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Wednesday, November 11, 2026

Notable Vice-Presidents who served in the Miltary (war-time)

 During Iraq War

J.D. Vance served as

enlisted officer -- worked

as a Public Affairs Marine

in U.S. Marine Corps

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During W.W. I

Harry S Truman served

as field artillery

officer in Army 

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Leader of the Rough 
Riders,

Theodore Roosevelt

(VP for McKinley)

served in the First

U.S. Volunteer Cavalry

during Spanish-American

War; posthumously

awarded the Medal

of Honor.

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Aaron Burr (Lt. Colonel)

fought in the Battle of

Quebec & Battle of

Monmouth during

America's Revolutionary

War 

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George Clinton

served in N.Y. Militia

both for French & Indian

War and during Revy. War

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Richard Mentor Johnson

served in War of 1812 in

Kentucky Militia and

a commander for U.S.

Volunteers (mounted troops)

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Andrew Johnson served

as appointed Military Governor

of Tennessee

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Henry Wilson

Massachusetts Militia /

Union Army (Civil War)

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Charles G. Dawes,

Army Expeditionary Forces

(W.W. I)

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Richard Nixon

(VP for Eisenhower)

Naval Reserves Commander

during W.W. II and afterward

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Spiro Agnew, drafted into

the Army after 12/7/1941

had officer candidate school;

during Battle of the Bulge

was part of Combat Command

B of 10th Armored Division

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Gerald Ford, Navy

served throughout the Pacific

on the U.S.S. Monterey

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Walter Mondale

Corporal in 3rd Armored

Division artillery during

Korean War 
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George H.W. Bush

flew 58 missions

Air Group 51

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Dan Quayle -- Indiana

National Guard during

Vietnam War

(VP for George H.W. Bush,

one term in office after serving

as Senator (State of Indiana)

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