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Location: SOUTH MAIN STREET AND SHILOH STATION ROAD

City: O FALLON

State: Illinois

Zip Code: 62269

Type of Memorial: Veterans Memorial Rock

Access: Public

Wars Commemorated: CIVIL WAR

Photograph By: THOMAS SMITH

Comments: RAY "BUBBA" SORENSEN III


WILBUR F. MOOR-The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Private Wilbur F. Moore, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism on 16 December 1864, while serving with Company C, 117th Illinois Infantry, in action at Nashville, Tennessee. Private Moore captured flag of a Confederate battery while far in advance of the Union lines.

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