In 2011, the Board of ETVMA began honoring each of the 14 Medal of Honor recipients accredited to East Tennessee at an annual dinner to raise funds for the continued maintenance and preservation of the Memorial itself.
2016 – Raymond Duke, USA, Korea
2015 – Charles H. Coolidge, USA, WWII
2014 – Calvin J. Ward, USA, WWI
2013 – Paul B. Huff, USA, WWII
2012 – Mitchell Stout, USA, Vietnam
2011 – Alexander “Sandy” Bonnyman, USMC, WWII
