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Vevay in Switzerland County, Indiana — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Switzerland County Honor Roll Memorial
 
Wide View - - Switzerland County Honor Roll Memorial Marker Photo, Click for full size
By Courtesy:: Marilyn S. Wolf, August 7, 2011
1. Wide View - - Switzerland County Honor Roll Memorial Marker
 
Inscription.
( Center Panel )

( -“Seal”- ) United States Great Seal

Dedicated to these Switzerland
County men who, in answering
the call of duty, paid the
price of Freedom


( - “Seals” - )
Army, Navy, Marine Corps., Air Force


( Left Panel )

* * * World War I * * *

( Row One )

Herbert Barker • Daniel Brindley • Alfred E. Cole • Charles Griswold • William Littrell • Evan P. Patton • Carrol V. Saberton • Howard Stoops • Anthony L. Yates

( Row Two )

Bernard Breeck • Bertram Buchanan • Edwin C. Danner • William Hudson • Frank M. Mitchell • Thomas W. Pike • Oscar Scudder • W. Hampton Williamson

( Row Three )

Clifford G. Briadley • Edward J. Burman • George W. Day • Forrest Hughes • Herbert Neal • Uleys E. Ricketts • William L. Stepleton • Elbert Wolf

* * * Korea * * *

James W. Buddenburg • Robert R. Schirmer

William R. Jester • Eugene Thomas

Maurice E. Land

( Right Panel )

* * * World War II * * *

( Row One )

James O. Beutel • Courtland Curlin • John S. Jones • George M. Koons • Jess A. Lock • Albert McKay • Estal L. Peters • Oscar L.
 
Center Panel - - Switzerland County Honor Roll Memorial Photo, Click for full size
By Courtesy:: Marilyn S. Wolf, August 7, 2011
2. Center Panel - - Switzerland County Honor Roll Memorial
 
Rosenberger • Oliver Smith • Leon VanTyle • Marvin Wilson

( Row Two )

Howard F. Caldwell • James E. Davis • Frank O. Hartman • Gerald L. Leap • Bernard Mays • Louis D. Patterson • Richmond C. Reed • Fredrick Shadday • Robert N. Torrance • William R. Wagner • James D. Wright

( Row Three )

John D. Cook • Robert L. Farrar • Lawrence Hudson • Harold E. Lester • Raymond McFarland • Robert L. Peters • James D. Roberts • Clayton F. Smith • Lawrence D. Turner • Marshall B. Williams

* * * Vietnam * * *

Floyd W. Bond • Joseph K. Kirkendall

Barry L. Brinegar • Robert J. Wieliamson

Gale W. Dixon

* * * Operation Iraqi Freedom * * *

Kenneth R. Booker

( Across Base )

Belleau Wood • Chateau-Thierry • Meuse-Argonne • Pearl Harbor • Wake • Dakto • Coral Sea • Tet • Midway

( Obverse - Center Panel )

We stand before you today
the same way we faced the enemy
shoulder to shoulder.
We’re American fighting men -
and we've never forgotten it.


( POW - MIA Memorial )

* * * POW * MIA * * *

You are Not Forgotten
 
Location. 38° 44.806′ N, 85° 4.142′ W. Marker is in Vevay, Indiana
 
Left Panel - - Switzerland County Honor Roll Memorial Marker Photo, Click for full size
By Courtesy:: Marilyn S. Wolf, August 7, 2011
3. Left Panel - - Switzerland County Honor Roll Memorial Marker
 
, in Switzerland County. Marker is on West Main Street (Indiana Route 56) west of Liberty Street, on the right when traveling west. Click for map. Located on the South/West (front) lawn of the Switzerland County Courthouse in Vevay, Indiana. Marker is in this post office area: Vevay IN 47043, United States of America.
 
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 6 miles of this marker, as the crow flies. The Dungeon (a few steps from this marker); Switzerland County Courthouse (a few steps from this marker); Historical Site - Switzerland County Courthouse (within shouting distance of this marker); Switzerland County World War I Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); The Styles and Stories of Vevay's Buildings (within shouting distance of this marker); Privy (within shouting distance of this marker); Jail (about 300 feet away, in a direct line); The Masterson House (approx. 6 miles away in Kentucky). Click for a list of all markers in Vevay.
 
Right Panel - - Switzerland County Honor Roll Memorial Marker Photo, Click for full size
By Courtesy:: Marilyn S. Wolf, August 7, 2011
4. Right Panel - - Switzerland County Honor Roll Memorial Marker
 
 
Obverse - Full View - - Switzerland County Honor Roll Memorial Marker Photo, Click for full size
By Courtesy:: Marilyn S. Wolf, August 7, 2011
5. Obverse - Full View - - Switzerland County Honor Roll Memorial Marker
 
 
Obverse - Center Panel - - Switzerland County Honor Roll Memorial Marker Photo, Click for full size
By Courtesy:: Marilyn S. Wolf, August 7, 2011
6. Obverse - Center Panel - - Switzerland County Honor Roll Memorial Marker
 
 
POW - MIA Memorial Photo, Click for full size
By Courtesy:: Marilyn S. Wolf, August 7, 2011
7. POW - MIA Memorial
 
 
Other Marker - - (Few steps to the West) Photo, Click for full size
By Courtesy:: Marilyn S. Wolf, August 7, 2011
8. Other Marker - - (Few steps to the West)
Text reads:

Major Samuel Woodfill
WW I 1919

Lt. Eugene D. Smith
1943 – 1945
Congressional Gold Medal 2006
 
 
Other View Photo, Click for full size
By Courtesy:: Marilyn S. Wolf, August 7, 2011
9. Other View
 
 
Other View - - Switzerland County Honor Roll Memorial Marker Photo, Click for full size
By Courtesy:: Marilyn S. Wolf, August 7, 2011
10. Other View - - Switzerland County Honor Roll Memorial Marker
 
 
Fieldpiece - - (Short walk to the South-East lawn.) Photo, Click for full size
By Courtesy:: Marilyn S. Wolf, August 7, 2011
11. Fieldpiece - - (Short walk to the South-East lawn.)
 
 
South/West Corner - - Switzerland County Courthouse - Vevay, Indiana Photo, Click for full size
By Courtesy:: Marilyn S. Wolf, August 7, 2011
12. South/West Corner - - Switzerland County Courthouse - Vevay, Indiana
 
 
Front - - Switzerland County Courthouse - Vevay, Indiana Photo, Click for full size
By Courtesy:: Marilyn S. Wolf, August 7, 2011
13. Front - - Switzerland County Courthouse - Vevay, Indiana
 
Credits. This page originally submitted on August 13, 2011, by Al Wolf of Veedersburg, Indiana. This page has been viewed 334 times since then. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. submitted on August 13, 2011, by Al Wolf of Veedersburg, Indiana.   8, 9. submitted on August 15, 2011, by Al Wolf of Veedersburg, Indiana.   10, 11, 12, 13. submitted on August 13, 2011, by Al Wolf of Veedersburg, Indiana. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
 
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