Medal of Honor Garden

A special message from Medal of Honor recipient Drew Dix

Guests view a plaque in the MOH Garden

The National D-Day Memorial has embarked on a new initiative to pay tribute to the four Medal of Honor recipients from D-Day, 6 June 1944:

• First Lieutenant Jimmie W. Monteith Jr. – Virginia
• Private Carlton W. Barrett – New York
• Technician Fifth Grade John J. Pinder Jr – Pennsylvania
• Brigadier General Theodore Roosevelt Jr. – Pennsylvania

The Medal of Honor Garden currently features a bronze plaque honoring all recipients of the Medal of Honor, including the four recipients of D-Day. Medal of Honor recipient Drew Dix dedicated this plaque on June 6, 2026. The Memorial, with the Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets, dedicated the first installed plaque, honoring Jimmie W. Monteith Jr., on Medal of Honor Day 2024.

In addition to the four Medal of Honor recipients from D-Day, future plans for the garden include a plaque to the last surviving Medal of Honor recipient from WWII, the late Hershel “Woody” Williams. Williams personally selected the National D-Day Memorial as home of Virginia’s first Gold Star Families Memorial Monument.

Hershel “Woody” Williams at the Memorial in 2017