Utah's Medal of Honor Recipients Memorial

The Medal of Honor is the rarest thing a soldier can earn, and it is almost never earned lightly — most often it recognizes someone who traded their own safety, or their life, for others'. This memorial gathers the Utahns who have received it, across the nation's wars. Among them is George Wahlen, an Ogden farm boy and Navy corpsman who kept treating wounded Marines on Iwo Jima after being hit again and again. The memorial sits in the state's veterans park at Bluffdale, a quiet roll call of ordinary people who did the extraordinary.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Lehi Roller Mills — 5.4 mi
  The flour mill from the movie Footloose
• Thanksgiving Point — 8.3 mi
  A massive complex with dinosaur bones, gardens, and a curiosity museum
• Timpanogos Cave National Monument — 12 mi
  Three spectacularly decorated caves connected by hand-carved tunnels
• Bingham Canyon Mine — 13 mi
  The largest man-made excavation on Earth

More markers nearby

• Canine and Service Animals War Heros Memorial — steps away
• Address by Abraham Lincoln Memorial — steps away
• Utah Veterans Cemetery & Memorial Park — steps away
• United States Army Special Forces Monument — steps away