The Texas Medal of Honor Memorial is a statue commemorating recipients of the Medal of Honor from the state of Texas. Sculpted by Doyle Glass and Scott Boyer, it was dedicated on Memorial Day of 2008 and is located in Midland, Texas, at the Commemorative Air Force International Headquarters. The Memorial depicts Medal of Honor recipient George H. O'Brien, Jr. as he would appear on the day he earned the Medal of Honor for his service during the Korean War. Perched on a rock, the heroic-sized bronze figure rises above a granite base, which displays the names of most recipients of the medal from Texas. The Model for this statue was Buck Hartlage a Louisville Kentucky native.
John Connor – Army, Galway, Ireland Jefferson, TXJames B. Dozier – Army, Warren County, TN Fort Richardson, TXPompey Factor – Army, Arkansas Fort Duncan, TXRobert Lee Howze – Army, Overton, TX Overton, TXGeorge Loyd (or Lloyd) – Army, County Tyrone, Ireland Canton, TXWilliam McCabe – Army, Belfast, Ireland Fort Duncan, TXFranklin M. McDonald – Army, Bowling Green, KY Fort Griffin, TXAdam Paine – aka: Adan Payne – Army, Florida Fort Duncan, TXIsaac Payne – Army, Mexico Fort Duncan, TXJohn Ward (or John Warrior) – Army, Arkansas Fort Duncan, TXGeorge Frederick Phillips – Navy, St. John, NB, Canada Galveston, TXGeorge Mathews Shelton – Army, Brownwood, TX Bellington, TXWilliam Kelly Harrison – Navy, Waco, TX TexasDavid B. Barkeley, aka: David Bennes Barkley – Army, Laredo, TX San Antonio, TXDaniel Richmond Edwards – Army, Mooreville, TX Bruceville, TXDavid Ephraim Hayden – Navy, Florence, TX TexasLucian Adams – Army, Port Arthur, TX Port Arthur, TXWilliam James Bordelon – USMC, San Antonio, TX TexasJohn Duncan Bulkeley – Navy, San Antonio, TX TexasHorace Seaver Carswell, Jr. – Army AC, Fort Worth, TX San Angelo, TXRobert George Cole – Army, Fort Sam Houston, TX San Antonio, TXSamuel David Dealey – Navy, Dallas, TX TexasForrest Eugene Everhart, Sr. – Army, Bainbridge, OH Texas City, TXJames H. Fields – Army, Caddo, TX Houston, TXThomas Weldon Fowler – Army, Wichita Falls, TX Wichita Falls, TXMarcario Garcia – Army, Villa De Castano, Mexico Sugar Land, TXWilliam George Harrell – USMC, Rio Grande City, TX Mercedes, TXJames Lindell Harris – Army, Hillsboro, TX Hillsboro, TXWilliam Deane Hawkins – USMC, Fort Scott, KS El Paso, TXLloyd Herbert Hughes – Army AC, Alexandria, LA San Antonio, TXJohnnie David Hutchins – Navy, Weimer, TX TexasNeel Ernest Kearby – Army AC, Wichita Falls, TX Dallas, TXGeorge D. Keathley – Army, Olney, TX Lamesa, TXTruman Kimbro – Army, Madisonville, TX Houston, TXJack Llewellyn Knight – Army, Garner, TX Weatherford, TXRaymond Larry Knight – Army AC, Houston, TX Houston, TXTurney White Leonard – Army, Dallas, TX Dallas, TXJames Marion Logan – Army NcNeil, TX Luling, TXJose Mendoze Lopez – Army, Mission, TX Brownsville, TXJack Lummus – USMC, Ennis, TX TexasJack Warren Mathis – Army AC, San Angelo, TX San Angelo, TXAudie Leon Murphy – Army, Kingston, TX Dallas, TXCharles Howard Roan – USMC, Claude, TX TexasJames E. Robinson, Jr. – Army, Toledo, OH Waco, TXCleto L. Rodriguez – Army, San Marcos, TX San Antonio, TXHerman C. Wallace – Army, Marlow, OK Lubbock, TXEli Lamar Whiteley – Army, Florence, TX Georgetown, TXGeorge Andrew Davis, Jr. – USAF, Dublin, TX Lubbock, TXAmbrosio Guillen – USMC, La Junta, CO El Paso, TXJack G. Hanson – Army, Escatawpa, MS Galveston, TXJohn Edward Kilmer – Navy, Highland Park, IL Houston, TXBenito Martinez – Army, Fort Hancock, TX Fort Hancock, TXFrank Nicias Mitchell – USMC, Indian Gap, TX Roaring Springs, TXWhitt Lloyd Moreland – USMC, Waco, TX Austin, TXGeorge Herman O'Brien, Jr. – USMC, Fort Worth, TX Big Spring, TXCharles F. Pendleton – Army, Camden, TN Fort Worth, TXJames Lamar Stone – Army, Pine Bluff, AR Houston, TXTravis E. Watkins – Army, Waldo, AR TexasRichard Allen Anderson – USMC, Washington, DC Houston, TXRoy Perez Benavidez – Army, Cuero, TX Houston, TXThomas Elbert Creek – USMC, Joplin, MO Amarillo, TXAlfredo "Freddy" Gonzalez – USMC, Edinburg, TX San Antonio, TXRobert David Law – Army, Fort Worth, TX Dallas, TXMilton Arthur Lee – Army, Shreveport, LA San Antonio, TXFinnis Dawson McCleery – Army, Stephenville, TX San Angelo, TXDavid Herbert McNerney – Army, Lowell, MA Fort Bliss, TXClarence Eugene Sasser – Army, Chenango, TX Houston, TXRussell Albert Steindam – Army, Austin, TX Austin, TXAlfred Mac Wilson – USMC, Olney, IL Abilene, TXMarvin Rex Young – Army, Alpine, TX Odessa, TXThe following Medal of Honor Recipients were born in the State of Texas, but either moved to or enlisted in military service in another state to which their award is accredited.
William Grafton Austin – Army, Galveston, TX New York, NY – Indian WarsJohn McLennon – Army, Fort Belknap, TX Fort Ellis, MT – Indian WarsSamuel M. Sampler – Army, Decatur, TX Altus, OK – World War ISilvestre Santana Herrera – Army, El Paso, TX Phoenix, AZ – World War IIJohn Riley Kane – Army AC, McGregor, TX Shreveport, LA – World War IIJohn Cary "Red" Morgan – Army AC, Vernon, TX London, England – World War IIGeorge Benton Turner – Army, Longview, TX Los Angeles, CA – World War IIOscar Palmer Austin – USMC, Nacogdoches, TX Phoenix, AZ – Vietnam WarSteven Logan Bennett – USAF, Palestine, TX Lafayette, LA – Vietnam WarFrederick Edgar Ferguson – Army, Pilot Point, TX Phoenix, AZ – Vietnam WarTerrence Collinson Graves – USMC, Corpus Christi, TX New York, NY – Vietnam WarMiguel Keith – USMC, San Antonio, TX Omaha, NE – Vietnam WarOne notable exception to the list may be the earliest Texan recipient, Milton M. Holland. He was born a Texas slave in 1844 and served with the Fifth U.S. Colored Troops during the Civil War. On September 29, 1864, during an attack in which all his unit's officers were killed or disabled, Sergeant Major Holland took over despite his own wounds, and led his comrades to take the Confederate position near Richmond, Virginia. He was awarded the Medal of Honor on April 6, 1865, and at his death in 1910 was interred at Arlington National Cemetery.
