Medal of Honor Recipients Statewide Memorial, Hazleton, Preston Co., West Virginia *********************************************************** Submitted by: Alice Warner Date: 13 July 2008 Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.org/copyright.htm *********************************************************** Photos taken 13 July 2008 West Virginia Medal of Honor Plaza (a rest area off I-68) Hazleton, Preston County, WV Mile Marker 30 on I-68 Picture 1 http://usgwarchives.net/wv/state/photos/military/medhonplaza1.jpg Welcome to the West Virginia Medal of Honor Recipients Memorial Plaza West Virginia Salutes these brave men and women for their gallantry in battle Picture 2 http://usgwarchives.net/wv/state/photos/military/medhonplaza2.jpg Blue Star Memorial A tribute to the Armed Forces that have defended the United States of America Sponsored by Monongahela-Cheat District West Virginia Garden Club Inc In Cooperation with West Virginia Department of Transportation Division of Highways Picture 3 http://usgwarchives.net/wv/state/photos/military/medhonplaza3.jpg Flags out front the rest area Picture 4 http://usgwarchives.net/wv/state/photos/military/medhonplaza4.jpg West Virginia Medal of Honor Awards We honor these West Virginians and those who served in West Virginia Military Units for their gallant service to our country Civil War 1861-1865 James F. Adams Thomas Anderson Andrew O. Apple William H. Barringer Wilmon W. Blackmar Hugh P. Boon Richard Boury John C. Buckley William Bumgarner James M. Burns Charles E. Capehart Henry Capehart Francis M. Cunningham Josiah M. Curtis James R. Durham John N. Eckes Leonidas M. Godley William Houlton Leonidas Inscho Joseph Kimball Joseph McCauslin Samuel O. McElhinny William F. McWhorter George G. Moore Jasper N. North Joel Parsons William H. Powell Charles Reeder Archibald H. Rowand Jr. Charles Schorn Emisire Shahan John Shanes Bernard Shields Levi Shoemaker James C. Summers Joseph Van Matre Thomas J. Ward Adam White Daniel A. Woods Spanish-American War 1898-1902 Antoine Gaujot John Henry Quick World War II 1941-1945 Bernard P. Bell Stanley Bender Justice M. Chambers Robert E. Femoyer Clinton M. Hedrick Jonah E. Kelley Melvin Mayfield Junior J. Spurrier Herbert J. Thomas Walter C. Wetzel Hershel Woodrow "Woody" Williams Korean War 1951-1952 Cornelius H. Charlton Darwin K. Kyle Ralph L. Pomeroy William E. Shuck Jr. Vietnam War 1966-1969 Ted Belcher Thomas W. Bennett Robert W. Hartsock Carmel B. Harvey Phill G. McDonald Gary W. Martini Frankie Zoly Molnar Charles C. Rogers Jimmy G. Stewart Other Actions Robert Edward Cox Benjamin C. Criswell Hugh Carroll Frazer Julien E. Gaujot Claud Ashton Jones Henry Nehemiah Nickerson Lawrence C. Sinnett