This memorial honors Riverside County veterans awarded the Medal of Honor by the President of the United States for valor and heroism above and beyond the call of duty in the highest tradition of the military, naming Ysmael R. Villegas, William L. McGonagle, Robert Eugene Bush, Lewis L. Millett, Mitchell Paige, and James Lewis Day, and it also lists Riverside County service members who made the ultimate sacrifice in conflicts and service spanning France, the Philippines, the South Pacific, Normandy, Okinawa, Korea, Vietnam, Cambodia, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Afghanistan, Germany, Japan, and military bases in the United States.