Homer L. Wise

Homer Wise was born in Baton Rouge on February 27, 1917, and enlisted there in 1941. On June 14, 1944, at Magliano, Italy, the staff sergeant of Company L, 142nd Infantry, 36th Division, earned the Medal of Honor, which General Alexander Patch presented at Epinal, France, that November. Wise left the Army in July 1945, re-enlisted in 1947, and worked in recruiting and administration until he retired as a first sergeant in 1966. He died in Stamford, Connecticut, in 1974 and is buried in Darien.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Mardi Gras Museum of Imperial Calcasieu — 1.1 mi
  A 6,000-square-foot museum of southwest Louisiana Carnival with about 275 costume mannequins and 14 animated figures, opened in April 2026.
• Imperial Calcasieu Museum — 1.4 mi
  Lake Charles's history museum, founded by the Junior League in 1963, with parish artifacts, Claire Chennault's uniform and the Sallier Oak.
• Sam Houston Jones State Park — 5.0 mi
  A 1,087-acre park on the West Fork of the Calcasieu with longleaf pine, cypress-tupelo swamp, five trails, cabins and kayak rentals.
• Creole Nature Trail Adventure Point — 9.4 mi
  A free visitor center at the western gateway of Louisiana's only All-American Road, with exhibits on alligators, migrating songbirds and the estuary.

More markers nearby

• John R. Kane — steps away
• Leroy Johnson — steps away
• Hulon Brooks Whittington — steps away
• Howard Gilmore — steps away