Remember Wall Photos

<i class="material-icons" data-template="memories-icon">chat_bubble</i><br/>Anita Perez<br/><div class='remember-wall-long-description'>In memory of Anita Perez (July 4, 1978 - September 1st, 2024), daughter of Marco Perez, who served two combat tours in Vietnam from 1967-68.</div><a class='btn btn-primary btn-sm mt-2 remember-wall-toggle-long-description' onclick='initRememberWallToggleLongDescriptionBtn(this)'>Learn more</a> Anita Perez
<i class="material-icons" data-template="memories-icon">account_balance</i><br/>Martha Jane Hower Dumm<br/><div class='remember-wall-long-description'>30 Wreaths sponsored in Memoriam of WW I American Red Cross Nurse Martha Jane Hower Dumm, who saved the lives of nearly 700 Belgian children who were refugees in the east of France. Her three years of selfless service to these children earned her Royal Honors from the Queen. Her final resting place is here at the WA Soldier's Home Cemetery.</div><a class='btn btn-primary btn-sm mt-2 remember-wall-toggle-long-description' onclick='initRememberWallToggleLongDescriptionBtn(this)'>Learn more</a> Martha Jane Hower Dumm
<i class="material-icons" data-template="memories-icon">account_balance</i><br/>William Sickles, Army<br/><div class='remember-wall-long-description'>15 Wreaths sponsored in Memoriam of SGT William Sickles, the last living Medal of Honor Union Army Civil War Veteran, who passed in 1938. His final resting place is at our WA Soldier's Home Cemetery.</div><a class='btn btn-primary btn-sm mt-2 remember-wall-toggle-long-description' onclick='initRememberWallToggleLongDescriptionBtn(this)'>Learn more</a> William Sickles, Army
<i class="material-icons" data-template="memories-icon">account_balance</i><br/>Albert O'Connor, Army<br/><div class='remember-wall-long-description'>15 Wreaths sponsored in Memoriam of SGT Albert O'Connor, awarded the Medal of Honor for taking a Confederate stockade, capturing 3 Confederate guards, dispensing of 6 more, and rescuing a Union Army Officer.</div><a class='btn btn-primary btn-sm mt-2 remember-wall-toggle-long-description' onclick='initRememberWallToggleLongDescriptionBtn(this)'>Learn more</a> Albert O'Connor, Army
<i class="material-icons" data-template="memories-icon">account_balance</i><br/>George Houghton, Army<br/><div class='remember-wall-long-description'> 15 Wreaths sponsored in Memoriam of SGT George Houghton, awarded the Medal of Honor for capturing a Confederate stockade and saving the Elk River Bridge on July 2, 1863.</div><a class='btn btn-primary btn-sm mt-2 remember-wall-toggle-long-description' onclick='initRememberWallToggleLongDescriptionBtn(this)'>Learn more</a> George Houghton, Army
<i class="material-icons" data-template="memories-icon">account_balance</i><br/>Alexander McHale, Army<br/><div class='remember-wall-long-description'>15 Wreaths sponsored In Memoriam of SGT Alexander U McHale, awarded The Medal of Honor for heroic actions at The Battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse on May 12, 1864 and is resting here at the WA Soldier's Home Cemetery.</div><a class='btn btn-primary btn-sm mt-2 remember-wall-toggle-long-description' onclick='initRememberWallToggleLongDescriptionBtn(this)'>Learn more</a> Alexander McHale, Army
<i class="material-icons" data-template="memories-icon">stars</i><br/>Albert O'Connor, Army<br/><div class='remember-wall-long-description'>For extraordinary heroism on March 31 & 1 April 1865, while serving with Company A, 7th Wisconsin Infantry, in action at Gravelly Run, Virginia. On 31 March 1865, with a comrade, Sergeant O'Connor recaptured a Union officer from a detachment of nine Confederates, capturing three of the detachment and dispersing the remainder, and on 1 April 1865, he seized a stand of Confederate colors, killing a Confederate officer in a hand-to-hand contest over the colors and retaining the colors until surrounded by Confederates and compelled to relinquish them.</div><a class='btn btn-primary btn-sm mt-2 remember-wall-toggle-long-description' onclick='initRememberWallToggleLongDescriptionBtn(this)'>Learn more</a> Albert O'Connor, Army

Remember Messages

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Dad, I'm so proud that you served our country so honorably. You will always be a hero in my heart. I love you so much!In Memoriam of Roy P. Nillson, Veteran of WWII and the Korean War.
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Posted by: Marc Perez
In honor of our 2,265 amazing Veterans resting here at our State's oldest Veteran's cemetery, including 4 Medal of Honor Recipients of the Civil War: SGT Alexander McHale, SGT George Houghton, SGT Albert O'Connor, and SGT William Sickles. #RememberHonorTeach
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Posted by: Marc Perez
Thank you, MOAA Rainier Chapter, for your generous support of the Wreaths Across America at the WA Soldiers Home Cemetery in Orting. Thank you for your continued service to our great nation.
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Posted by: Marc Perez
SGT Albert O'Connor was born in Canada and served in the Wisconsin Infantry. On March 31, 1865 Sergeant O’Connor and William Sickles recaptured a Union officer from the Confederate forces holding him. This action led to a Medal of Honor. O’Connor moved to Seattle. He entered the Soldiers Home at Orting, Washington, in about 1910. O’Connor participated in public ceremonies including being an honor guard at the funeral of President William G. Harding (1865-1923). He is buried in the Soldiers Home Cemetery, Orting.