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Aurora County

WWII Veterans Memorial

— Est. 2012 —

 
 
Aurora County Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Ruth VanSteenwyk, May 21, 2016
1. Aurora County Marker
Inscription.
All Gave Some… some Gave All!

To our Veterans, as protectors of this great nation, we are proud to be able to honor all servicemen and women, past and present.

The original WWII Memorial was built in 1947 by the Veterans of Aurora County VFW Post 6554

Adams, Donald R. · Adams, Francis W. · Adams, Irvin D. · Allen, Claire P · Allen, Frank H · Allen, Glenn M · Allen, Howard D · Allibone, John B · Anderson, Andrew C · Anderson, Archie L · Anderson, Freeland C · Anderson, Rex · Anderson, Robert H · Anderson, Sidney E · Anderson, William B · Anshutz, Irven · Assmus, Betty · Assmus, George P. · Assmus, Herman J · Assmus, Richard L · Assmus, Werner M · Baker, Francis J · Bakewell, Robert C · Bakewell, Samuel P · Baldwin, Kenneth C · Bannick, Francis A · Barns, Jay M · Barns, William W · Barrett, Donald H · Barrows, Cecil A · Barrows, Dale A · Barrows, Dorothy C. · Barrows, John E · Barrow, Paul T · Baughman, Bryan J · Baumgartner, Donald A · Baumgartner, Earl L · Becker, Melvin R · Behrens, William C · Beilke, Franklin · Beltz, Richard N · Berg, Frederick A · Bergquist, Agnes E · Bergquist, Norman A · Bernard, Lloyd D · Beutner, True G · Bissell, William E Jr. · Blasen, Edward J · Board, Harold C · Board,
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Robert V · Boedecker, Lawrence · Bogenhagen, Carl F · Bonney, John R · Bormann, Earl J · Bormann, Ernest G · Bormann, Ivan G · Bormann, Vern E · Boyd, Daryl · Boyd, George H Jr. · Boyd, Harold C · Brady, Kenneth L · Brady, Ralph E · Branch, Blaine O · Branch, Phyllis J · Brandriet, Raphael L · Brech, Wilfred J · Brekke, Clarence H · Brekke, Sigmund K · Breukelman, Carl · Breukelman, Gerald G · Breukelman, John · Briggs, Thomas J · Brink, Gerrit J · Brink, Herman J · Brink, Lawrence H · Brown, Joseph L · Bruns, Gerard T · Bruns, Paul B · Brunson, Merlin A · Bryan, Harold W. · Bryan, Merle G · Buck, Walter W · Burns, Eugene E · Burns, Francis C · Bullis, Robert C · Camp, Dale L · Campbell, John A · Carlson, Theodore V · Carmody, Joseph A · Chlestrom, Rexford C · Church, Charles M · Claudy, Lawrence H · Cole, Newell L · Colvin, Junior L · Conrad, Kenneth G · Coombs, Darwin C · Crater, Cecil E · Crater, Raymond J · Curthoff, Ivan D · Cudmore, Russell D · Dahlenburg, Dale · Dahlenburg, George J · Deboer, Raymond · Dejean, Ruth S · Dejean, Virginia L · Dewaard, Dick · Dey, Alvin P · Dittrich, Floyd L · Ditzler, Gladys M · Dodds, Russell W · Doering, William A · Doran, Lester E · Droge, Jacob Jr · Dunn, Edward C · Dunn, Eugene J · Earl, Joseph A · Edinger,
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April 19, 2025
2. Aurora County Marker
Arthur A. · Edinger, Earl E. · Edinger, Ivan E. · Edinger, Robert O · Edleman, Harold S · Ellis, Rubin G. · Evans, Glenn R · Fagley, Clarence L · Farrell, Donald A · Farrell, Eugene C · Farrell, Martin P · Faulhaber, William L · Fischer, Leonard · Fitzgerald, Raphael V · Fitzgerald, Robert T · Flaugh, Calvin C · Folan, William D · Fothergill, Clarence E · Frahm, Ulrich O · Frandsen, William F · Franken, Henry E · Fraser, James A · Fraser, Vernon N · Fredericksen, Eugene · Fristad, Eddie C · Fristad, Melvin O · Fuchs, Jacob A · Furchner, Donald J

