New York |publisher=M. Evans |page=[https://archive.org/details/americanlegionof00thom/page/256 256] |isbn=0-87131-622-6 |lccn=90013822 |oclc=22207881 |ol=1860441M}}

style="height:2em;"

|75px

!scope="row"|Roscoe Turner

|{{Nowrap|World War I Era}}

|U.S. Army

|{{cite book |last=Rumer |first=Thomas A. |date=1990 |title=The American Legion: An Official History, 1919-1989 |url=https://archive.org/details/americanlegionof00thom |url-access=registration |location=New York |publisher=M. Evans |pages=[https://archive.org/details/americanlegionof00thom/page/402 402-403] |isbn=0-87131-622-6 |lccn=90013822 |oclc=22207881 |ol=1860441M}}

U

class=wikitable style="text-align:center"

!scope="col" colspan="2"|Member

!scope="col"|Conflict Era

!scope="col"|Branch of Service

!scope="col"|References

style="height:2em;"

|75px

!scope="row"|Morris Udall

|{{Nowrap|World War II Era}}

|U.S. Army Air Forces

|{{citation needed|date=October 2019}}

V

class=wikitable style="text-align:center"

!scope="col" colspan="2"|Member

!scope="col"|Conflict Era

!scope="col"|Branch of Service

!scope="col"|References

style="height:2em;"

|75px

!scope="row"|Dick Van Dyke

|{{Nowrap|World War II Era}}

|U.S. Army Air Forces

|{{cite magazine |last=Brooks |first=Steve B. |date=August 2015 |title=Cliffside Malibu supports Legion TBI-PTSD symposium |url=https://archive.legion.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.12203/9168/aa005104.pdf |department=Veterans Health |magazine=The American Legion Magazine |volume=179 |number=2 |location=Indianapolis, Ind. |publisher=The American Legion |page=64 |issn=0886-1234}}

style="height:2em;"

|75px

!scope="row"|Blake Van Leer

|{{Nowrap|World War I Era}}

|U.S. Army

|{{cite magazine |title=Major Blake R. Van Leer Named Engineering Dean... |url=https://ocr.lib.ncsu.edu/ocr/ua/ua010_200-001-bx0001-011-004/ua010_200-001-bx0001-011-004.pdf |magazine=N.C. State Alumni News |volume=IX |number=9 |date=June 1937 |page=7 }}

style="height:2em;"

|75px

!scope="row"|Harry Vaughan

|{{Nowrap|World War I Era}}

|U.S. Army

|{{citation needed|date=October 2023}}

W

class=wikitable style="text-align:center"

!scope="col" colspan="2"|Member

!scope="col"|Conflict Era

!scope="col"|Branch of Service

!scope="col"|References

style="height:2em;"

|75px

!scope="row"|John Warner

|{{Nowrap|World War II Era}}

|U.S. Navy

|

style="height:2em;"

|75px

!scope="row"|George White

|{{Nowrap|World War I Era}}

|U.S. Army

|{{cite web |first=George Seay |last=Wheat |date=1919 |title=The Story of the American Legion |url=https://archive.org/details/storyofamericanl00whearich |series=The Birth of the Legion |location=New York |publisher=G. P. Putnam's Sons |page=8 |lccn=19012694 |ol=7238700M |via=Internet Archive}}

style="height:2em;"

|75px

!scope="row"|Richard Wigglesworth

|{{Nowrap|World War I Era}}

|U.S. Army

|{{citation needed|date=October 2019}}

style="height:2em;"

|75px

!scope="row"|Larry Wilcox

|{{Nowrap|Vietnam War Era}}

|U.S. Marine Corps

|

style="height:2em;"

|75px

!scope="row"|Hosea Williams

|{{Nowrap|World War II Era}}

|U.S. Army

|{{citation needed|date=October 2019}}

style="height:2em;"

|75px

!scope="row"|Woodrow Wilson

|{{Nowrap|World War I Era}}

|Commander in Chief
of the Army and Navy
of the United States

|{{cite news |author= |title=President Joins American Legion |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/166282777/ |url-access=subscription |work=Arkansas Democrat |location=Little Rock |date=September 23, 1919 |edition=Home |page=1 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=June 24, 2022}}

style="height:2em;"

|75px

!scope="row"|Woody Williams

|{{Nowrap|World War II Era}}

|U.S. Marine Corps

|{{cite magazine |last=Howard |first=Henry |date=September 2022 |title=The legacy of Woody Williams |department=The FOB |magazine=The American Legion Magazine |volume=193 |number=3 |location=Indianapolis, Ind. |publisher=The American Legion |page=6 |issn=0886-1234}}

style="height:2em;"

|75px

!scope="row"|Leonard Wood

|{{Nowrap|World War I Era}}

|U.S. Army

|{{cite news |author= |title=Maj.-Gen. Wood in Legion Post |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/139009828/ |url-access=subscription |work=St. Louis Post-Dispatch |volume=72 |number=47 |date=October 12, 1919 |page=1 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=June 24, 2022}}

style="height:2em;"

|75px

!scope="row"|Samuel Woodfill

|{{Nowrap|World War I Era}}

|U.S. Army

|{{citation needed|date=October 2019}}

style="height:2em;"

|75px

!scope="row"|Harry Woodring

|{{Nowrap|World War I Era}}

|U.S. Army

|{{cite book |last=Bell |first=William Gardner |title=Secretaries of War and Secretaries of the Army: Portraits & Biographical Sketches |location=Washington, D.C. |publisher=Center of Military History, United States Army |date=1981 |page=124 |lccn=80-20122 |oclc=6603916}}

Y

class=wikitable style="text-align:center"

!scope="col" colspan="2"|Member

!scope="col"|Conflict Era

!scope="col"|Branch of Service

!scope="col"|References

style="height:2em;"

|75px

!scope="row"|Alvin York

|{{Nowrap|World War I Era}}

|U.S. Army

{{cite book |last=York |first=Alvin C. |author-link=Alvin C. York |date=1930 |editor-last=Skeyhill |editor-first=Tom |title=His Own Life Story And War Diary |url=https://archive.org/details/hisownlifestorya013634mbp |location=Garden City, New York |publisher=Doubleday, Doran & Company |pages=[https://archive.org/details/hisownlifestorya013634mbp/page/n321 290]–291}}

Z

class=wikitable style="text-align:center"

!scope="col" colspan="2"|Member

!scope="col"|Conflict Era

!scope="col"|Branch of Service

!scope="col"|References

style="height:2em;"

|75px

!scope="row"|Orville Zimmerman

|{{Nowrap|World War I Era}}

|U.S. Army

|{{cite book |author=United States. Congress House. |title=Memorial Services Held in the House of Representatives of the United States, Together With Remarks Presented in Eulogy of Orville Zimmerman, Late a Representative from Missouri: Eightieth Congress, Second Session |url=https://archive.org/details/memorialservices00wash_17/page/46/mode/2up |location=Washington |publisher=United States Government Printing Office |page=47 |date=1950 |oclc=1048810223 |via=Internet Archive}}

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