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Additional Information Can Be Obtained At:
  • Alaska Department of Veterans Affairs - http://dmva.alaska.gov/
  • Alaska Historical Society - http://www.alaskahistoricalsociety.org/
  • Alaska Korean War Casualties - http://korean-war-casualties.findthedata.org/
  • Alaska Vietnam War Casualties - http://vietnam-casualties.findthedata.org/d/b/Alaska
  • Alaska World War II Casualties (Army and Army Air Corp) - http://alaska.lostsoulsgenealogy.com/military/wwiicasualties.htm
  • Blue Star Memorial Highway - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Star_Memorial_Highway
  • Congressional Medal of Honor - http://www.cmohs.org/
  • Faces of Valor, Honor the Fallen - http://projects.militarytimes.com/valor/
  • Historical Marker Database -http://www.hmdb.org/
  • Iraqi Casualties - http://icasualties.org/OEF/USCasualtiesByState.aspx
  • US World War I Casualty Records - https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/United_States_World_War_I_Casualty_Records
  • Waymarking - http://www.waymarking.com/
Boroughs of Cities/Towns Represented (Alaska does not use the county designation)
  • Aleutians East Borough
  • Municipality of Anchorage - Anchorage
  • Bristol Bay Borough
  • Denali Borough - Denali
  • Fairbanks North Star Borough - Fairbanks
  • Haines Borough
  • City and Borough Of Juneau - Juneau
  • Kenai Peninsula Borough
  • Ketchikan Gateway Borough
  • Kodiak Island Borough
  • Lake and Peninsula Borough
  • Matanuska-Susitna Borough - Bisbee, Mat Su Region
  • North Slope Borough
  • Northwest Arctic Borough
  • Petersburg Borough
  • City and Borough of Sitka
  • Municipality of Skagway - Skagway
  • City and Borough of Wrangell
  • City and Borough of Yakutat
*Underlined cities do not serve as links

To Find A City, Click on the First Letter of the City to be Directed to a List of Cities that Begins With That Letter; CMHR stands for Congressional Medal of Honor Recipients
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z CMHR Pictures
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Anchorage  2
  • Alaska Veterans Museum; Downtown Anchorage; http://www.anchorage.net/museums-culture-heritage-centers/alaska-veterans-museum
  • Alaska Veterans Memorial; Dedicated May 28, 2001; Located Delaney Park; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMB9PF_Alaska_Veterans_Memorial_Anchorage_Alaska
B

Bisbee  1
  • City of Bisbee Warrior Memorial; Dedicated 1976; Located intersection of Tombstone Canyon Road and Oak Street; http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=28279
D

Denali  1
  • Denali State Park Alaska Veterans Memorial; Dedicated - Unknown; Located Milepost 147.1 between Anchorage and Fairbanks; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM9AWG_Denali_State_Park_Alaska_Veterans_Memorial_Alaska
F

Fairbanks  3
  • Alaska Siberia World War II Memorial; Dedicated January 1, 2006; Located off Hwy 2 before Growden Memorial Park; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMAV9X_Alaska_Siberia_World_War_II_Memorial_Fairbanks_Alaska
  • Birch Hill Memorial (All Veterans); Dedicated - Unknown; Located Birch Hill cemetery; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM385W_Birch_Hill_Memorial
  • Interior Alaska Veterans Memorial; Dedicated/Moved 1990; Located Bicentennial Park; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMAVCN_Interior_Alaska_Veterans_Memorial_Fairbanks_Alaska
Fort Richardson  1
  • Kermit Roosevelt Memorial Plaque (World War I, World War II); Dedicated May 26, 1984; Located Entrance Gates Fort Richardson Cemetery, Davis Highway; http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=62653
J

Juneau  1
  • Archie Van Winkle Medal of Honor Monument; Dedicated - Unknown; Located Marine Way; http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=61871
M

Mat-Su Region 2
  • Alaska Veterans Memorial; Dedicated August 11, 1984; Located Denali State Park at Milepost 147.2  Parks Highway; http://byways.org/explore/byways/12302/places/77654
  • World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument - sites include Atka Consolidated B-24D Liberator Bomber Crash Site ― a type of aircraft that played a significant role in World War II; Kiska Island Occupation Site ― the northern limit of Imperial Japan’s expansion in the Pacific;  Attu Island Battle Site ― the site of the only land battle fought in North America during World War II - Established by President George W. Bush December 5, 2008  (for more detailed information http://alaskamaritime.fws.gov)
S

Skagway  1
  • Skagway Remembers Memorial (World War 1, World War 2, Korea); Dedicated - Unknown; Located outside Historical Museum; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM6WP4_Skagway_Remembers_Skagway_Alaska
Alaska Blue Star and Memorial Highways 2
  • Veterans Memorial Highway, The Glenn Highway (Anchorage); http://www.nrotc.org/blue.star.mem.hwy.htm
  • Memorial (Armed Forces); Sterling Highway, Anchor Point; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Star_Memorial_Highway#Alaska

Alaska National Cemeteries 2
  • Fort Richardson National Cemetery, http://www.cem.va.gov/cems/nchp/ftrichardson.asp
  • Sitka - Sitka National Cemetery; Located 803 Sawmill Creek Road; http://www.cem.va.gov/cems/nchp/sitka.asp

Alaska VA Medical Centers 1
  • Alaska VA HealthCare System - http://www2.va.gov/directory/guide/facility.asp?ID=6


Alaska's Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient

For more detailed information on the Recipients of the Congressional Medal of Honor, please visit:
  • http://www.cmohs.org/
  • http://www.homeofheroes.com/moh/states/ma_other.html

Van Winkle, Archie
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