CITY OF AUDUBON MEDAL OF HONOR MEMORIAL

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SAMUEL M. SAMPLER IN MEMORY OF HIS BOLD CHARGE THROUGH HOSTILE FIRE RESULTING IN THE SURRENDER OF TWENTY-EIGHT ENEMY SOLDIERS NEAR ST. ETIENNE, FRANCE, 8 OCTOBER 1918. HE DIED ON 19 NOVEMBER 1979. EDWARD C. BENFOLD IN MEMORY OF THE SELFLESS SACRIFICE OF HIS OWN LIFE FOR THE LIVES OF TWO COUNTRYMEN HE WAR TREATING WHILE DEFENDING THE WOUNDED. HE WAS KILLED IN KOREA ON 5 SEPTEMBER 1952. NELSON V. BRITTIN IN MEMORY OF HIS COURAGEOUS LEADERSHIP UNDER FIRE WHILE WOUNDED WHICH INSPORED HIS COMPANY AND HELPED DEFEAT THE ENEMY. HE WAS KILLED IN THE BATTLE AT YONGGONG-NI KOREA 7 MARCH 1951.

Location

Address: CAMPUS OF AUDUBON HIGH SCHOOL-EDGEWOOD AVENUE
City: AUDUBON
State:
Zip Code: 08106

Details

Memorial Type: War Memorial Walls
Access: Private
Wars Commemorated: WORLD WAR I AND KOREAN WAR
Year Dedicated:
Photograph By: DON MORFE
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