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 Missouri Wall of Valor - Columbia, MO Posted by:  YoSam.
N 38° 56.222 W 092° 19.698
15S E 558215 N 4310004
All Missouri Medal of Honor Recipients, location at the Harry S. Truman Veternas Hospital entrance.
Waymark Code: WMJ855
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 10/09/2013
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County of Memorial: Boone County
Location of Memorial: The sidewalk just to the west side of the main entrance to Harry S. Truman Veterans Hospital
You will notice a couple of areas called "interim awards". These are awards for heroic service within the time frame while no actual conflict existed.
The Medal of Honor came into existence at the request of President Lincoln and began as an approve award in 1863. Please not, Congress has nothing to do with this award - and congress' name should NEVER be attached to it. A similar award use to exist which did have congress' name on it but was removed from service in 1963 and replaced with the Medal of Freedom. It was always a civilian award.. This Medal of Honor is for military service, and valor in the face of an enemy.
Memorial Text:
CIVIL WAR
Bieger, Charles
De Puy, Charles H.
Flynn, James E.
Follett, Joseph L.
Frizzell (Frazele), Henry F.
Grebe, M. R. William
Guerin, Fitz W.
Gwynne, Nathaniel
Hammel, Henry A.
Hunt, Louis T.
Kirby, Dennis T.
Martin, William
McCammon, William W.
Pesch, Joseph
Porter, Ambrose
Schofield, John M.
Trogden, Howell G.
Wherry, William W.
Wortick (Wertick), Joseph
INDIAN WAR PERIOD
Brant, Agram B.
Bryan, William C.
Evans, William
Hall, William P.
Montrose, Charles H.
Shaw, Thomas
Sheppard, Charles
Taylor, Bernard
SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR
Durney, Austin J.
PHILIPPINE INSURRECTION
Eoos, Joseph L.
Miller, Archie
Ray, Charles W.
CHINA RELIEF EXPEDITION
Gaiennie, Louis Rene
INTERIM AWARDS
(1901-1911)
Holtz, August
ACTION IN THE PHILIPPINES
(1911)
McGuire, Fred Henry
MEXICAN CAMPAIGN
Townsend, Julius Curtis
INTERIM AWARDS
(1915-16)
Cary, Robert W.
WORLD WAR I
Balch, John Henry
Barger, Charles D.
Barkley, John L.
Forrest, Arthur J.
Hatler, M. Waldo
Skinker, Alexander R.
HAITIAN CAMPAIGN
(1919-1920)
Button, William Robert
Hanneken, Herman Henry
WORLD WAR II
Burr, Herbert H.
Cole, Darrell Samuel
David, Albert Leroy
Fuqua, Samuel Glenn
Howard, James H.
James, Willy F., Jr.
Kelley, Ova A.
O'Hare, Edward Henry
Phillips, George
Riordan, Paul F.
Specker, Joe C.
KOREAN WAR
Kanell, Billie G.
Long, Charles R.
Wilson, Richard G.
VIETNAM WAR
Adams, William, E.
Ballard, Donald E.
Petersen, Danny J.
Sisler, George K.
Type of Memorial: Multi-War Memorial
Wars mentioned (Multi-war only):
Civil War, Indian War Period, Spanish-American War, Philippine Insurrection, China Relief Expedition, Interim Awards, Action in Philippines, Mexican Campaign, World War I, Haitian Campaign, World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War
In Honor Of: Medal of Honor recipients from Missouri
Marker Text:
Large text please see above.
Who Put it Here?: Missouri Veterans Admistration & Harry S. Truman Veterans Hospital
Description of Memorial:
Large hunk of Marble shaped like the State of Missouri on a black marble base. The base contains the name of the memorial and inscribed versions of the Medal of Honor.
Date of dedication: Not listed
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