Henderson County TX

 

24 Heroes Given Medal of Honor
August 6, 1951




Major General William F. Dean  Missing In Action Berkeley Co CA
Sgt 1/CL Charles W. Turner Posthumous Boston Mass.
1st LT Frederick F. Henry Missing In Action Olympia Wash.
PFC Melvin L. Brown Missing In Action Mahaffey PA
M/SGT Travis E. Watkins Posthumous Gladewater TX
SGT William B. Jecelin Posthumous Baltimore MD
PFC Joseph R. Ouellette Posthumous Lowell Mass
CPL Mitchell Red Cloud, Jr. Posthumous Merrilan Wis
CPL Gordon M. Craig Posthumous Elmwood Mass
PFC Richard G. Wilson Posthumous Girardean MO
M/SGT Melvin O. Handrick Posthumous Manawa Wis
SGT George D. Libby Posthumous Linden N.J.
PFC Robert H. Young Posthumous Vallejo CA
CPL John W. Collier Posthumous Washington KY
M/SGT Ernest R. Kouma Living Dwight Neb
PFC Luther H. Story Posthumous Americus GA
Capt Reginald B. Desiderio Posthumous El Monte CA
1st LT Samuel S. Coursen Posthumous Columbus GA
SGT John A. Pittman Living Tallula Miss
1st LT Carl H. Dodd Living Anderson IND
PFC William Thompson Posthumous Brooklyn NY
Lt Col Don C. Faith Jr. Posthumous Alexandria LA
SGT 1/CL Loren R. Kaufman Posthumous Portland OR

US NAVY
LT (j.g) Thomas J. Hadner Jr. Living Fall River Mass


Transcribed by Holli Boone Kees Click to see Holli's obit

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