List of members of the American Legion

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

Contents

• A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T U V W Y Z

See also: List of National Commanders 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]
	Robert Coontz	World War I Era	U.S. Navy	[8]
	Tom Cotton	War on Terrorism Era	U.S. Army	[9]

D

Member		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

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	[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

Member		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

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][20]

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	[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

Member		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

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	[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

Member		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

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	[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

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	[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

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	[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

Member		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

Member		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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