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World War II Honor Roll
— Georgetown, Illinois —
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By Al Wolf, August 24, 2008 | |
| | | 1. World War II Honor Roll - - Georgetown, Illinois Marker | | |
Inscription. Land of the Free
Home of the Brave
This Honor Roll was first dedicated on June 27, 1944 to honor our brave men and women who served proudly and honorably in the U. S. Armed Forces in Europe and the South Pacific from Dec. 7, 1941 to Sept. 2, 1945.
They will not be forgotten. Rededicated in 2006. “When you go home tell them for us and say: for your tomorrow we gave our today.” From “Flags of Our Fathers” by James Bradley.
[Panel One, Column One]:
Andrew J. Acord, Jr. • Charles Acord • Doyne Acord • Emil Carl Acord • John W. Acord • Edward Martin Acord • Emery Adamson • Halbert L. Alexander • Harvey R. Alexander • * Charles F. Allen • Russell Edward Anderson • Frank Andrews • Charles Ankrum • Mike Anuzis • Dixon Asquith • Bronston Austin • Samuel E. Austin
Henry J. Bach, Jr. • Arthur Baldwin • James Baldwin • Manuel Baldwin • Joe B. Balskus • Joseph E. Baranouski • Ralph C. Barkman • Joe Baron • Kenneth Barton • Alonzo P. Becker • Peter Becker • Roy L. Bedenger • Carlos Bennett • + Silas E. Bennett • Caesar Bianchetta • Earnest Bianchetta • + Mario Biava • Gordon K. Biggs • Jack D. Biggs • Maurice Biggs • Verlin L. Biggs • Charles R. Billings • Dwight L. Black • Richard Black • William Earl Black • Francis Blythe • Keith L. Boen • | | | | 
By Al Wolf, August 24, 2008 | |
| | | 2. Left Panel - Top of Marker | | |
Olin L. Boggess • Robert Boggess • Cleo E. Boland • Donald Boland • Marvin Bonebrake • Melvin Bonebrake • Frank E. Bonomo • William Bosley • Harold S. Bouton • Walter Bowers • Frank Bridgewater • Ralph Bridgewater • Roy Bridgewater • Charles W. Bright • Paul L. Bright
[Panel One, Column Two]:
Curtis Bromley • Delbert Bromley • George B. Bromley • James K. Bromley • Everett Brooks • James W. Brooks • John W. Brooks • Wayne Brooks • Donald A. Brookshier • Middleton J. Brookshier, Jr. • Orval Brookshier • Paul Brookshier • Clarence W. Brown • Joe Buhoveckey • B. D. Bunch • Noel Burch • Thomas E. Burton • Harold E. Bush • Walter Bush • Floyd Butcher • John F. Butkus
Guy Camarata • Sam Camarata • Richard A. Campbell • Verlin L. Carney • Clifford W. Carrigan • Clyde G. Carrigan • Otto R. Carrigan • Clarence Carrington • Clifford Carrington • Ray A. Castleberry • Anna B. Cebulski • Henry D. Cebulski • + Leo Cebulski • Joe Chalkus • Paul E. Champion • William Champion • John H. Chandler • James E. Chapman • Andrew J. Charnisky • + William F. Cherry • Warren J. Clark • Kenneth Clark • Richard Clark • William G. Clark • John R. Claywell • Louis W. Clift • Robert Clift • Dennis F. Coate • Stephen Coate • Ray E. Cobble • Marvin Collom • Wm. H. Collom • + William E. Colvin • Chester D. Cook • Leonard Cook • Paul W. Cook • Paul Cook, Jr. • Robert Cook
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By Al Wolf, August 24, 2008 | |
| | | 3. Right Panel - - Top View | | |
One, Column Three]:
