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Additional Information Can Be Obtained At:

• 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
  
• Nevada Office of Veteran Services - http://www.veterans.nv.gov/
• Nevada Korean War Casualties - http://www.vetfriends.com/memorial/mem_alphab.cfm?war_id=3&page_id=1&states_id=30
• Nevada Office of Veteran Services - http://www.veterans.nv.gov/
  
• Nevada Vietnam War Casualties - http://www.vetfriends.com/memorial/mem_alphab.cfm?war_id=4&page_id=1&states_id=30
• US World War I Casualty Records - https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/United_States_World_War_I_Casualty_Records
• Waymarking - http://www.waymarking.com/

Counties of Cities/Towns Represented

• Carson
  
• Carson City Municipality - Carson City
  
• Churchill - Fallon
  
• Clark - Boulder City, Las Vegas, Laughlin, Mesquite, Mount Charleston, Overton, Searchlight
  
• Douglas - Gardnerville, Minden
  
• Elko - Carlin, Elko, West Wendover
  
• Esmeralda (No Memorials/Monuments noted per county contact)
  
• Eureka
• Humboldt - Winnemucca
  

• Lander
  
• Lincoln
• Lyon
• Mineral - Hawthorne
  
• Nye - Tonopah
  
• Pershing
• Storey - Virginia City
  
• Washoe - Reno, Sparks, Verdi
  
• White Pine - Ely
  

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

B 26

Boulder City 26 (city manager contacted 1/30/14)

• Afghanistan-Iraq War Memorial; Dedicated September 11, 2007; Located Veterans Memorial Cemetery; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMDYG6_Afghanistan_Iraq_War_Memorial_Veterans_Cemetery_Boulder_City_NV
• Air Force Sergeants Association Memorial; Dedicated - Unknown; Located Veterans Cemetery Memorial Garden; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMDYJY_AFSA_Memorial_Boulder_City_NV
• American Legion Memorial; Dedicated - Unknown; Located Veterans Cemetery Memorial Garden; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMDYJW_American_Legion_Memorial_Boulder_City_NV
• American Merchant Seaman Memorial (All Wars); Dedicated - Unknown; Located near Veterans Cemetery Offices; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMDYNP_AMS_Memorial_Boulder_City_NV
• Catholic Veterans Memorial; Dedicated - Unknown; Located Veterans Cemetery Memorial Garden; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMDYHD_Catholic_Veterans_Memorial_Boulder_City_NV
• Combat Wounded Veterans Memorial (Purple Heart); Dedicated - Unknown; Located Veterans Cemetery Memorial Garden; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMDYP6_Combat_Wounded_Veterans_Memorial_Boulder_City_NV
  
• Disabled American Veterans Memorial (All Wars); Dedicated May 25, 1998; Located Veterans Cemetery Memorial Garden; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMDYKY_DAV_Memorial_Boulder_City_NV
• ExPOW/MIA Memorial; Dedicated May 31, 1999; Located Veterans Cemetery Memorial Garden; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMDYNZ_ExPOW_MIA_Memorial_Boulder_City_NV
  
• First Marine Division Association Memorial; Dedicated December 7, 2005; Located Veterans Cemetery Memorial Garden; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMDYHJ_FMDA_Memorial_Boulder_City_NV
• Jewish Veteran Memorial (All Wars); Dedicated - Unknown; Located Veterans Cemetery Memorial Garden; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMDYK3_Jewish_Veteran_Memorial_Boulder_City_NV
• Marine Corps Memorial; Dedicated May 30, 1994; Located Veterans Cemetery Memorial Garden; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMDYK6_USMC_Memorial_Boulder_City_NV
• Masonic Memorial; Dedicated 2000; Located Veterans Cemetery Memorial Garden; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMDYK5_Viet_Nam_Veterans_Memorial_Boulder_City_NV
  
• Memorial Plaza (All Wars); Dedicated - Unknown; Located - Undetermined; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMA55F_Memorial_Plaza_Boulder_City_NV
  
• Mike O'Callaghan - Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge; Dedicated October 14, 2010; Located near Hoover Dam Access Road; http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=46836
• Pearl Harbor Survivors Association Memorial; Dedicated - Unknown; Located Veterans Cemetery Memorial Garden; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMDYP5_PHSA_Memorial_Boulder_City_NV
• POW/MIA Memorial (All Wars); Dedicated - Unknown; Located Veterans Cemetery Memorial Garden; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMDYHC_DAV_Memorial_Boulder_City_NV
• Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery; Dedicated May 31, 2004; Located Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMA54V_Nevada_Veterans_Cemetery_Memorial_Boulder_City_NV
• Special Forces Memorial; Dedicated - Unknown; Located Veterans Cemetery Memorial Garden; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMDYM0_Special_Forces_Memorial_Boulder_City_NV
• US Army 3rd Infantry Memorial; Dedicated November 11, 1993; Located Veterans Cemetery Memorial Garden; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMDYKJ_US_Army_3rd_Infantry_Memorial_Boulder_City_NV
• USS Corvina SS226 Memorial; Dedicated - Unknown; Located Veterans Cemetery Memorial Garden; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMDYGD_USS_Corvina_SS226_Memorial_Boulder_City_NV
• VFW Memorial (All Wars); Dedicated - Unknown; Located Memorial Garden near Veterans Cemetery Offices;
  
