Military

Thomas Baldwin WW1 Hero

Pvt. Thomas Baldwin was in Company K, 9th Infantry. For extraordinary heroism in action near Soissons, France, on July 18, 1918. After all of the other platoon, runners had been killed or wounded by...

Isaac Winters

Isaac Winters was the son of Mathias and Rebecca (Brubaker) Winters, who was born in Lawrence County, on August 26, 1830. His parents came to this county in 1815. His father died in 1834, and his mother in 1877.

Vietnam Veterans

This page is for the heroes that served in the Vietnam War. My brother, Stephen H. Martin was one of those heroes. I remember the feeling of him leaving, never knowing if we would see him again. My mother prayed for many hours which turned into days, then months. Thankfully her prayers were answered when ten months later we met him on the tarmac at the Tr-State Airport in Huntington, WV. This page is for him and all the others that served in Vietnam War.

Donald R. Long Medal of Honor

Sgt. Donald R. Long was serving as an assistant platoon leader in the 1st Infantry Division when his unit was attacked by a heavily supported Vietcong regiment. He inspired his comrades by repeatedly exposing himself to enemy fire while assisting the wounded and by fearlessly standing unprotected to repel the attacker with rifle fire and grenade.

Silas Wilks

Silas Wilks was born in Lawrence County, Ohio, on June 12, 1838, in which county he was married on January 3, 1867, to Carolina M. Munsell, who was also born in this county, on November 25, 1846.

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