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Medal Winner Gets HeadstoneA U.S. government headstone will be placed today onK* grave of a 19:8 Medal of Honor winner who wasburied three year: ago in Bristol.On hand for the ceremony al 2 p.m. in Glcnwo'od Cemetery will be Congressman James E. Quillen who launched a successful Congressional battle (o obtain the hcadstcnc for Calvin John Ward who won llws Medal of Honor In 1918.Ward was a native of Morristown bid had lived most of tts life in Bristol. Under d.r federal law of 1H* oolyMedal of Honor winners wiio had received honorabledischarges w«r* eiitfhle to receive a government burin! marker.Quillen Introduced legislation that was passed ialo law last month making oil Medal of Honor winters eligible for a marker regardless of their slate of dischargeWard look his own life In 1967 at the Ago of 68. He won his honor fer valorous action near Eslrces, France in 1918 and also received the French ISoix do Guerre, •he British DUCingriAcd Service Cross. Belgium's War Cross, as well as citations from Italy and Mcntergegro.
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Kingsport Times
Kingsport, Tennessee, US
Tue, Oct 27, 1970
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