Prominent members of the US Army National Guard

This article lists the prominent members of the United States Army National Guard.

Colonial era

The Lexington Minuteman by Henry Hudson Kitson.

• Israel Putnam ^[1]
• Robert Rogers ^[2]
• Myles Standish ^[3]
• John Stark ^[4]
• John Underhill ^[5]
• Seth Warner ^[6]
• George Washington ^[7]

American Revolution

Artist depiction of Ethan Allen seizing Fort Ticonderoga at start of American Revolution.

• Ethan Allen ^[8]
• Patrick Henry ^[9]
• Paul Revere ^[10]

War of 1812

• James Buchanan ^[11]
• Samuel Ringgold ^[12]
• Samuel Smith ^[13]
• Stephen Van Rensselaer ^[14]

1820s–1840s

1832 muster roll of Abraham Lincoln's militia company.

• Abraham Lincoln ^[15]
• Franklin Pierce ^[16]
• James Polk ^[17]

American Civil War

• Chester A. Arthur ^[18]
• Nathaniel B. Baker ^[19]
• Peter T. Washburn ^[20]

Late 1800s

• John Jacob Astor IV ^[21]
• Benjamin O. Davis Sr. ^[22]
• Christian Fleetwood ^[23]
• John F. Hartranft ^[24]
• Theodore Roosevelt ^[25]

Early 1900s

• Paul Bragg ^{[ citation needed ]}
• William Frank ^[26]
• Frederick E. Humphreys ^[27]
• William Leushner ^[28]
• Cornelius Vanderbilt III ^[29]
• William Seward Webb ^[30]

World War I

Harry S. Truman as member of Missouri National Guard.

• Carlton Brosius ^[31]
• Buster Keaton ^[32]
• James Naismith ^[33]
• John F. O'Ryan ^[34]
• Harry S. Truman ^[35]

1920s

• Hannes Kolehmainen ^[36]
• Charles Lindbergh ^[37]
• Babe Ruth ^[38]

1930s

John Vessey, Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman, began career in 1939 as member of Minnesota National Guard's 34th Infantry Division

• Curtis LeMay ^[39]
• Edward Martin ^[40]
• Jack Turnbull ^[41]
• John W. Vessey ^[42]

World War II

• Julius Ochs Adler ^[43]
• Robert S. Beightler ^[44]
• Kenneth F. Cramer ^[45]
• Irving Fish ^[46]
• Ernest W. Gibson Jr. ^[47]
• William S. Key ^[48]
• Norman Mailer ^[49]
• Raymond S. McLain ^[50]
• Butler B. Miltonberger ^[51]
• Milton Reckord ^[52]
• Leonard F. Wing ^[53]
• Rodger Wilton Young ^[54]
• Cornelius W. Wickersham ^[55]

Late 1940s

• Jimmy Bloodworth ^[56]
• Bob Crane ^[57]

1950s

• John O. Marsh ^[58]
• Audie Murphy ^[59]
• Wendell H. Ford ^[60]
• Curt Simmons ^[61]

1960s

• John Amos ^[62]
• Willie Davenport ^[63]
• Ken Holtzman ^{[64] [65]}
• Peter T. King ^[66]
• Tom Selleck ^[67]

1970s

• Larry Craig ^[68]
• Gary Herbert ^[69]
• Sonny Montgomery ^[70]
• Butch Otter ^[71]
• Dan Quayle ^[72]

1980s

• Scott Perry ^[73]
• Michael C. Thompson ^[74]
• Tim Walz

1990s

• Jill Bakken ^[75]
• Paul Babeu ^[76]
• James G. Blaney ^[77]

2000s

• Shauna Rohbock ^[78]
• Terry Schappert ^[79]
• Courtney Zablocki ^[80]

2010s

Tammy Duckworth, Illinois Army National Guard helicopter pilot, lost her legs in the Iraq War and was later elected to the U.S. Congress.

• Scott Brown ^[81]
• Tammy Duckworth ^[82]
• Tulsi Gabbard ^[83]
• Leigh Ann Hester ^[84]
• John Napier ^[85]
• Jill Stevens ^[86]
• Tim Kennedy (fighter)
• Alexandra Curtis
• Max Rose
• Mark T. Esper ^[87]

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