Medal of Honor Recipients of the Clan 

Official United States military and congressional records at the National Archives and American military records for the military services indicate that eight men with the names Carr and Kerr were awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor. The award was first authorized by Congress in December 1861. A brief summary indicates that of the eight, six were awarded to men with the name Carr, and two with the name Kerr. Of the eight two received the award during the Indian Wars, four in the Civil War, one in China’s Boxer Rebellion, and one in World War Two.

Recipients are shown below in conflict order.

• Kerr, John Brown, Brigadier General, 6th U.S. Cavalry - For heroism against the Sioux Indians at White River, South Dakota in January 1891.
  
  
• Carr, John., 8th U.S. Cavalry. Private - For gallantry in action against the Chiricahua Indians at the Chiricahua Mountains, Arizizon, in October 1869.
  
  
• Carr, Eugene A., Colonel, 3rd Illinois Cavalry - For bravery at Pea Ridge, Arkansas in March 1862.
  
  
• Carr, Franklin, Corporal, 124th Ohio Infantry - For heroism shown in capture of Confederate battle flag on the field of battle during the Battle of Nashville in Tennessee in December 1864.
  
  
• Carr, William M., Master at Arms. U.S. Navy - For courage shown in the capture of the Confederate ram Tennessee, on the USS Richmond in battle at Mobile Bay, Alabama in August 1864.
  
  
• Kerr, Thomas R., Captain. 14th Pennsylvania Cavalry - Despite being seriously wounded, he captured the Confederate battle flag of the 8th Virginia Cavalry at Moorefield in West Virginia in August 1864.
  
  
• Carr, Louis W., Private, U.S. Marines - Cited for bravery during the Boxer Rebellion in Peking, China, from July - August, 1900.
  
  
• Carr, Christopher, Sergeant, U.S. Army. 85th Infantry Division - Captured two German machine gun positions by himself saving many of his company.