Point Pleasant in Mason County, West Virginia — The American South (Appalachia)

Medal of Honor Park

Photographed by J.T. Lambrou, August 29, 2023

1. Medal of Honor Park Marker

Inscription.
Civil War
Leonidas M. Godley • William Baumgarner • Samuel O. McElhinny • William H. Barringer • Hiram R. Howard • Charles Schorn • Joseph Vanmatre • Joel Parsons

World War I
Chester H. West

World War II
Bernard P. Bell

Vietnam
Jimmy G. Stewart

Erected 2004 by Mason County.

Topics and series. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, US Civil • War, Vietnam • War, World I • War, World II. In addition, it is included in the Medal of Honor Recipients series list.

Location. 38° 52.242′ N, 82° 7.52′ W. Memorial is in Point Pleasant, West Virginia, in Mason County. It is on Jackson Avenue (West Virginia Route 62) just south of 27th Street, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 2417 Jackson Avenue, Point Pleasant WV 25550, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in West Virginia’s Mid-Ohio Valley. It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

in the Ohio River Valley,

in Appalachia,

and specifically

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in Southern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Viceroyalty of New France

and also the territory of the Mississippian Culture.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Kellian V. Whaley (about 700 feet away, measured in a direct line); Silver Bridge Collapse and Creation of National Bridge Inspection Standards (NBIS) (approx. one mile away in Ohio); Silver Bridge Eye-Bar (approx. one mile away in Ohio); The Silver Bridge Disaster / Silver Bridge Memorial (approx. one mile away in Ohio); 1009 Main Street (approx. 1.6 miles away); 1002 Main Street (approx. 1.6 miles away); 1003 Main Street (approx. 1.6 miles away); 915 Viand Street (approx. 1.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Point Pleasant.

Photographed by J.T. Lambrou, August 29, 2023

2. Medal of Honor Park Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on September 25, 2023. It was originally submitted on September 15, 2023, by J.T. Lambrou of New Boston, Michigan. This page has been viewed 305 times since then and 26 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on September 15, 2023, by J.T. Lambrou of New Boston, Michigan. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.