Medal of Honor: Bellville soldier's grave in Kentucky honored during ceremony
A crisply folded American flag on Saturday connected the memory of U.S. Army soldier John F. Rowalt to his living descendants -- 148 years after his death.
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A crisply folded American flag on Saturday connected the memory of U.S. Army soldier John F. Rowalt to his living descendants -- 148 years after his death.
A Medal of Honor marker will be placed on the northern Kentucky grave of Bellville native and U.S. Army veteran John Rowalt on Nov. 4.
A Medal of Honor headstone marker for John F. Rowalt was ordered this week through the Veterans Association.
BELLVILLE -- John Rowalt, from Bellville, traveled across the nation to fight for his country during the Indian Campaigns in 1869.
Eight soldiers from Richland County have earned the Congressional Medal of Honor, the highest award for military valor in action that the United States can bestow. Richland Source begins on