Memorial Bricks are Available
An important element to the total All Veterans Memorial experience is the opportunity to memorialize a person, persons, organizations and businesses in honoring a relationship with the military and railroading. Individual bricks may be sponsored for placement in the vicinity of the All Veterans Memorial to memorialize an individual's service. Families may desire to recognize a relative who has served or is currently serving. Bricks come in two sizes: 4 x 8 inches, and 8 x 8 inches.
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Answers to questions related to ordering bricks or other types of financial support for the All Veterans Memorial are available by contacting the staff at the Great Overland Station during business hours at (785) 232-5533. Obtaining additional financial assistance remains an important task of Railroad Heritage, Inc., and the All Veterans Memorial Planning Committee.
Your help will be greatly appreciated.
Medal of Honor Recipients
Medal of Honor Army
Medal of Honor Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard
Medal of Honor Air Force
Special Display for Medal of Honor Recognition Bricks
A special group of American heroes are those who are recognized as recipients of the Medal of Honor. The initial display of bricks with the names of Medal of Honor recipients that have a Kansas connection totals forty-four in number.
Kansas Medal of Honor Recipients
The Bravest of the Brave
These forty-four names include:
Civil War 1861-1865
Lorenzo D. Immell Army Conrad Schmidt Army
Indian War 1864-1870
James T. Daniels Army John Haddoo, Jr. Army Fred S. Hay Army David Holland Army
Frederick O. Hunt Army John W. Knox Army John A. Poppe Army Hampton M. Roach Army Henry Rodenburg Army William F. Cody Army
Philippine Insurrection 1898-1902
Arthur M. Ferguson Army Frederick Funston, Sr. Army Joseph Henderson Army
John A. Huntsman Army William B. Trembley Army Samuel S. Triplett Navy
George W. Wallace Army Edward White Army
Mexican Border 1916
Paul F. Foster Navy
World War I 1917-1919
John H. Balch Navy Erwin R. Bleckley Army AS Harold I. Johnston Army
George H. Mallon Army George S. Robb Army
World War II 1940-1946
Richard E. Cowan Army Walter D. Ehlers Army William D. Hawkins USMC
Willy F. James, Jr. Army Leon W. Johnson Army AC Thomas E. McCall Army
Forrest E. Peden Army Donald K. Ross Navy
Harold W. Bauer USMC Frant F. Timmerman USMC
Korean War 1950-1952
Stanley T. Adams Army Jack A. Davenport USMC
Vietnam 1966-1969
Danny J. Petersen Army Riley L. Pitts Army William L. McGonagle Navy
Roger H. C. Donlon Army Charles C. Hagemeister Army Donald E. Ballard Navy