On the right side of the entry to the castle.

An inscribed marble plaque.

The plaque remembers the Medal of Honor Recipient Technical Sergeant Clinton Hedrick of the 194^thGlider Infantry, 17^th Airborne Division.

Technical Sergeant Clinton M. Hedrick (1 May 1918 - 28 March 1945) was a U.S. Army soldier who was posthumously awarded the U.S. military's highest award for valor, the Medal of Honor, for his actions during World War II.

Clinton M. Hedrick was born on 1 May 1918 in Cherry Grove, WV. He joined the Army from Riverton, WV. On 27 March 1945, he was serving as a Technical Sergeant in Company I, 194th Glider Infantry Regiment, 17th Airborne Division. On that day and the next, near Lembeck, Germany, he repeatedly charged through heavy fire to attack German positions and alone followed a group of German soldiers when they retreated into a castle. When the Germans indicated that they wished to surrender, Hedrick and four other men entered the castle, only to be fired upon by a German self-propelled gun. Hedrick was fatally wounded, but successfully covered the withdrawal of his men. For these actions, he was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor.

 Scions of the 17th Airborne - 25 March 2020

TSGT CLINTON M. HEDRICK

MEDAL OF HONOR

28 MARCH 1945

17^TH AIRBORNE DIVISION

SCIONS 194^TH GLIDER AIRBORNE – 25 MARCH 2020