Kentucky
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Many Medal of Honor recipients have given interviews detailing their actions which have been posted online. There are also many actual award presentations online. We have linked to these under the alphabetical listings.
For a list of born in, accredited to and Medals earned in Kentucky, click here: Kentucky (updated 30 Dec 2023)
CONNER, Garlin Murl (World War II) Memorial Hill Cemetery (Garden of Devotion, Section D20, Lot B3), Albany, KY LAT 36.6983 LON -85.1329
CRAIN, Morris E. (World War II) Mount Pleasant Church Cemetery, LaCenter, KY LAT 37.1113 LON -88.9457
DODD, Carl Henry (Korean War) Cumberland Memorial Gardens (Lot 132), Corbin, KY LAT 37.0259 LON -84.0627
DOHERTY, Thomas M. (Spanish American) Evergreen Cemetery (Soldiers Lot, Section 25, Grave 64), Southgate, KY LAT 39.0680 LON -84.4727
EPPERSON, Harold Glenn (World War II) Town Cemetery (Section H, Lot 202), Winchester, KY LAT 37.9983 LON -84.1887
FLEEK, Charles Clinton (Vietnam) Petersburg Cemetery, Petersburg, KY LAT 39.0623 LON -84.8751
HARRIS William M. (Indian Campaigns) Camp Nelson National Cemetery (Section U, Grave 3), Nicholasville, KY LAT 37.7875 LON -84.6041
HINEMANN, Lehmann (Indian Campaigns) St. Stephen’s Cemetery (Section 10, Block 116, Lot 1{E 1/2}, Grave 3), Fort Thomas, KY LAT 39.0514 LON -84.4515
HORSFALL, William H. (Civil War) Evergreen Cemetery (Section GAR {15}, Grave 72), Southgate, KY LAT 39.0687 LON -84.4678
KOUMA,Ernest Richard (Korean War) Fort Knox Post Cemetery (Row L, near tool shed), Fort Knox, KY LAT 37.8930 LON -85.9678
LAUFFER, Billy Lane (Vietnam) Murray Memorial Gardens (Garden of the Christus, Lot 34A, Lot 1), Murray, KY LAT 36.6564 LON -88.3076
MATTINGLY, Henry B. (Civil War) Lebanon Junction Cemetery (near flagpole), Lebanon Junction, KY LAT 37.8397 LON -85.7379
NASH, David Paul (Vietnam) Saint Mary’s of the Woods Cemetery (Section VIII, A, Lot 4), Whitesville, KY LAT 37.6603 LON -86.8706
NOBLE, Daniel (Civil War) Childers Farm Cemetery, (near) Gillmore, KY LAT 37.7480 LON – 83.3664
PHELPS, Wesley (World War II) Rosine Cemetery (Section GAR 15, Lot 72), Rosine, KY LAT 37.4528 LON -86.7414
RAERICK, John (Indian Campaigns) Bethel (Church) Cemetery, Falmouth, KY LAT 38.7207 LON -84.3753
ROWALT, John F. (Indian Campaigns) Highland Cemetery (Section 1, Grave 72) Fort Mitchell, KY. VA headstone just installed.
Rowalt’s action location was actually Lynx Creek, not Lyry Creek. The Army Awards and Decorations Branch officially corrected his record in December 2017. LAT 39.04899 LON -84.54487
SANDLIN, Willie (World War I) Sandlin was reinterred in Kentucky Veterans Cemetery South East (Section 2, Plot 138), Hyden, KY on 1 May 2018. LAT 37.1686 LON -83.3995
Google maps (the satellite image is outdated)
SCHMAUCH, Andrew (Civil War) Ashland Cemetery (Section 5, Lot 66), Ashland KY LAT 38.4608 LON -82.6335
SCOTT, George D. (Indian Campaigns) Lancaster Cemetery (IMO , Lot Memorial Park Section), Lancaster, KY LAT 37.6170 LON -84.5708
SMITH, Andrew Jackson (Civil War) Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Grand Rivers, KY LAT 36.9768 LON -88.2013
SMITH, David Monroe (Korean War) Smith Cemetery on the Hill Ponder, Livingston, KY LAT 37.3009 LON -84.2232
SQUIRES, John C. (World War II) Zachary Taylor National Cemetery (Section A, Grave 1359), Louisville, KY LAT 38.2774 LON -85.6435
STEVERS, Thomas W. (Indian Campaigns) City Cemetery (Section D, Lot 49), Richmond, KY Buried as Thomas W. Stivers LAT 37.7435 LON -84.2887
VOIT, Otto Emil (Indian Campaigns) St. Stephens Cemetery (Section 90), Louisville, KY LAT 38.2200 LON -85.7495
WEST, Ernest Edison (Korea) Kentucky Veterans Cemetery Northeast (Section 1, Plot 0484) Argillite, KY LAT 38.3840 -82.8190
Google Maps
WILKES, Perry (Civil War) Cave Hill Cemetery (Section P, South 1/2 Lot 866), Louisville, KY LAT 38.2436 LON -85.7173
WOODS, Brent (Indian Campaigns) Mill Springs National Cemetery (Section A, Site 930), Nancy, KY LAT 37.0684 LON -84.7374
YOUNG, Calvary Morris (Civil War) Highland Cemetery (Section 12, Lot 43), Fort Mitchell, KY LAT 39.0481 LON -84.5448