Medal of Honor Winners
Danbury has had two Medal of Honor winners. They were Nathan Hickok (Civil War) and Lee Hartell (Korean War).
Nathan Hickok won his Medal of Honor for capturing a Confederate flag at Chapins Farm, Virginia on September 29, 1864. He was promoted to the rank of sergeant in October of 1864 and then subsequently captured at Fair Oaks, Virginia. His life after this is veiled in mystery but he is buried in Wooster Cemetery.
Lee Hartell was the first Connecticut man to be awarded the Medal of Honor for his service in the Korean War. Even though he was mortrally wounded he kept at his post on Bloody Ridge and kept directing artillery fire at the advancing enemy and stopped the enemy at the cost of his own life.
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Two of the markers at Rogers Park are in their memory:
Lee R. Hartell
Nathan E. Hickock
Posted by: sharon | October 4, 2007 11:29 PM