List of Spanish-American War veterans

  • William Jennings Bryan (never saw combat)
  • Seth Bullock, first SHERIFF of Deadwood, South Dakota
  • Nathan E. Cook, believed to have been the last surviving veteran (died 1992)
  • George Dewey, Admiral of the Navy
  • Philip Fox, astronomer
  • James Harbord, World War I General, President of RCA
  • Walter Krueger, World War II General
  • Nelson A. Miles, U.S. general, Civil War & Indian Wars
  • Billy Mitchell, pioneer military aviator
  • William D. Mitchell, Attorney General under Hoover
  • Tom Mix, actor in early westerns
  • William A. Moffett, Naval aviation pioneer
  • Jones Morgan, ostensible last surviving US veteran of the war (died 1993)
  • John J. Pershing, future General of the Armies
  • William F. Reynolds, future Coast Guard Commandant
  • Theodore Roosevelt, U.S. President (awarded Medal of Honor 2001)
  • Damon Runyon, author
  • William Edwin Safford, botanist
  • Joseph Wheeler, Confederate general

See also

  • List of military veterans
  • Spanish-American War