• Vietnam Veterans Memorial; Dedicated - Unknown; Located Veterans Cemetery Memorial Garden; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMDYJN_VFW_Memorial_Boulder_City_NV
• Women Airforce Service Pilots (World War II); Dedicated - Unknown; Located Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery; http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=46834
• Womens Army Corps Memorial; Dedicated - Unknown; Located Veterans Cemetery Memorial Garden; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMDYK9_WAC_Memorial_Boulder_City_NV
• Womens Marine Veterans Memorial; Dedicated 1943; Located Veterans Cemetery Memorial Garden; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMDYKZ_WMA_Memorial_Boulder_City_NV
• Women Veterans of Nevada; Dedicated March 2004; Located Veterans Cemetery Memorial Garden; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMDYNG_WVN_Memorial_Boulder_City_NV

C 4

Carlin 1

• Vietnam War Memorial; Dedicated - Unknown; Located Memorial Park, Located B Street and West Railroad Avenue; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM97A5_Vietnam_War_Memorial_Perry_Memorial_Park_Carlin_NV_USA

Carson City 4

• Mike O'Callaghan/Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge; Dedicated 2010; Located on pedestrian walkway leading up to the bridge; http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=46836
• Nevada State Veterans Memorial (All Wars); Dedicated - Unknown; Located between State Capitol and State Library Buildings; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMJ2WT_Nevada_State_Veterans_Memorial
• Nevada Vietnam Memorial; Dedicated 2002; Located south end of Mills Park; http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=21348

E 6

Elko 4

• Elko County War Memorial; Dedicated July 4, 1991; Located Courthouse; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM1P0Y_Elko_County_War_Memorial
• Elko Garden Club World War II Memorial; Dedicated 1954; Located southwest side of the Northeastern Nevada Museum; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMG7QQ_Elko_Garden_Club_World_War_II_Memorial
• Memorial (World War I); Dedicated November 11, 1922; Located Idaho Street; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM1P11_In_Memoriam_Great_World_War_1918
• Spanish American War/Philippine Insurrection Memorial; Dedicated - Unknown; Located - Undetermined; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM6WN7_Spanish_Ameriacan_War_Philippine_Insurrection_Memorial_Ely_NV

Ely 2

• Spanish American/Philippine Insurrection Memorial; Dedicated - Unknown; Located - Undetermined
  
• White Pine County War Memorial (All Wars); Dedicated 1996; Located on a slope below Courthouse; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM1P0R_White_Pine_County_War_Memorial

F 3

Fallon 3

• 911 Memorial, Dedicated September 11, 2002; Located City Hall Courtyard, 55 W. Williams Avenue (Note:  See picture at bottom of page.)
• Global War on Terror; Dedicated September 11, 2010; Located City Hall Courtyard, 55 W. Williams Avenue (Note:  See picture at bottom of page.)
• Veterans Memorial (All Wars); Dedicated July 4, 1998; Located City Hall Courtyard, 55 W. Williams Avenue (Note:  See picture at bottom of page.)
  

G

Gardnerville

• Gardnerville Veterans Memorial (All Wars); Dedicated July 4, 2008; Located Heritage Park, south side of Gilman Avenue; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMJ2WF_Gardnerville_Veterans_Memorial

H 1

Hawthorne 1

• Memorial to Valiant Defenders of Freedom (All Wars); Dedicated 1950; Located east of Hawthorne Cemetery entrance; http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=61073

L 4

Las Vegas 2 email sent via website requesting contact

• Gold Star Mothers Memorial; Dedicated May 30, 1952; Located north end of Las Vegas Boulevard; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMDYTZ_Gold_Star_Mothers_Memorial_Las_Vegas_NV
• Thunderbirds Memorial; Dedicated January 18, 1983; Located north side of North Las Vegas Police Station; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMDYV4_Thunderbirds_Memorial_Las_Vegas_NV

Laughlin 2

• Avenue of Flags (All Wars); Dedicated May 30, 1992; Located South Casino Drive; http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=37279
• Camel Corps; Dedicated - Unknown; Located Nevada Route 163, milepost 8; http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=32822

M 3

Mesquite 1

• Mesquite Veterans Memorial Park; Dedicated November 11, 2001; Located - Undetermined; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM54DP_Mesquite_Veterans_Memorial_Park_Mesquite_Nevada

Minden 1

• Douglas County World War II Memorial; Dedicated June 14, 1952; Located center of Minden Park; http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=20881

Mt. Charleston 1

• Silent Heroes of the Cold War National Memorial -  SHCWNM Ground Breaking on the 57th Anniversary of the top-secret crash of USAF 9068 at Mt. Charleston, NV.  Groundbreaking was Nov 17, 2012. It was held at the Middle Kyle Canyon Project Site on Highway 157 heading up Kyle Canyon, Mt. Charleston, NV.

