Kentucky Medal of Honor Memorial

Coordinates: 38°15′15.14″N 85°45′32.66″W / 38.2542056°N 85.7590722°W

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Kentucky Medal of Honor Memorial


38°15′15.14″N 85°45′32.66″W / 38.2542056°N 85.7590722°W / 38.2542056; -85.7590722
Location	Louisville, Kentucky
Designer	Doyle Glass (sculptor)
Type	Sculpture on base
Material	Sculpture: Bronze Base: Limestone and granite
Dedicated to	Recipients of the Medal of Honor from Kentucky

The Kentucky Medal of Honor Memorial is a statue in downtown Louisville, Kentucky, honoring all recipients of the Medal of Honor from the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Located at the corner of Fifth and Jefferson Streets on the grounds of the old Jefferson County Courthouse, 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 First Lieutenant Garlin Murl Conner
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

War in Afghanistan 2001–2021

Marine Corps Sergeant Dakota Meyer

References

"Kentucky Medal of Honor Memorial". Archived from the original on May 13, 2010. Retrieved February 15, 2010.
"Kentucky Medal of Honor Memorial". Kentucky Educational Television. Retrieved February 15, 2010.
"Doyle Glass Sculpture Website". Retrieved February 15, 2010.
"Lions of Medina Website". Archived from the original on September 1, 2009. Retrieved February 15, 2010.
"Texas Medal of Honor Memorial". Archived from the original on August 31, 2009. Retrieved February 15, 2010.
"War Hero Memorials". Archived from the original on August 30, 2009. Retrieved February 15, 2010.

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