Hometown Heroes

[Ford 1st MRB]

Fewer than 3,500 Medals of Honor have been awarded to hometown heroes from our 50 States. Few are the cities that can claim one of these greatest of our Nation's heroes, but no city is devoid of heroes they can claim as their own hometown heroes.

While the Medal of Honor is the pinnacle of the military's Pyramid of Honor, each branch of service has its own "highest award". The Distinguished Service Cross is the Army's highest award, the Navy Cross the highest award presented by the Navy to members of the Navy, Marines and Coast Guard, and the Air Force Cross is that branch of service's highest award. These three are ALSO the highest U.S. Military awards that can be bestowed upon civilians or members of Allied, Foreign military services. In all, more than 20,000 of these have been presented.

General George Patton, who did not receive the Medal of Honor, often said, "I'd sell my immortal soul for that medal (Medal of Honor)." General Patton DID receive two awards of the Distinguished Service Cross, about which he stated: "I would rather be a lieutenant with the Distinguished Service Cross, that a general without one." This second tier in the Pyramid of Honor is no small distinction.

Find your state and city/county and see who received something.

http://www.homeofheroes.com/hometownheroes/index.html

My hometown:

Beaufort, SC

Elliott, Middleton Stuart - Medal Of Honor (Mexican Campaign)

Pinckney, William - Navy Cross (WWII)

[McKenzie 1st MRB]

Not a single person from Milwaukee County, WI. Damn.

[Jasko]

Not a single person from Milwaukee County, WI. Damn.

Milwaukee, WI

Brown, Albert B. - DSC (WWI)

Bub, Elroy - DSC (WWI)

Burr, George E. - DSC (WWI)

Cagle, Ernest W. - NC (Milwaukee Disaster)

Chayie, Joseph A. - DSC (WWI)

Cole, John Sanford - NC (WWII)

DeRosier, Edwin C. (KIA) - DSC (WWII)

Desomer, Abraham - MOH (Mexican Campaign)

Dropp, Anthony Henry - NC (WWII)

Drotning, Harold J. - DSC (WWI)

Engel, George F. - DSC (WWI)

Faatz, Stephen R. - DSC (WWI)

Fox, Frank I. - DSC (WWI)

Fox, George William (KIA) - NC (WWII)

Fritz, Harold Arthur - MOH (Vietnam War)

Gates, Horatio Dwight (KIA) - NC (WWI)

Gearhard, August F. - DSC (WWI)

Gniot, Charles C. (KIA) - DSC (WWII)

Hahn, Delbert H. - DSC (WWII)

Hartman, William A. - DSC (WWI)

Helz, Eugene Raymond - NC (WWII)

Hoff, Thomas A. - DSC (WWII)

Holliday, Robert L. - DSC (WWII)

Holt, Frank Maurice - DSC (WWI)

Jerzakowski, Walter (KIA) - DSC (WWI)

Karelis, Kimon - DSC (WWI)

Kemme, Charles - DSC (WWI)

Kielpinski, Vincent P. - DSC (WWI)

Kirn, Louis Joseph - NC (WWII)

Kochanik, John (KIA) - DSC (WWI)

Kreckel, John William (KIA) - DSC (Vietnam)

Kubacki, Steve - DSC (WWI)

Kwasigroch, Paul J. - DSC (WWI)

Loomis, Casey V. - DSC (WWI), NC (WWI)

MacArthur, Arthur - MOH (Civil War)

Mager, Irvin A. (KIA) - DSC (WWII)

McKinney, Darel Jesse - DSC (WWI), NC (WWI)

Mitchell, William "Billy" - DSC (WWI)

Modrzejewski, Robert Joseph - MOH (Vietnam War)

Mueller, Joseph, Jr. - DSC (WWI)

Nolan, Richard J. - MOH (Indian Campaigns)

Nowak, John M. (KIA) - DSC (WWI)

Oribiletti, Bruno (KIA) - NC (WWII)

Pawel, Vinton - DSC (WWI)

Perrault, Howard E. (KIA) - NC (WWII)

