Corporal John A. Falconer (c. 1844 to April 1, 1900) was an American soldier who fought in the American Civil War.

Falconer received the country's highest award for bravery during combat, the Medal of Honor, for his action during the Siege of Knoxville at Fort Sanders in Tennessee on 20 November 1863.

[1][2] Falconer was born in Washtenaw County, Michigan in about 1844.

He died on 1 April 1900 and his remains are interred at the Sunset Hill Cemetery in Warrensburg, Missouri.

Conducted the "burning party" of his regiment at the time a charge was made on the enemy's picket line, and burned the house which had sheltered the enemy's sharpshooters, thus insuring success to a hazardous enterprise.