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Private First Class William A. McWhorter
Private First Class William A. McWhorter is one of four Congressional Medal of Honor winners to hail from Pickens County. Here is his official citation: He displayed gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty while engaged in…
Pvt Furman L. Smith
Private Furman L. Smith is one of four Congressional Medal of Honor winners to hail from Pickens County. Here is his official citation: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty. In its attack on a strongpoint,…
L/Cpl. James Donnie Howe
Lance Corporal James Donnie Howe is one of four Congressional Medal of Honor winners to hail from Pickens County. Here is his official citation: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty while serving as a…
Lt. Cmdr. William J. Tolleson
LCDR U.S. Navy WWII US Navy Sept 1940-Jan 1946 William J. (Bill) Tolleson. Entered U.S. Navy V7 program Sept 1940. OCS at U.S. Naval Academy Plank Owner Communications Officer Destroyer USS Radford. Native of Spartanburg, SC Graduated Wofford College Masters…
James L. “Buck” Horne
Daddy was born in Evergreen, NC and was hitching back and forth to Columbia, SC for accounting school after high school. He’d come home on the weekends to see his girlfriend and help on his mother’s farm. One weekend, he came home to find his mother holding a…
Pfc Charles H. Barker
Private First Class Charles H. Barker is one of four Congressional Medal of Honor winners to hail from Pickens County. Here is his official citation: Pfc. Barker, a member of Company K, distinguished himself by conspicuous gallantry and indomitable courage above and…