Knoxville in Knox County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)

Medal of Honor Recipients

117th Infantry Regiment

— 30th Division (Old Hickory) —

Medal of Honor Recipients Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Tom Bosse, December 26, 2023

1. Medal of Honor Recipients Marker

Inscription.
World War I

SGT EDWARD R TALLEY
Co L 117th Inf Reg
Hometown: Russellville, Tennessee
MOH awarded for actions on October 7, 1918, near Ponchaux, France

SGT JAMES E (BUCK) KARNES
Co D 117th Inf Reg
Hometown: Knoxville, Tennessee
MOH awarded for actions on October 8, 1918, near Estrees, France

PVT CALVIN JOHN WARD
Co D 117th Inf Reg
Hometown: Morristown, Tennessee
MOH awarded for actions on October 8, 1918, near Estrees, France

World War II

PVT HAROLD G. KINER
Co F 117th Inf Reg
Hometown: Enid, Oklahoma
MOH awarded posthumously after PVT Kiner sacrificed his own life to save fellow soldiers on October 2, 1944, near Palenberg, Germany

Erected by Pond Gap Community.

Topics and series. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, World I • War, World II. In addition, it is included in the Medal of Honor Recipients series list. A significant historical date for this entry is October 7, 1918.

Location. 35° 56.866′ N, 83° 58.618′ W. Memorial is in Knoxville, Tennessee, in Knox County. It is on Sutherland Avenue, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this

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memorial is in East Tennessee.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

in Appalachia,

and specifically 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 original Cherokee Nation,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: UT RecSports Complex (approx. 0.2 miles away); Sutherland Avenue McGhee Tyson Airport (approx. ¼ mile away); The Everly Brothers (approx. half a mile away); Herbert H. Hoover (approx. one mile away); Bleak House (approx. 1.2 miles away); Longstreet's Headquarters (approx. 1.2 miles away); Indian Mound (approx. 1.7 miles away); Burial Mound (approx. 1.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Knoxville.

Another marker is no longer nearby. Death of Gen. William P. Sanders (was approx. 1½ miles away but has been confirmed missing).

Photographed by Tom Bosse, December 26, 2023

2. Medal of Honor Recipients Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on December 30, 2023. It was originally submitted on December 29, 2023, by Tom Bosse of Jefferson City, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 436 times since then and 42 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on December 29, 2023, by Tom Bosse of Jefferson City, Tennessee. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.