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THE FREEDOM ROCK OF BENTON COUNTY MEMORIAL PLAQUE B

THE FREEDOM ROCK OF BENTON COUNTY MEMORIAL PLAQUE B
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Location: 114 MAIN STREET EAST

City: SHELLSBURG

State: Iowa

Zip Code: 52332

Type of Memorial: Medal of Honor Plaques

Access: Public

Wars Commemorated: CHINA'S BOXER REBELLION, MEXICAN PUNITIVE EXPIDITION, AND WORLD WAR I

Photograph By: COSMOS MARINER

Submitted By: COURTSEY OF HMdb.org

Comments: RAY "BUBBA" SORENSEN II

Rank and organization: Musician, U.S. Army, Company E, 14th U.S. Infantry. Place and date: At Peking, China, August 14, 1900. Entered service at: Iowa. Birth: Vinton, Iowa. Date of issue: March 11, 1902.
Citation:
Gallant and daring conduct in the presence of his colonel and other officers and enlisted men of his regiment; was first to scale the wall of the city.

SEE ALSO-THE FREEDOM ROCK OF BENTON COUNTY MEMORIAL


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