Robert L. Cook • Dallas G. Copas • Delbert Cornwell • Homer Cornwell, Jr. • Leslie Cornwell • Otis F. Cornwell • Robert Cornwell • Wayne Cornwell • William R. Cornwell • Allen B. Cravens • Henry Cravens • Howard L. Cravens • Archie Crawford • Cloyd M. Craycraft • Leland J. Crook • Charles Crowder • Oren Kenneth Crum • Clyde Cundiff • Paul Cunningham
Joseph S. Dalida • Russell Davenport • James W. Davis • Russell Davis • Bernarr Dawson • Richard Debarba • Bert L. Deering • David A. Desmet • Joe Didocka • Charles Dietkus • Edward Dietkus • George Dietkus • Joseph Dietkus • Buren Dale Donaldson • John A. Donaldson • Robert L. Donaldson • Thomas E. Donaldson • Joe H. Dornblazer • Ralph Dowers • Thomas Driskell • George Dean Duell • * Charles W. Dukes • Don E. Dukes • Charles J. Dunbar • Donald W. Duncan • Wanye W. Duncan
Denzel A. Edmonds • James T. Edwards • Lois Ehlenfeld • Norman Elder • Robert G. Elder • Jack Elgin • James Elgin • + Jack D. Elliott • Leo Elliott • George (Peaches) Ellis • Dr. J. Gilbert Ellis • Donald J. Ellsworth • + Eldon Emory
[Panel One, Column Four]:
Paul W. Emory • Vance H. Emory • + John M. Endzelis • Lyle Erickson
Henry Falconio • Harrison L. Farrar • Arthur Farrell • Harold Farrell • James Farrell • Thomas Fazio • George Feezor • Melvin Feezor • James H. Felgenhauer • | | | | 
By Al Wolf, August 24, 2008 | |
| | | 4. Names on Left Panel | | |
Kenneth G. Felgenhauer • Wayne Felgenhauer • Eugene Ferrell • Robert Finney • Bruce Fix • Glen Fleming • James Fleming • Robert Fogleman • James O. Fortune • Bernard C. Fowler • George R. Frazier • Orth (Sid) Frazier • Russell Fulton
Paul Gaddis • Albert Gaison • Clarence H. Galyen • John T. Galyen • Lewis A. Galyen • Robert L. Galyen • Earl K. Gannon • Harold E. Gannon • + George H. Gardner, Jr. • Leonard J. Gattling • Bazil T. Geckler • Clifford H. Gill • Franklin W. Gill • Cleon A. Gillespie • Joseph Girdauskas • John Gloss • Pete Godels • Edward Gonsowsky • John Goodwin • Roy Goranson, Jr. • Walter D. Gorham • Arthur Gorham • Helen Gorman • Robert Goss • Kenneth Grider • Sam Grider, Jr. • Russell Gustin • Robert Dean Guthrie
Fred Haggerty • Clarence O. Hall • Edmon E. Hall
[Center Panel, Column One]:
Ernest W. Hall • Glen Hall • Lloyd E. Hall • Gerald L. Hamer • Halden Hamer • Gay Nelle Haney • George D. Haney • John E. Hansgen • William A. Harmon • John W. Hart • Paul Hart • Albert R. Hawkins • Jack M. Hawkins • Roy Hawkins, Jr. • Albert L. Haworth • Charles R. Haworth • Clifford L. Haworth • Harold N. Haworth • William Haworth • James Robert Hayes • Oren R. Hayes • Richard E. Hayes • Bennett Morris Henderson • Phillip Bowen Henderson • Jack C. Henschen • Willaim A. Herren • Robert W. Hess • Dale Hewitt • Ray Hewitt • Avery Hill | | | | 
By Al Wolf, August 24, 2008 | |
| | | 5. Middle Panel - - Full View | | |
• William B. Hill • Harlan C. Hinton • John Wittlet • Everett D. Hoggatt • Raymond O. Hoggatt • William G. Holaday • Ralph Hollingsworth • Roy Hollingsworth • John E. Holstine • + John G. Holstine • Robert H. Holstine • Warren K. Holstine • Carl J. Hoskins • Harrold Hoskins • Herschel E. Hoskins • Russell I. Hoskins • Raymon E. Houghton • Earl Houts • Jack Howard • + Victor Howard • George E. Howlett • Andy J. Hreha • Joseph G. Hreha • Bruce Hubbard • Harold E. Hubbard • John C. Hubbard • + Kenneth Huffman • F. Harlan Hughes • Gordon Humrichous • Warren Humrichous