O

Overton 1

• Sergeant John J. Clark (Civil War); Dedicated - Unknown; Located east of Valley of Fire Visitors Center; http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=32812

R 9

Red Rock

• Memorial Boulders (Afghanistan, Iraq); Dedicated - Unknown; Located Red Rock National Conservation Area

Reno 8

• Afghanistan-Iraq War Memorial; Dedicated - Unknown; Located Powing Park; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM4PV4_Afghanistan_Iraq_War_Memorial_Reno_NV
• Gold Star Honor Roll; Dedicated - Unknown; Located 1664 N. Virginia Street; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMDZH5_Gold_Star_Honor_Roll_University_of_Nevada_Reno_Reno_NV
  
• Grand Army of the Republic Memorial Tree (Civil War); Dedicated June 10, 1913; Located intersection East 9th and North Center Streets; http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=42403
• Memorial Grove Monument (All Wars); Dedicated - Unknown; Located Powland Veterans Memorial Park; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMJQXX_Memorial_Grove_Monument_Powning_Veterans_Memorial_Park_Reno_NV
• Memorial to Members of Post #69 Grand Army of the Republic (Civil War); Dedicated 1963; Located - Undetermined; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMMJG_Memorial_to_Member_of_Post_69_Grand_Army_of_the_Republic_Reno_NV
  
• Powning Park Memorial (All Wars); Dedicated November 8, 1997; Located Powning Park across from Courthouse; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM4RT0_Powning_Park_Memorial_Reno_NV
  
• Vietnam War Memorial; Dedicated May 29, 1972; Located Reno City Hall; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM4NDT_Vietnam_War_Memorial_Powning_Park_Reno_NV_USA
  
• Washoe County World War II Memorial; Dedicated 1995; Located South Virginia Street; http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=44526

S 3

Searchlight 1

• Zulu Echo Six (Vietnam); Dedicated - Unknown; Located Michael Wendell Way; http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=46735

Sparks 2

• Afghanistan-Iraq War Memorial; Dedicated - Unknown; Located Sparks Memorial Park; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM4PV3_Afghanistan_Iraq_War_Memorial_Sparks_NV
• Korean War Memorial; Dedicated - Unknown; Located Sparks Memorial Park; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM4KPF_Korean_War_Memorial_Sparks_Memorial_Parks_Sparks_NV

T 1

Tonopah 1

• Tonopah War Memorial (All Wars); Dedicated - Unknown; Located Highway 6; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMFV2Z_Tonopah_War_Memorial_NV

V 3

Verdi 1

• Verdi Veterans Memorial (All Wars); Dedicated June 2001; Located Dog Valley Road; http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=66019

Virginia City 2

• Memorial (World War II); Dedicated 1995; Located intersection of C and D Streets; http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=45489
• Vietnam War Memorial; Dedicated 1987; Located St. Mary's in the Mountains Church; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMG8DA_Vietnam_War_Memorial_St_Marys_in_the_Mountains_Catholic_Church_Virginia_City_NV_USA

W 3

West Wendover 1

• 509th Composite Group/First Atomic Bombardment; Dedicated 1990; Located Wendover Boulevard; http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=1278

Winnemucca 2

• Memorial/Veterans Memorial Park; Dedicated - Unknown; Located west side US 95; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM6MXP_War_memorial_Veterans_Memorial_Park_Winnemucca_NV
• POW/MIA Plaque; Dedicated - Unknown; Located Veterans Memorial Park; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM6MXH_POW_MIA_plaque_Veterans_Memorial_Park_Winnemucca_NV

Nevada Blue Star/State Memorial Highways - None Found

Nevada National/State Cemeteries 

• Woodlawn Cemetery/Veterans Memorial Circle Woodlawn Cemetery; Dedicated 1914; Located North Las Vegas Boulevard; http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=47851
• Gardnerville - Garden Cemetery; Dedicated 1800s; Located intersection Cemetery Lane and Spruce Lane; http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=54792

Nevada's VA Hospitals

• VA Sierra Nevada Health Care System, 975 Kirman Avenue, Reno, NV - http://www.reno.va.gov/
• VA Southern Nevada Healthcare System, 6900 North Pecos Road, North Las Vegas, NV - http://www.lasvegas.va.gov/

Nevada's Congressional Medal of Honor Recipients, includes recipients born in Nevada but medals credited in another state

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

• Blair, James
• Van Voorhis, Bruce Avery

PICTURES

Fallon, Nevada
Row I - 911 Memorial; Global War on Terror Memorial
Row II - City Hall Courtyard; Veterans Memorial
Pictures provided by and used with permission of Rick Gray, Executive Director, Fallon Tourism Office

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