Medal of Honor Marker

Medal of Honor Marker

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Medal of Honor Marker

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https://www.cineg.org/wiki/index.php/Medal_of_Honor_Marker_

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Medal of Honor [Side A] 1st Lieut. William D. Hawkins United States Marine Corps Born: Fort Scott, Ks April 19, 1914 Battle of Tarawa: November 20-21, 1943 Buried: Punch Bowl National Cemetery, Hawaii Private George F. Pond Co. C, 3rd Wisconsin Calvary [sic], U.S. Army Drywood, Kansas: May 15, 1864 Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Fort Scott, Kansas Private William H. Longshore Co. C., 30th Ohio Infantry, U.S. Army Vicksburg, Mississippi: May 22, 1863 Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Fort Scott, Kansas The highest award for valor in action against an enemy force which can be bestowed upon an individual serving in the United States Armed Forces. Generally presented to its recipient by the President of the United States of America in the name of Congress [Side B] Awards By Major Wars War • Total Civil War • 1522 WWII • 465 Indian Wars • 426 Vietnam War • 248 Korean War • 136 WWI • 119 Spanish American War 110 Phillipines [sic] War (1899-1902) • 80 China Boxer • 59 Vera Cruz, Mexico (1914) • 56 War on Terror • 11

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