[Center Panel, Column Two]:
Clarence Ibbotson • Lewis Ibbotson • Freemont Ireland
Charles W Jenkins • Dorwin Jenkins • Fred Jenkins • Jesse Jenkins • Norman Jenkins • Paul Jennings • Roscoe Jennings • Marie Jenson • Donald E. Johnson • Carlos Jones • Charles D. Jones • Charles L. Jones • Chester Jones • Marshall Jones • Sharon W. Jones • Verlin C. Jones • Albert Jonikas • + Edward J. Jonikas • Max E. Jordan • Paul Orva Jordan • Homer Judd
Richard Kantout • Joseph Katavich • Pete Alexander Katavich • Walter Kazelis • James Kerans • Larry Kerans • Ralph Kerans • Joseph Klink • Robert L. W. Knight • Roscoe Knight • Howard O. Knox • James Knox • Edward Kotcher • Fred Kotcher • + Joseph Kotcher • Frank E. Kovack • John Kovanic • George Kozak • Conrad Kubina • Zigmont Kulka
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By Al Wolf, August 24, 2008 | |
| | | 6. Middle Panel - - List of Names | | |
Pete Lattis • John H. Lamar • Herbert Lambert • Lloyd M. Lambert • Earl H. Landsaw • J. Robert Larrance • Amos D. Lawless • Edgar Lawless • Ralph O. Lawless • Cecil F. Lawlyes • Ira E. Lawlyes • Wilbert Lawrence • Beryl LeCount
[Center Panel, Column Three]:
Glenn LeCount • John Lementavich • Felix A. Lewan • Wm. S. Lewandowski • Mona Frances Lewing • Isaac E. Lewis • James E. Lewis • Loran E. Lewis • William J. Lewis • Robert B. Lewman • Daniel Liddell • Paul L. Liddell • William Lodas • Edward Long • Louis Lopinski • Phillip Lopinski • Walter J. Lopinski • Leo Lovell • Roscoe J. Loving • Harley Lowe • Robert Lowe • Ross Luther • Ralph R. Lynch
+ Roy Macklin, Jr. • Jack A. Madden • Virgil O. Madden • Dale MaHoney • Dan MaHoney • Clarence R. Maloy • Gerald Maloy • Eli Mariage • James J. Mariage • Ray W. Mariage • Donald L. Martin • J. Frederick Martin • Paul G. Martin • Richard L. Martin • Frank J. Maskel • George L. Maskel • Harry Maskel • Jess D. Maskel • Nevlin Maskel • Homer E. Masters • William Mazrum • Ivan McMasters • Gale McMillan • Frank McNeese • Lawrence Mendenhall • James Middlemas • Walter Middlemas • Desmond Miethe • Jack M. Miethe • Ed Mikulski • John Mikulski • Mark Miller • Ralph E. Miller • Allen S. Mills • Herbert R. Mills • John F. Mills
[Center Panel, Column Four]:
Raymond Moffet • Charles Mollett • | | | | 
By Al Wolf, August 24, 2008 | |
| | | 7. Right Panel - - List of Names | | |
Eugene Mollett, Jr. • Kenneth E. Mottett • Donald Moody • James F. Moody • Robert C. Moore • Robert L. Moreland • + Bruce A. Morgan • Francis Morgan • Howard E. Morgan • James Morgan • Marvin Morgan • Dale T. Morris • Donald W. Morris • Herbert Morris, Jr. • + Herman M. Morris • Tony S. Morris • Charles W. Morrison • George Russell Morrison • Robert E. Morrison • T. W. Moses • John Muncy • Otto Munn • Dr. Virgil L. Murphy
Charles F. Nagy • Charles Nale • Henry Naleway • Donald Naudzius • Donald R. Neild • John E. Neild • Joseph H. Neild • Ralph E. Neild • Robert L. Neild • Herbert Nevels • Robert Nevels • Bennett H. Newlin • Donald E. Newlin • Donald W. Newlin • Donald W. Nier • Franklin Niziolkiewicz • Verlon M. Noggle
Glen R. Onley • Stanford S. Owen • Virgil Oyer
