Ernest "Chief" Childers - Broken Arrow, OK
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N 36° 04.018 W 095° 50.196
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Oklahoma Native Ernest Childers, First Native American Medal of Honor recipient
Waymark Code: WM7E2M
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 10/12/2009
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Ernest "Chief" Childers is buried in Floral Haven Memorial Gardens in Broken Arrow, OK. His grave is in the absolutely stunning Veteran's Memorial located in the cemetery. There is a sculpture of Ernest Childers (On the Smithsonian Art Inventory list) located just a few miles SE of Floral Haven, in Veteran's Park.
from the HomeofHeroes website (link below):
Ernest Childers was a Creek Indian from Oklahoma, and a First Lieutenant with the 45th Infantry Division. Childers received the Medal of Honor for heroic action in 1943 when, up against machine gun fire, he and eight men charged the enemy. Although suffering a broken foot in the assault, Childers ordered covering fire and advanced up the hill, single-handedly killing two snipers, silencing two machine gun nests, and capturing an enemy mortar observer.
"Chief" Childers was the first Native American to be awarded the Medal of Honor.
Description:
Oklahoma native and first Native American to be awarded the Medal of Honor
Date of birth: 02/01/1918
Date of death: 03/17/2005
Area of notoriety: Military
Marker Type: Crypt (below ground)
Setting: Outdoor
Visiting Hours/Restrictions: Dawn to Dusk
Fee required?: No
Web site: [Web Link]
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