Montana Purple Heart Memorial

A memorial with the list of all the Montana residents who were awarded the Purple Heart medal in past wars has been erected on the Courthouse Lawn in Billings, MT. The names represent those wounded in combat action from the Indian Wars up to the Vietnam War. Names of current recipients of the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars will also be added in due course. The display started with twelve panels engraved with recipient's names and is currently at fourteen and one-half panels with engraved names.

NOTE: A much better list of those honored on the tablets used to be published on the website of The Billings Gazette. It listed recipients in alphabetical order and in which campaign they were involved with when they were wounded. For some reason, the web page was removed and there is currently no way to view the list. While in Billings, recently, I took a few minutes to photograph the panels. Lighting conditions were less than ideal but all save for a few names are readable if you click on the panels below and then make sure that your browser is viewing the photo at it's full size. I intend to re-take some of the panels to reduce glare and it is also my hope that someone with the list of those honored will contact me so I can add a better way to search than merely viewing the photos. This is very much a work in progress, so please bear with me as I try to make it better.

Ed B. ex UUUU

1st Cav 1968-69