Kentucky Medal of Honor Memorial

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Location Louisville, Kentucky Designer Doyle Glass		Type Sculpture on base

Dedicated to Recipients of the Medal of Honor from Kentucky Address W Jefferson St, Louisville, KY 40202, USA Materials Sculpture, Bronze, Limestone, Granite Similar Great Smoky Mountains, Great Smoky Mountain, Kentucky State Capitol, Ark Encounter, Tombstone Junction

The Kentucky Medal of Honor Memorial is located at the corner of Fifth and Jefferson Streets in downtown Louisville, Kentucky, on the grounds of the old Jefferson County Courthouse. The Memorial honors all recipients of the Medal of Honor from the Commonwealth of Kentucky. The Memorial was sculpted by Doyle Glass and dedicated on Veterans Day 2001. The Memorial features a life-size bronze statue of Medal of Honor recipient John C. Squires as he would appear on the night he earned the Medal of Honor. Squires, a native of Louisville, was killed in action in Italy during World War II. The statue of Squires stands on a 4-foot-high (1.2 m) granite base. A plaque on the base lists the names of each recipient of the Medal of Honor from Kentucky.

Recipients of the Medal of Honor from Kentucky

Civil War 1861-1865

Army Captain William P. Black

Army Private John H. Callahan

Army Sergeant John S. Darrough

Army Private John Davis

Army Drummer William H. Horsfall

Army Private Aaron Hudson

Army Private Henry B. Mattingly

Army Sergeant Francis M. McMillen

Navy Landsman Daniel Noble

Army Private Oliver P. Rood

Army Sergeant Andrew J. Smith

Army Private William Steinmetz

Army Doctor Mary E. Walker

Army Major John F. Weston

Army Colonel James A. Williamson

Indian Campaigns 1870-1891

Army Second Lieutenant Thomas Cruse

Army First Sergeant William L. Day

Army Corporal John J. Givens

Army Private William M. Harris

Army Captain John B. Kerr

Army Private Franklin M. McDonald

Army Private George D. Scott

Army Sergeant Thomas Shaw

Army Private Thomas W. Stivers

Army Private Thomas Sullivan

Army Saddler Otto E. Voit

Army Sergeant Brent Woods

Actions in Peacetime 1871-1910

Navy Seaman Edward W. Boers

Navy Watertender Edward A. Clary

Navy Quarter Gunner George Holt

Wars of American Expansion 1897-1902

Army Colonel J. Franklin Bell

Army First Lieutenant Benjamin F. Hardaway

Army Private James J. Nash

World War I 1917-1919

Army Sergeant Willie Sandlin

World War II 1941-1945

Marine Corps Corporal Richard E. Bush

Army Technical Sergeant Morris E. Crain

Marine Corps Private First Class Leonard F. Mason

Marine Corps Reserve Private First Class Wesley Phelps

Army Private Wilburn K. Ross

Marine Corps Private First Class Luther Skaggs Jr.

Army Staff Sergeant Junior J. Spurrier

Army Sergeant John C. Squires

Korean War 1950-1953

Marine Corps Captain William E. Barber

Marine Corps Private First Class William B. Baugh

Army Corporal John W. Collier

Army First Lieutenant Carl H. Dodd

Army Second Lieutenant Darwin K. Kyle

Army Private First Class David M. Smith

Army Private First Class Ernest E. West

Vietnam War 1961-1975

Army Sergeant Charles C. Fleek

Army Staff Sergeant Don Jenkins

Army Private First Class Billy L. Lauffer

Army Sergeant First Class Gary L. Littrell

Army Second Lieutenant John J. McGinty III

Army Private First Class David P. Nash

Marine Corps Lance Corporal Joe C. Paul

Operation Enduring Freedom 2001–Present

Marine Corps Sergeant Dakota Meyer

References

Kentucky Medal of Honor Memorial Wikipedia

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