Peterson, Walter O. L. - DSC (WWI)

Roseland, Clarence E. (KIA) - DSC (WWII)

Ross, Robert P. - DSC (WWII)

Salomon, Ben Louis (KIA) - MOH (WWII)

Schaller, William J. - NC (WWII)

Schaus, Walter C. - DSC (1915)

Schlund, Gordon E. (KIA) - DSC (WWII)

Sijan, Lance Peter (KIA) - MOH (Vietnam War)

Steinberg, George Charles (KIA) - DSC (Vietnam)

Stuckrad, Arthur L. - DSC (WWI)

Stumpf, Kenneth Edward - MOH (Vietnam War)

Swing, Willard V., Jr. - DSC (Korea)

Techel, Edward W. - DSC (WWI)

Toohey, Thomas - MOH (Civil War)

Tycz, James Neil (KIA) - NC (Vietnam)

Wagner, John F. (KIA) - DSC (WWII)

Wetzel, Gary George - MOH (Vietnam War)

Wilke, Robert Frederick (KIA) - AFC (Vietnam)

Wollert, Edward J. - DSC (WWI), NC (WWI)

Young, Frank Albert - MOH (China Relief)

[GMoney BAR]

Ya know I met Audie Murphy when I returned from the war. It was kinda neat to meet someone of his reputation.

[McKenzie 1st MRB]

Then I totally missed that Janke. I musta just zipped right past it.

*goes and wears the dunce cap*

[Le 1st MRB]

Brookfield, WI

Mitchell, Mark E. - DSC (War on Terror)

[C. Blackwood]

Buffalo, Joseph A. - DSC (WWI)

Acree, Lloyd Edgar (KIA) - NC (WWII)

Barnes, Harry C., Jr. - DSC (WWI)

Bennett, Charles S. (KIA) - DSC (WWI)

Berkey, Russell Stanley - NC (WWII)

Brown, Samuel J. - DSC (WWII)

Carson, Joseph C. (KIA) - DSC (WWI)

Childers, Ernest "Chief" - MOH (WWII)

Collins, Albert Harvey (KIA) - NC (Korea)

Cowan, Jack (KIA) - DSC (WWI)

Cox, Leonard L. (KIA) - DSC (WWII)

Crocker, John Howard, Jr. - NC (WWII)

Johnson, Charles F. (KIA) - DSC (Korea)

Johnson, Dwight L. - NC (WWII)

McGuire, Leo F. - DSC (WWI)

Mock, Noel D. (KIA) - DSC (WWII)

Risner, James Robinson - 2 AFCs (Vietnam)

Schwab, Albert Ernest (KIA) - MOH (WWII)

Smith, H. J. (KIA) - NC (Korea)

Thomas, Joe Minor (KIA) - DSC (Vietnam)

Todd, Elmer - DSC (WWI)

Webb, John R. - DSC (WWI)

Wesson, H. K. (KIA) - DSC (WWII)

West, Arthur L., Jr. - DSC (WWII)

( Gayle, Gordon D. - NC (WWII)

[Pina]

Austin, TX

Barrow, Charles L. - DSC (WWI)

Farmer, James Willie - DSC (WWII)

Haschke, Marvin M. - 2 NCs (WWII)

Maxson, Willis Edward, III (KIA) - NC (WWII)

Moore, Wallis J. - DSC (WWI)

Moreland, Whitt Lloyd (KIA) - MOH (Korean War)

Mueller, Bernhardt L. - NC (WWII)

Smart, Jacob E. - DSC (WWII)

Smith, Joseph W. - DSC (WWI)

Steindam, Russell Albert (KIA) - MOH (Vietnam War)

Whisenant, Herbert W. - DSC (WWI)

( Chatman, Grover M. - DSC (WWI), NC (WWI)

( Collins, Castor Bean - NC (WWII)

( Holland, Milton Murray - MOH (Civil War)

( Houston, Clyde - DSC (WWI)

Edited March 30, 2010 by Pina 1st MRB

[McKenzie 1st MRB]

and I meant Jasko, not Janke.