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 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. Given 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
See also 2001 in art Medal of Honor Memorial (Indianapolis) Oregon Veterans Medal of Honor Memorial Texas Medal of Honor Memorial
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