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Texas Marines Medal of Honor Monument
Town Green Park, The Woodlands, Texas
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The Texas Marines Medal of Honor Monument was designed by sculptor J. David Nunneley. It is ten-feet in height. A black granite, pyramidal shape rests on a gray circular base. The blunted pyramid is capped with a flat, square slab of black granite. Each of the vertical edges inscribed in gold lettering: MEDAL OF HONOR (front), VALOR (right), SEMPER FI (back), and U.S. MARINE CORPS (left). A bronze sculpture with a square base with the Medal of Honor, the Nation's highest award, in bold relief, on each of the four sides and supporting the Marine Eagle, Globe, and Anchor--the symbol of the United States Marine Corps.
Seventeen Marines from Texas, including one Navy corpsman who served with a Marine unit, have been awarded the Navy Medal of Honor for service above and beyond the call of duty in World War II, Korean War, and Vietnam War. Their rank, name, age, town, and battle have been etched in gold lettering on the front surface of the pyramid.
UNITED STATES MARINE
MEDAL OF HONOR
TEXAS RECIPIENTS
WORLD WAR II
| Staff Sergeant William James Bordelon, 22, San Antonio |
| Posthumously Awarded: 1943 Tarawa |
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| Private First Class Charles Howard Roan, 21, Claude |
| Posthumously Awarded: 1944 Peleliu |
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| First Lieutenant Jack Lummus, 29, Ennis |
| Posthumously Awarded: 1945 Iwo Jima |
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| Sergeant William George Harrell, 22, Rio Grande City |
| Awarded: 1945 Iwo Jima--DOD 1964 |
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| First Lieutenant William Deane Hawkins, 29, El Paso |
| Posthumously Awarded: 1943 Tarawa |
KOREAN WAR
| First Lieutenant Frank Nicias Mitchell, 29, Indian Gap |
| Posthumously Awarded: 1950 Hanson-ni |
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| Staff Sergeant Ambrosio Guillen, 23, El Paso |
| Posthumously Awarded: 1953 Songuch-on |
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| Private First Class Whitt Lloyd Moreland, 21, Waco |
| Posthumously Awarded: 1951 Kwagch'i-Dong |
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| Major George Herman O'Brien Jr., 26, Fort Worth |
| Awarded: 1952 The Hook--DOD 2005 |
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| Hospitalman John Edward Kilmer, 21, Houston |
| Posthumously Awarded: 1952 Korea |
VIETNAM WAR
| Private First Class Alfred Mac Wilson, 21, Abilene |
| Posthumously Awarded: 1969 Quang Tri Province |
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| Lance Corporal Thomas Elbert Creek, 18, Amarillo |
| Posthumously Awarded: 1969 Cam Lo |
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| Sergeant Alfredo (Freddy) Gonzalez, 21, Edinburg |
| Posthumously Awarded: 1968 Thua Thien |
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| Lance Corporal Richard Allen Anderson, 21, Houston |
| Posthumously Awarded: 1969 Quang Tri Province |
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| Private First Class Oscar Palmer Austin, 21, Nacogdoches |
| Posthumously Awarded: 1969 Da Nang |
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| Second Lieutenant Terrence Collinson Graves, 22, Corpus Christi |
| Posthumously Awarded: 1969 Quang Tri Province |
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| Lance Corporal Miguel Keith, 18, San Antonio |
| Posthumously Awarded: 1970 Quang Ngai Province |
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