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
Spiro Agnew World War II Era U.S. Army [1]
Harold Arthur World War II Era U.S. Army
Gene Autry World War II Era U.S. Army Air Corps [2]

B

Member Conflict Era Branch of Service References
Perry Belmont World War I Era U.S. Army
Humphrey Bogart World War I Era U.S. Navy [2]
Hale Boggs World War II Era U.S. Navy
John Breckinridge World War II Era U.S. Army
Maurice Britt World War II Era U.S. Army
Harold Burton World War I Era U.S. Army
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

C

Member Conflict Era Branch of Service References
Jimmy Carter World War II Era U.S. Navy
John Chafee World War II Era U.S. Marine Corps
Francis Cherry World War II Era U.S. Navy
Bennett Clark World War I Era U.S. Army [6]
Max Cleland Vietnam War Era U.S. Army
Tom Cotton War on Terrorism Era U.S. Army [7]

D

Member Conflict Era Branch of Service References
Tom Daschle Vietnam War Era U.S. Air Force
Charles Dawes World War I Era U.S. Army
Cecil B. DeMille World War I Era Army National Guard [2]
Everett Dirksen World War I Era U.S. Army [8]
Bob Dole World War II Era U.S. Army [9]
William Donovan World War I Era U.S. Army [10]

E

Member Conflict Era Branch of Service References
Dwight Eisenhower World War I Era U.S. Army
Sam Ervin World War I Era U.S. Army

F

Member Conflict Era Branch of Service References
Orval Faubus World War II Era U.S. Army
Mark Ferguson III Gulf War Era U.S. Navy [11]
Hamilton Fish, Jr. World War I Era U.S. Army [6]
Hamilton Fish IV World War II Era U.S. Navy
Jim Folsom World War II Era U.S. Army
Gerald Ford World War II Era U.S. Navy [12]

G

Member Conflict Era Branch of Service References
Clark Gable World War II Era U.S. Army Air Forces [2][13]
William Gardiner World War I Era U.S. Army
John Gleason, Jr. World War II Era U.S. Army [14]
Albert Gore, Jr. Vietnam War Era U.S. Army
John Greenway World War I Era U.S. Army [15]
Warren Grimm World War I Era U.S. Army

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
John Hoeppel World War I Era U.S. Army
Ernest Hollings World War II Era U.S. Army
Jon Huertas Gulf War Era U.S. Air Force [2][16]

I

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

J

Member Conflict Era Branch of Service References
Dr. H. Nelson Jackson World War I Era U.S. Army [17]
MAJ Douglas T. Jacobson World War II Era United States Marine Corps
Joseph Johnson World War I Era U.S. Army
Louis Johnson World War I Era U.S. Army [18]
Lyndon Johnson World War II Era U.S. Navy
Royal Johnson World War I Era U.S. Army [19]

K

Member Conflict Era Branch of Service References
John Kennedy World War II Era U.S. Navy
Frank Knox World War I Era U.S. Army [20]

L

Member Conflict Era Branch of Service References
Luke Lea World War I Era U.S. Army [10]
Stan Lee World War II Era U.S. Army Air Forces [2]
Henry Lindsley World War I Era U.S. Army [10]
John Lodge World War II Era U.S. Navy [21]

M

Member Conflict Era Branch of Service References
Charles Mabey World War I Era U.S. Navy
Douglas MacArthur World War I Era U.S. Army [22]
Edward Martin World War I Era U.S. Army
John McCloy World War I Era U.S. Navy
Stewart McKinney Korean War Era U.S. Air Force
James McKnight World War I Era U.S. Army
Sid McMath World War II Era U.S. Marine Corps [23]
Adolphe Menjou World War I Era U.S. Army [2]
Ron Meyer Vietnam War Era U.S. Marine Corps [2][24]
Thomas Miller World War I Era U.S. Army [25]
Billy Mitchell World War I Era U.S. Army
Walter Mondale Korean War Era U.S. Army [26]

N

Member Conflict Era Branch of Service References
Richard Nixon World War II Era U.S. Navy

O

Member Conflict Era Branch of Service References
William St. Onge World War II Era U.S. Army Air Forces

P

Member Conflict Era Branch of Service References
George Patton, Jr. World War I Era U.S. Army
Claude Pepper World War I Era U.S. Army
John Pershing World War I Era U.S. Army [22]
Mike Pompeo Gulf War Era U.S. Army [27]
Mortimer Proctor World War I Era U.S. Army

R

Member Conflict Era Branch of Service References
Ronald Reagan World War II Era U.S. Army Air Forces [2]
Scott Richardson Gulf War United States Army [28]
Stanley Reed World War I Era U.S. Army
Eddie Rickenbacker World War I Era U.S. Army [22]
Rob Riggle Gulf War-War in Afghanistan U.S. Marine Corps [2][29]
S.P. Robineau World War I Era U.S. Army [30]
Gene Roddenberry World War II Era U.S. Army Air Corps [2][31]
Mickey Rooney World War II Era U.S. Army [2]
Richard Russell, Jr. World War I Era U.S. Navy

S

Member Conflict Era Branch of Service References
Fernand St Germain Korean War Era U.S. Army
Leverett Saltonstall World War I Era U.S. Army
John Schmitz Korean War Era U.S. Marine Corps
Robert Stafford World War II Era U.S. Navy
Lloyd Stark World War I Era U.S. Army [32]
John Stelle World War I Era U.S. Army
Jimmy Stewart World War II Era U.S. Army Air Forces [2][33]

T

Member Conflict Era Branch of Service References
Herman Talmadge World War II Era U.S. Navy
John Tower World War II Era U.S. Navy
Harry Truman World War I Era U.S. Army [34]
Roscoe Turner World War I Era U.S. Army [35]

U

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

V

Member Conflict Era Branch of Service References
Dick Van Dyke World War II Era U.S. Army Air Forces [36]
Blake Van Leer World War I Era U.S. Army [37]
Harry Vaughan World War I Era U.S. Army

W

Member Conflict Era Branch of Service References
John Warner World War II Era U.S. Navy [15]
George White World War I Era U.S. Army [38]
Richard Wigglesworth World War I Era U.S. Army
Larry Wilcox Vietnam War Era U.S. Marine Corps [15]
Hosea Williams World War II Era U.S. Army
Woodrow Wilson World War I Era Commander in Chief
of the Army and Navy
of the United States		 [39]
Woody Williams World War II Era U.S. Marine Corps [40]
Leonard Wood World War I Era U.S. Army [41]
Samuel Woodfill World War I Era U.S. Army

Y

Member Conflict Era Branch of Service References
Alvin York World War I Era U.S. Army [10][42]

Z

Member Conflict Era Branch of Service References
Orville Zimmerman World War I Era U.S. Army [43]

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