Spencer in Owen County, Indiana — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Owen County (Indiana) War Memorial

— The Spirit of the American Doughboy —

Photographed By Al Wolf, May 25, 2009

1. Front Plaque - - Owen County (Indiana) War Memorial Marker

Inscription.
(Front Plaque)
In Grateful Recognition
of the
Patriotic Service Rendered by
The Men and Women of Owen County
During the World War
1917 - 1918 (Back Plaque) This tablet is erected
in memory of these men of
Owen County
who gave their lives
in the World War
1914 - 1918
Edward C. Call • Forest Douglas • Foster Oliphant • Daniel R. Winklepleck • Guy Coleman • Ernest Lockwood • Oliver Blair • Earl Bonnewell • Curtis Need • Leland McK. Highet • Claude Crouch • Roy Hunsicker • Carl H. Kaiser • Charles C. Keefover • William Lautenschlager • Guy J. Putoff • Harold B. Anthony • Fredrick C. Larsen
(Right Side Plaque) Missing in Action *
* Killed in Action
World War II Gaylord Anderson • Floyd B. Arnett • Charles W. Bloucher • James Bracken • John William Brighton • Claude Eugene Brown • Harold Keith Campbell • Garland Lloyd Coleman • Ralph E. DeFore • Lloyd Earl Digus • Wilbur Franklin Edwards • Harold G. Eller • Lloyd Fouts • Loren Guinn • Frank Moore Haton • Gerald Roy Herstine • Norman G. Hoffa • Sheridan E. Holt • Eugene Harold Long • Richard Lukenbill • Donald Marlin Marshall • John Clement Mustard • Marion Burdette McCarter • Forest Leroy Neiswinger • Wilbert H. Ooley

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• Wayne Paylon • Theodore James Parish • Sleadis Harold Robertson • Robert Theodore Sansburn • James J. Stevens • Lorin Smith Thomas, Jr. • Glenn Vanover • Gerbert Lester Weaver • Darell Ross Williams

Erected 1927.

Topics and series. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Patriots & Patriotism • War, World I • War, World II. In addition, it is included in the Spirit of the American Doughboy - E. M. Viquesney series list.

Location. 39° 17.156′ N, 86° 45.737′ W. Marker is in Spencer, Indiana, in Owen County. Memorial is at the intersection of South Main Street and East Franklin Street, on the left when traveling south on South Main Street. At North/West corner of the Courthouse. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Spencer IN 47460, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Owen County War Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Owen County Courthouse (within shouting distance of this marker); American Revolution War Memorial (approx. 0.3 miles away); Civil War Cannons - Owen County Indiana (approx. 0.3 miles away); To the Memory of Those Who Served Their Country (approx. 0.3 miles away); Company #589, Camp SP 4

Back Plaque - - Owen County (Indiana) War Memorial Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Al Wolf, May 25, 2009

2. Back Plaque - - Owen County (Indiana) War Memorial Marker

(approx. 1.9 miles away); The Pedens: First Family of McCormick's Creek (approx. 2.8 miles away); The Springhouse (approx. 2.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Spencer.

Regarding Owen County (Indiana) War Memorial. The Doughboy statues were the heart and soul of Viquesney's work for the public. Spencer, Indiana is where he was born and died - his "Home Town".

Related marker. Click here for another marker that is related to this marker. More artwork of Earnest M. Viquesney at Riverside Cemetery at the "Soldiers Memorial Pavilion" and the Viquesney Family burial plot.

Also see . . .
1. Spencer, Indiana Doughboy. The E.M. Viquesney Doughboy Database website entry:
This website also contains information on all known Viquesney Doughboys (there are about 140 of them throughout the U.S.); however the link refers only to the one at Spencer, Indiana. (Submitted on May 26, 2009, by Al Wolf of Veedersburg, Indiana.)

2. The History behind the Doughboy. Emmitsburg Area Historical Society website entry:
Originally published in 1991 this link gives a good history and other links - well worth the search and read. (Submitted on May 26, 2009, by Al Wolf of Veedersburg, Indiana.)

Right Plaque - - Owen County (Indiana) War Memorial Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Al Wolf, May 25, 2009

3. Right Plaque - - Owen County (Indiana) War Memorial Marker

Additional keywords. E. M. Viquesney

"The Spirit of the American Doughboy" image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Al Wolf, May 25, 2009

4. "The Spirit of the American Doughboy"

Owen County (Indiana) War Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Dan Reynard, July 31, 2021

5. Owen County (Indiana) War Memorial

Full View - - Owen County (Indiana) War Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Al Wolf, May 25, 2009

6. Full View - - Owen County (Indiana) War Memorial

Back Full View - - Owen County (Indiana) War Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Al Wolf, May 25, 2009

7. Back Full View - - Owen County (Indiana) War Memorial

Photographed By Al Wolf, May 25, 2009

8. Owen County (Indiana) War Memorial

Front - - Owen County (Indiana) War Memorial Statue image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Al Wolf, May 25, 2009

9. Front - - Owen County (Indiana) War Memorial Statue

"The Spirit of the American Doughboy" by Ernest M. Viquesney.

Photographed By Al Wolf, May 25, 2009

10. "The Spirit of the American Doughboy"

Photographed By Al Wolf, May 25, 2009

11. "The Spirit of the American Doughboy"

Owen County (Indiana) War Memorial and Courthouse image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Al Wolf, May 25, 2009

12. Owen County (Indiana) War Memorial and Courthouse

Photographed By Al Wolf, May 25, 2009

13. Owen County (Indiana) War Memorial

Memorial Day - - American Legion - - May 25, 2009 image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Al Wolf, May 25, 2009

14. Memorial Day - - American Legion - - May 25, 2009

South/West Corner of Courthouse image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Al Wolf, May 25, 2009

15. South/West Corner of Courthouse

North/East Corner Courthouse image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Al Wolf, May 25, 2009

16. North/East Corner Courthouse

"Viquesney" designed War Memorial at "Riverside Cemetery" in Spencer image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Al Wolf, May 25, 2009

17. "Viquesney" designed War Memorial at "Riverside Cemetery" in Spencer

Other works of Viquesney are located here at this War Memorial and at the Viquesney family grave site within the Spencer, Indiana "Riverside Cemetery".

Viquesney Family Burial Plot image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Al Wolf, May 25, 2009

18. Viquesney Family Burial Plot

Ernest M. Viquesney's grave marker is here in the family plot at "Riverside Cemetery".

Credits. This page was last revised on June 17, 2022. It was originally submitted on May 26, 2009, by Al Wolf of Veedersburg, Indiana. This page has been viewed 2,989 times since then and 37 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on May 26, 2009, by Al Wolf of Veedersburg, Indiana. 5. submitted on May 16, 2022, by Dan Reynard of Bellevue, Wisconsin. 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18. submitted on May 26, 2009, by Al Wolf of Veedersburg, Indiana. • Syd Whittle was the editor who published this page.