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Roderick W. "Roddie" Edmonds was born in 1919 in South Knoxville, Tennessee, and graduated from Knoxville High in 1938. Some sources, including the 1930 Federal census and the posthumous act awarding him the Congressional Gold Medal, spell his given name "Rodrick". He had three brothers: Thomas "Shake" Edmonds Jr., Leon Edmonds, and Robert Edmonds.
Vietnam War †. Awards. Medal of Honor. Bronze Star. Purple Heart. Mitchell William Stout (February 24, 1950 – March 12, 1970) was a United States Army soldier and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration—the Medal of Honor —for his actions in the Vietnam War.
Bronze Star Medal. Air Medal (43) Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross. Larry L. Taylor (12 February 1942 – 28 January 2024) was a United States Army officer and helicopter pilot who was awarded the Medal of Honor on 5 September 2023 for his actions on 18 June 1968 during the Vietnam War.
The 2022 Medal of Honor Celebration will be held in Knoxville to "remember the great sacrifices made by American men and women around the world in defense of our great nation."
Medal of Honor recipient Sgt. Sammy L. Davis is scheduled to help Knoxville mark the 82nd anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attack.
President Biden presented Chattanooga native Larry Taylor with the Medal of Honor in 2023 for his heroic efforts during the Vietnam War.
U.S. Route 129 (US 129) is a north–south United States highway that runs for 52.8 miles (85.0 km) in East Tennessee, from the North Carolina state line, near Tapoco, to Knoxville. In Tennessee, the highway is completely overlapped by unsigned (except for mileposts) State Route 115 (SR 115). In the Greater Knoxville area, US 129 serves as a ...
For these actions, he was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor six months later, on September 11, 1944. McGill, aged 29 at his death, was buried at Knoxville National Cemetery in his birth city of Knoxville, Tennessee. A section of Interstate 40 in Knoxville, Tennessee is named "Troy A. McGill Memorial Highway".