List of members of the American Legion

Last updated September 10, 2024

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

A

	Conflict Era	Branch of Service	References
Sherman Adams	World War I Era	U.S. Marine Corps	^{[ citation needed ]}
Spiro Agnew	World War II Era	U.S. Army	^[1]
Harold Arthur	World War II Era	U.S. Army	^{[ citation needed ]}
Gene Autry	World War II Era	U.S. Army Air Forces	^[2]

B

	Conflict Era	Branch of Service	References
Perry Belmont	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^{[ citation needed ]}
Humphrey Bogart	World War I Era	U.S. Navy	^[2]
Hale Boggs	World War II Era	U.S. Navy	^{[ citation needed ]}
John Breckinridge	World War II Era	U.S. Army	^{[ citation needed ]}
Maurice Britt	World War II Era	U.S. Army	^{[ citation needed ]}
Harold Burton	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^{[ citation needed ]}
George Bush	World War II Era	U.S. Navy	^[3]
George Bush	Vietnam War Era	U.S. Air Force	^[4]
Prescott Bush	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^[5]
Red Buttons	World War II Era	U.S. Army Air Forces	^[2]
Richard Byrd	World War I Era	U.S. Navy	^{[ citation needed ]}

C

	Conflict Era	Branch of Service	References
Jimmy Carter	World War II Era	U.S. Navy	^[6]
John Chafee	World War II Era	U.S. Marine Corps	^{[ citation needed ]}
Francis Cherry	World War II Era	U.S. Navy	^{[ citation needed ]}
Bennett Clark	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^[7]
Max Cleland	Vietnam War Era	U.S. Army	^{[ citation needed ]}
Robert Coontz	World War I Era	U.S. Navy	^[8]
Tom Cotton	War on Terrorism Era	U.S. Army	^[9]

D

	Conflict Era	Branch of Service	References
Tom Daschle	Vietnam War Era	U.S. Air Force	^[10]
Charles Dawes	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^[11]
Cecil DeMille	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^[2]
Everett Dirksen	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^[12]
Bob Dole	World War II Era	U.S. Army	^[13]
William Donovan	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^[14]

E

Member		Conflict Era	Branch of Service	References
	Dwight Eisenhower	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^{[ citation needed ]}
	Sam Ervin	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^{[ citation needed ]}

F

	Conflict Era	Branch of Service	References
Orval Faubus	World War II Era	U.S. Army	^{[ citation needed ]}
Mark Ferguson III	Gulf War Era	U.S. Navy	^[15]
Hamilton Fish, Jr.	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^[7]
Hamilton Fish IV	World War II Era	U.S. Navy	^{[ citation needed ]}
Jim Folsom	World War II Era	U.S. Army	^{[ citation needed ]}
Gerald Ford	World War II Era	U.S. Navy	^[16]

G

	Conflict Era	Branch of Service	References
Clark Gable	World War II Era	U.S. Army Air Forces	^[2]^[17]
William Gardiner	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^{[ citation needed ]}
John Gleason, Jr.	World War II Era	U.S. Army	^[18]
Albert Gore, Jr.	Vietnam War Era	U.S. Army	^{[ citation needed ]}
John Greenway	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^[19]
Warren Grimm	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^{[ citation needed ]}

H

	Conflict Era	Branch of Service	References
Charlton Heston	World War II Era	U.S. Army Air Forces	^[2]
Luther Hodges	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^{[ citation needed ]}
John Hoeppel	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^{[ citation needed ]}
Ernest Hollings	World War II Era	U.S. Army	^{[ citation needed ]}
Jon Huertas	Gulf War Era	U.S. Air Force	^[2]^[20]

I

Member		Conflict Era	Branch of Service	References
	Vincent Impellitteri	World War I Era	U.S. Navy	^{[ citation needed ]}