John Paradiso • Santo J. Paradiso • Santo S. Paradiso • Franklin E. Parke • Pearl Parke, Jr. • Richard Parke • Sam Parke • William S. Parke • Harrison O. Parker • Herbert Parks, Jr. • John Pasley • John Pataki
[Right Panel, Column One]:
Dean Patterson • Thomas Patterson • Raymond Paulis • Irvin W. Paxton • Joe Paxton • Lloyd F. Paxton • Norman Paxton • + Horace W. Payne • Isham Payne • Paul Pearman • Ralph Samuel Pearson • Henry Peevler • Malcolm Pendry • Minor O. Penn • Donald Pepping • Keith Perkins • Frank Pinter • Joseph Pinter • Gilbert Pittman • Ralph Pollman | | | | 
By Al Wolf, August 24, 2008 | |
| | | 8. World War II Honor Roll Marker | | The citizens of Georgetown, Illinois yet pay respect and honor to all enshrined on this Memorial. Georgetown is a small town (census in the year 2000 has its population at 3,628, 16% of whom were veterans). When duty called during World War II, Georgetown and Eastern Illinois answered the call!! | | |
• Robert Pollman • James F. Powell • Owen G. Powell • Wally Powers • Donald Pribble • Harold L. Pribble • Kenneth Pribble • + Robert Pribble • Dale Pritchard • H. E. Pritchard
Harry W. Radomski • Matthew Radomski • Walter Radomski • John R. Ramey • Charles E. Ramsey • Donald Ramsey • Walter L. Read • + David Reagan • Ivan G. Reed • Margaret L. Reid • Don L. Rice • Robert J. Rice • James H. Richards • Vernon Richards • Wilbur B. Richie • Arthur I. Riggle • Lingle E. Riggle, Jr. • Rugus C. Riggle • Warren L. Riggle • Wilbur Riggle • Earl Riley • J. V. Roberts • Marvin Roberts • Donald Dale Robinette • Wm. P. Rohour • Robert H. Rook • William R. Rook • Franklin Rudd • Robert Rudd
[Right Panel, Column Two]:
Virgil Russell
Warren B. Sager • George D. Sanders • Robert E. Sanders • Everett Sandusky • Keith Sandy • Paul E. Sandy • Larry Sawicki • Willard Schaefer • Carl L. Schnebly • Harvey Schneider, Jr. • Everett R. Schooler • Otis B. Schooler • Earl Scott • + Ralph Seianas • Leo Shaffer • Edgar Shaw • Edward Shaw, Jr. • Harmon Shaw • Jack Sheets • Lyle B. Sheets • James K. Sheppard • Dwight H. Sherer • Don T. Sherman • Floyd L. Shrout • John F. Sliva • Bruce Smith • C. Richard Smith • Chester Smith • David W. Smith • Donald W. Smith • Dwight L. Smith • Ellis D. Smith • Glenn Smith • Harold B. Smith • + Harry L. Smith • H. N. Smith • John W. Smith • Kenneth C. Smith • Oswald J. Smith • Ray Smith • Roy C. Smith • Samuel Smith • Ulysses S. Smith • Eugene G. Snapp • Ivan Snapp, Jr. • Robert Snapp • Charles D. Snider • Charles F. Sollars • Clarence Spicer • J. E. Spicer • John Willis Sprouls • Raymond Sprouls • Warren Sprouls • Frank Starks • + George Starks • Clarence Stasavich • Joe Stempine • John F. Stempine
[Right Panel, Column Three]:
Leo Stempine • James H. Stevens • George Stewart • Joseph Stimac • Tony Stimac • Ralph Strader • Tony Stropus • Lewis Stull • Harold Swank • Marjorie Swank • James W. Switzer • Charles E. Sykes
Joe Tamalunis • Alex Tanzey • Theresa Tanzey • Raymond J. Taran • Harvey T. Testa • Howard V. Thomas • Bernard E. Thompson • Beryle E. Thompson • Don W. Thompson • Barbara A. Thornton • Kenneth A. Thornton • Wm. Paul Thornton • Arthur R. Tintorri • Charles H. Tintorri • Elizabeth Tintorri • George A. Tintorri • James E. Tintorri • Louis Tintorri • James A. Tucker • Kenneth V. Tucker • Lester M. Tucker • Mary J. Tucker • Robert S. Tucker • Eugene Tutlis
