Piqua in Miami County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Home Town Hero

Photographed by Craig Doda, June 14, 2025

1. Home Town Hero Marker

Inscription. The Man Behind The Medal
William Pitsenbarger

Topics and series. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military. In addition, it is included in the Medal of Honor Recipients series list.

Location. 40° 9.022′ N, 84° 12.209′ W. Memorial is in Piqua, Ohio, in Miami County. It is on U.S. 36 0.1 miles west of Garbry Road, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 344 US-36, Piqua OH 45356, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Ohio’s Dayton Metro,

in the Miami Valley,

and in the Till Plains.

It is also in the American Midwest

and in the Corn Belt.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

and the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Rural Electrification (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); J. Scott Garbry (approx. 0.3 miles away); Vice Admiral Stephen Clegg Rowan (approx. 1.8 miles away); Randolph Settlement / Jackson Cemetery (African) (approx. 1.8 miles away); The Village of Huntersville (approx. 1.8 miles away); Jackson Cemetery (approx. 1.8 miles away); Shawnee Bridge (approx. 1.8 miles away); Lock Nine Riverfront Park (approx. 1.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Piqua.

Another marker is no longer nearby. Lock Nine (was approx. 1.8 miles away but has been confirmed missing).

Also see . . . Airman 1st Class William H. Pitsenbarger.

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Born in 1944 in Piqua, Ohio, William H. Pitsenbarger was an ambitious only child. He wanted to quit high school to join the U.S. Army Special Forces' "Green Berets," but his parents convinced him to stay in school. After graduating in 1962, Pitsenbarger joined the Air Force. (Submitted on June 20, 2025, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio.)

Photographed by Craig Doda, June 14, 2025

2. Home Town Hero Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on June 22, 2025. It was originally submitted on June 20, 2025, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. This page has been viewed 118 times since then and 16 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on June 20, 2025, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.