List of members of the American Legion

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

A

Member 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

Member 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

Member 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]
Tom Cotton War on Terrorism Era U.S. Army [8]

D

Member Conflict Era Branch of Service References
Tom Daschle Vietnam War Era U.S. Air Force [9]
Charles Dawes World War I Era U.S. Army [10]
Cecil DeMille World War I Era U.S. Army [2]
Everett Dirksen World War I Era U.S. Army [11]
Bob Dole World War II Era U.S. Army [12]
William Donovan World War I Era U.S. Army [13]

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

Member 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 [14]
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 [15]

G

Member Conflict Era Branch of Service References
Clark Gable World War II Era U.S. Army Air Forces [2][16]
William Gardiner World War I Era U.S. Army [citation needed]
John Gleason, Jr. World War II Era U.S. Army [17]
Albert Gore, Jr. Vietnam War Era U.S. Army [citation needed]
John Greenway World War I Era U.S. Army [18]
Warren Grimm World War I Era U.S. Army [citation needed]

H

Member 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][19]

I

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

J

Member Conflict Era Branch of Service References
Dr. Nelson Jackson World War I Era U.S. Army [20]
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 [21]
Lyndon Johnson World War II Era U.S. Navy [citation needed]
Royal Johnson World War I Era U.S. Army [22]

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 [23]

L

Member Conflict Era Branch of Service References
Luke Lea World War I Era U.S. Army [13]
Stan Lee World War II Era U.S. Army Air Forces [2]
Henry Lindsley World War I Era U.S. Army [13]
John Lodge World War II Era U.S. Navy [24]

M

Member 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 [25]
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 [26]
Sid McMath World War II Era U.S. Marine Corps [27]
Adolphe Menjou World War I Era U.S. Army [2]
Ron Meyer Vietnam War Era U.S. Marine Corps [2][28]
Thomas Miller World War I Era U.S. Army [29]
Billy Mitchell World War I Era U.S. Army [30]
Walter Mondale Korean War Era U.S. Army [31]

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

Member Conflict Era Branch of Service References
George Patton, Jr. World War I Era U.S. Army [32]
Claude Pepper World War I Era U.S. Army [citation needed]
John Pershing
 World War I Era U.S. Army [25]
Mike Pompeo Gulf War Era U.S. Army [33]
Mortimer Proctor World War I Era U.S. Army [citation needed]

R

Member 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 [34]
Stanley Reed World War I Era U.S. Army [citation needed]
Eddie Rickenbacker World War I Era U.S. Army [25]
Rob Riggle War on Terrorism Era U.S. Marine Corps [2][35]
Pierre Robineau World War I Era U.S. Army [36]
Gene Roddenberry World War II Era U.S. Army Air Forces [2][37]
Phil Roe Vietnam War Era U.S. Army [38]
Mickey Rooney World War II Era U.S. Army [2]
Richard Russell, Jr. World War I Era U.S. Navy [citation needed]

S

Member 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 [39]
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 [40]
John Stelle World War I Era U.S. Army [41]
Jimmy Stewart World War II Era U.S. Army Air Forces [2][42]

T

Member 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 [43]
John Tower
 World War II Era U.S. Navy [citation needed]
Harry Truman World War I Era U.S. Army [44]
Roscoe Turner World War I Era U.S. Army [45]

U

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

V

Member Conflict Era Branch of Service References
Dick Van Dyke World War II Era U.S. Army Air Forces [46]
Blake Van Leer World War I Era U.S. Army [47]
Harry Vaughan World War I Era U.S. Army [citation needed]

W

Member Conflict Era Branch of Service References
John Warner World War II Era U.S. Navy [18]
George White World War I Era U.S. Army [48]
Richard Wigglesworth World War I Era U.S. Army [citation needed]
Larry Wilcox Vietnam War Era U.S. Marine Corps [18]
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 		[49]
Woody Williams World War II Era U.S. Marine Corps [50]
Leonard Wood World War I Era U.S. Army [51]
Samuel Woodfill World War I Era U.S. Army [citation needed]
Harry Woodring World War I Era U.S. Army [52]

Y

Member Conflict Era Branch of Service References
Alvin York
 World War I Era U.S. Army [13][53]

Z

Member Conflict Era Branch of Service References
Orville Zimmerman World War I Era U.S. Army [54]

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