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Contradictions
The Medal of Honor citation and the Medal of Honor actions sections contradict each other in places. The rest is largely redundant.
Rklawton (
talk)
13:09, 21 May 2014 (UTC)reply
Vietnam medal
Either the Vietnam Civilian Service Award shown under 'Awards and decorations' or the Vietnam Service Medal mentioned under 'Other honors' is incorrect -- probably the latter, as it says it was awarded by the VA "for service as a civilian counselor to the armed forces."
216.255.165.198 (
talk)
21:51, 29 September 2019 (UTC)reply
Which Quiet Dell?
Some sources claim his birthplace as
Quiet Dell in
Harrison County (which I can find evidence for) while others claim it is a place with the same name in the former Union district of
Marion County, although I'm having a hard time finding information about the existence of the latter community outside those articles. Does anyone have definitive confirmation of either, since news reports conflict?
HapHaxion(
talk /
contribs)00:00, 4 July 2022 (UTC)reply
I was wondering about that as well, so I did some digging, and it appears that the Marion County locale exists but was never officially recognized. It's not in the
GNIS database, nor is it labeled on either the WVDOT county maps (
2014/
2021) nor USGS topos; however, when I looked at the Fairmont East 1:24000 1958 edition topo (
here, or if the link doesn't work, available from
here), I did note labels for Quiet Dell School and Quiet Dell Church (center of map), the latter of which is still open and has
a website (not to be confused with
this one).
I guess that since we have multiple RSs that mention Marion County that WP can can cite that even if it's found later to be wrong.
Mapsax (
talk)
01:54, 6 July 2022 (UTC)reply
conclusion, hopefully] I found
the sign assembly in the news report (or its twin), and it's in the Marion County Quiet Dell. Strange that WVDOT would post signs for it but not label it on their maps, but there it is. Just to be sure, I made sure to find both signs on Street View for the Harrison Quiet Dell, in case there was the off chance that both localities were trying to claim him, and that's not the case, Harrison's only has a sign at each end saying "Quiet Dell/Unincorporated" with nothing accompanying. Changing the locale in the article.
Mapsax (
talk)
00:33, 7 July 2022 (UTC)reply
I'm curious how he got a nickname like "Jap Slayer" from Huey Long. The Kingfish got assassinated in 1935 and WO Williams didn't start serving until 1943. I can't quite imagine how Governor Long could've thought to call him that and I think it should be elaborated upon.
George Mucus (
talk)
06:47, 1 January 2024 (UTC)reply