2nd Lt. Ira C. Welborn -- Ocean Springs MS
N 30° 24.533 W 088° 46.021
16R E 330264 N 3365419
U.S. Army 2nd Lt. Ira C. Welborn received the Congressional Medal of Honor for courage under fire during the Spanish-American war.
Waymark Code: WMNCXP
Location: Mississippi, United States
Date Posted: 02/16/2015
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U.S. Army 2nd Lt. Ira C. Welborn received the Congressional Medal of Honor for courage under fire during the Spanish-American War.
A plaque and a memorial tree in his honor stands at a larger war Memorial complex outside of the Ocean Springs MS Civic Center.
The plaque reads as follows:
SECOND LIEUTENANT IRA C WELBORN
Organization: 9th US Infantry
Entered Service: Mico, Mississippi
Birth: Mico, Mississippi
Death Place And Date: at Santiago, Cuba 2 July 1898
Citation: Voluntarily left shelter and went, under fire, to the aid of a private in his company who was wounded.
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Type of memorial: Plaque
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