Elmo Underwood • Charles A. Urban
Edgar Vandenberg • Victor Vandevoir • Robert Lanloon • Frank Vettorel • Lester K. Vice • John Vilkanskas
Kenneth Wagle • Curtis Walker • Gerald Walker • Earl W. Walker • Franklin A. Wallace • Leonard Wallace, Jr. • Paul Ward • Claude B. Warner • George Warner, Jr. • Harold Warner • Roy Warner • Alex Wrnigus
[Right Panel, Column Four]:
John Warnigus • Robert Warren • Garnett Watts • Melvin B. Webb • Mac Wenskunas • James P. White • H. Max Whitlock • Carl N. Williams • Ervin O. Williams • Freeman Williams • Gordon Williams • Ivan R. Williams • Marion Williams • Norman Williams • Raymond Williams • Robert A. Williams • Russell Williams • Vernon Williams • Wilbert Williams • Eugene V. Williamson • + George Williamson, Jr. • Walter Williford • William Williford • Charles H. Willison • Leo J. Willison • Melvin E. Wilson • Raymon Wilson • Walter Wilson • Daton H. Wimsett • + Forrest Wimsett • Dale Winland • Donald Winland • Edward Wojick • Stanley Wojick • William A. Wolff • Udell W. Wolff • John A. Wood • Herbert Woodard • Lowell Wooden • Ruth Hayward Woodruff • Wayne Workman • Orville Dale Wyer
Vernon York • Leo Yoho • Warren H. Yoho
Henry F. Zielinski • Henry L. Zielinski • Joseph T. Zielinski • Ralph T. Zielinski • Walter D. Zielinski • Eugene C. Zumwalt
Key:
* Prisoner of War
+ Killed In Action
Erected 2006.
Location. 39° 58.535′ N, 87° 38.104′ W. Marker is in Georgetown, Illinois, in Vermilion County. Marker is on East West Street east of Main Street, on the left when traveling east. Click for map. Marker is in this post office area: Georgetown IL 61846, United States of America.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 8 miles of this marker, as the crow flies. Georgetown Parade of Patriots Monument (within shouting distance of this marker); 73rd and 125th Illinois Volunteer Infantry (approx. 0.2 miles away); Westville War Memorials (approx. 4.5 miles away); Proudly We Pay Tribute (approx. 4.9 miles away); Memorial To Westville Area Coal Miners (approx. 4.9 miles away); Veterans Honor Roll (approx. 6.5 miles away); Abraham Lincoln - Eighth Judicial District (approx. 6.6 miles away); Potawatomi - A Trail of Death (approx. 7.3 miles away). Click for a list of all markers in Georgetown.
Also see . . . Old Photos of Georgetown. This is the history page of Georgetown, Illinois. A tour of the past and views of their interurban transportation of years "gone by". Click on any of their photos to see the details. (Submitted on August 29, 2008, by Al Wolf of Veedersburg, Indiana.)
Credits. This page originally submitted on August 28, 2008, by Al Wolf of Veedersburg, Indiana. This page has been viewed 4,026 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. Submitted on August 28, 2008, by Al Wolf of Veedersburg, Indiana. • Kevin W. was the editor who published this page.
Editor’s want-list for this marker. Population of Georgetown, Illinois during World War II. •
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