J

	Conflict Era	Branch of Service	References
Dr. Nelson Jackson	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^[21]
Douglas Jacobson	World War II Era	U.S. Marine Corps	^{[ citation needed ]}
Joseph Johnson	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^{[ citation needed ]}
Louis Johnson	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^[22]
Lyndon Johnson	World War II Era	U.S. Navy	^{[ citation needed ]}
Royal Johnson	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^[23]

K

Member		Conflict Era	Branch of Service	References
	John Kennedy	World War II Era	U.S. Navy	^{[ citation needed ]}
	Frank Knox	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^[24]

L

	Conflict Era	Branch of Service	References
Luke Lea	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^[14]
Stan Lee	World War II Era	U.S. Army Air Forces	^[2]
Henry Lindsley	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^[14]
John Lodge	World War II Era	U.S. Navy	^[25]

M

	Conflict Era	Branch of Service	References
Charles Mabey	World War I Era	U.S. Navy	^{[ citation needed ]}
Douglas MacArthur	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^[26]
Edward Martin	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^{[ citation needed ]}
John McCloy	World War I Era	U.S. Navy	^{[ citation needed ]}
Stewart McKinney	Korean War Era	U.S. Air Force	^{[ citation needed ]}
James McKnight	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^[27]
Sid McMath	World War II Era	U.S. Marine Corps	^[28]
Adolphe Menjou	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^[2]
Ron Meyer	Vietnam War Era	U.S. Marine Corps	^[2]^[29]
Thomas Miller	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^[30]
Billy Mitchell	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^[31]
Walter Mondale	Korean War Era	U.S. Army	^[32]

N

Member		Conflict Era	Branch of Service	References
	Richard Nixon	World War II Era	U.S. Navy	^{[ citation needed ]}

O

Member		Conflict Era	Branch of Service	References
	William St. Onge	World War II Era	U.S. Army Air Forces	^{[ citation needed ]}

P

	Conflict Era	Branch of Service	References
George Patton, Jr.	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^[33]
Claude Pepper	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^{[ citation needed ]}
John Pershing	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^[26]
Mike Pompeo	Gulf War Era	U.S. Army	^[34]
Mortimer Proctor	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^{[ citation needed ]}

R

	Conflict Era	Branch of Service	References
Ronald Reagan	World War II Era	U.S. Army Air Forces	^[2]
Scott Richardson	Gulf War Era	U.S. Army	^[35]
Stanley Reed	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^{[ citation needed ]}
Eddie Rickenbacker	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^[26]
Rob Riggle	War on Terrorism Era	U.S. Marine Corps	^[2]^[36]
Pierre Robineau	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^[37]
Gene Roddenberry	World War II Era	U.S. Army Air Forces	^[2]^[38]
Phil Roe	Vietnam War Era	U.S. Army	^[39]
Mickey Rooney	World War II Era	U.S. Army	^[2]
Richard Russell, Jr.	World War I Era	U.S. Navy	^{[ citation needed ]}

S

	Conflict Era	Branch of Service	References
Fernand St Germain	Korean War Era	U.S. Army	^{[ citation needed ]}
Leverett Saltonstall	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^{[ citation needed ]}
Chuck Sams	Gulf War Era	U.S. Navy	^[40]
John Schmitz	Korean War Era	U.S. Marine Corps	^{[ citation needed ]}
Robert Stafford	World War II Era	U.S. Navy	^{[ citation needed ]}
Lloyd Stark	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^[41]
John Stelle	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^[42]
Jimmy Stewart	World War II Era	U.S. Army Air Forces	^[2]^[43]

T

	Conflict Era	Branch of Service	References
Herman Talmadge	World War II Era	U.S. Navy	^{[ citation needed ]}
John Thomas Taylor	World War I Era World War II Era	U.S. Army	^[44]
John Tower	World War II Era	U.S. Navy	^{[ citation needed ]}
Harry Truman	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^[45]
Roscoe Turner	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^[46]

U

Member		Conflict Era	Branch of Service	References
	Morris Udall	World War II Era	U.S. Army Air Forces	^{[ citation needed ]}

V

	Conflict Era	Branch of Service	References
Dick Van Dyke	World War II Era	U.S. Army Air Forces	^[47]
Blake Van Leer	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^[48]
Harry Vaughan	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^{[ citation needed ]}

W

	Conflict Era	Branch of Service	References
John Warner	World War II Era	U.S. Navy	^[19]
George White	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^[49]
Richard Wigglesworth	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^{[ citation needed ]}
Larry Wilcox	Vietnam War Era	U.S. Marine Corps	^[19]
Hosea Williams	World War II Era	U.S. Army	^{[ citation needed ]}
Woodrow Wilson	World War I Era	Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States	^[50]
Woody Williams	World War II Era	U.S. Marine Corps	^[51]
Leonard Wood	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^[52]
Samuel Woodfill	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^{[ citation needed ]}
Harry Woodring	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^[53]

Y

Member		Conflict Era	Branch of Service	References
	Alvin York	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^[14]^[54]

Z

Member		Conflict Era	Branch of Service	References
	Orville Zimmerman	World War I Era	U.S. Army	^[55]

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[1] "Spiro T. Agnew, MSA SC 3520-1486". Archives of Maryland. Archived from the original on March 5, 2023. Retrieved August 24, 2023.

[Post43-2] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 "Post 43 History". Hollywood Post 43. Retrieved July 24, 2023.

[3] "Legion commander: 'President Bush admired by troops, world leaders around the globe'". The American Legion. Archived from the original on August 25, 2023. Retrieved August 25, 2023.

[4] "The Post 9/11 GI Bill". The American Legion. June 30, 2008. Archived from the original on March 27, 2023. Retrieved August 25, 2023.

[5] White, Carl (March 4, 2017). "The Bush Family Patriarch: Prescott S. Bush". Greenwich Library. Archived from the original on August 25, 2023. Retrieved August 25, 2023.

[6] Fink, Gary (November 3, 2020). "Jimmy Carter". New Georgia Encyclopedia . Retrieved January 26, 2024.

[wheat1919p258-7] 1 2 Wheat, George Seay (1919). "The Story of the American Legion". The Birth of the Legion. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. p. 258. LCCN 19012694. OL 7238700M – via Internet Archive.

[8] "Hannibal's Heroes". The American Legion Monthly. Vol. 6, no. 1. Indianapolis, Indiana: The American Legion. January 1929. p. 34. ISSN 0886-1234 – via Internet Archive.

[9] Turnage, Clara (January 13, 2019). "New Legion scholarship honors Arkansas couple". Arkansas Democrat-Gazette . Retrieved September 29, 2020.

[10] "Prominent Graduates". The American Legion. Archived from the original on January 26, 2024. Retrieved January 25, 2024.

[11] "The What and the Why of the Forty and Eight". The American Legion Weekly. Vol. 7, no. 38. Indianapolis, Indiana: The American Legion. September 18, 1925. p. 7. ISSN 0886-1234 – via Internet Archive.

[12] Jeffrey, Robert Campbell; Peterson, Owen (1975). Speech: A Text With Adapted Readings. New York, NY: Harper & Row. p. 83. ISBN 9780060432775.

[13] "Sen. Robert J. Dole". The American Legion . Retrieved September 29, 2020.

[wheat1919p207-14] 1 2 3 4 Wheat, George Seay (1919). "The Story of the American Legion". The Birth of the Legion. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. p. 207. LCCN 19012694. OL 7238700M – via Internet Archive.

[15] "Paris Post 1 gets high-ranking new member". The American Legion. Indianapolis, Ind.: The American Legion. June 10, 2015. Retrieved October 23, 2019.

[16] Ford, Gerald R. (1979). A Time To Heal: The Autobiography of Gerald R. Ford. New York: Harper & Row. p. 62. ISBN 0-06-011297-2. OCLC 4835213.

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