Furchner, Jack C · Gales, Frank N · Gales, George P · Gales, Leo M · Geisen, George R. · Gerken, Chauncey · Gerken, Henry G · Gerken, Ogbourne B · Gerken, Sidney A · Germann, John E · Gieseman, John E · Gillen, Edward S · Gillen, Martin J · Ginsbach, Raymond N · Gjesdal, Irvin L · Gjesdal, Marlin O · Gjesdal, Norman S · Glissendorf, Melvin H · Goodland, Harold · Gossman, Adolph J · Grambihler, William · Grey Owl, Robert A · Griffin, William W · Groeber, Leo O · Guindon, Wayne W · Hamlin, Richard H · Hansen, Holger N · Hansen, Jens H · Hansen, Lester E · Hansen, Marion G · Hansen, Robert H · Hanson, Glenn M · Hansum, Adrian J · Hanten, Bernard S · Hanten, Donald N · Hanten, Edmund B · Hanten, Elmer
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April 19, 2025
3. Aurora County Marker
P · Hanten, Lawrence M · Hanten, Leonard N · Hanten, Louis N · Hawkins, Elmer J · Hawkins, Jesse E · Hawkins, Lester L · Hawkins, Myron W · Headley, Donald W · Heezen, Clarence W · Heezen, Vayne Ed · Hengen, Elmer F · Hengen, Orville J · Hengen, Raymond S · Herdman, Morris R · Herdman, Roy R · Herrick, Howard L · Hettinger, Alfred J · Hettinger, Lawrence J · Hettinger, Marvin N · Hieb, Raymond · Hillman, Emmett F · Hjelm, Darwin D · Hjelm, Duane P · Hoefert, Ray M · Hoes, Norton R · Hohbach, Harold C · Holzhauser, Raymond R · Horstmeyer, Paul H · Hoshor, Harold A · Huebel, Wenzel G · Huenefeld, Esther · Huenefeld, Louis · Hughes, Josephine · Hughes, Lavern R · Hughes, Robert · Jacobsen, Perry J · Johansen, Floyd · Johnson, Burtis E · Johnson, Claire A · Johnson, Delbert C · Johnson, Dewane L · Johnson, Gale M. · Johnson, John M · Johnson, Leonard C · Johnson, Lyle A · Johnson, Neil I · Johnson, Vernon C · Jones, Lloyd · Jongewaard, Peter J · Jumper, Kenneth G · Justman, Leroy J · Kaemingk, Ted · Kaus, Charles W · Kaus, George A · Kaus, Leonard J · Kaus, Mathis · Kelly, Jack J · Kelly, Mary K · Kieffer, Leonard H · Kieser, Frederick N · Kinyon, Kenneth W · Klein, Lloyd · Kleinschmidt, William H · Klumb, Leroy G · Klumb, Marvin A · Kluthe, Lawrence
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April 19, 2025
4. Aurora County Marker
Names listed on the back of the memorial
J · Kluthe, Robert R · Knutson, Herman L · Koehler, James R · Koehler, John W · Koehler, Wayne B · Kolbrech, Donald D · Korthals, Edward · Korthals, Herman · Korthals, Mason N · Krause, Walter J · Krell, Theodore H · Krell, Kenneth P · Kristensen, Nels · Ladner, M.L. · Landman, Raymond · Larson, Ardell M · Larson, Lawrence · Laubach, Francis S · Leetch, Donald V · Lenocker, Raymond C · Leyes, Robert W · Liepelt, Erhart M · Livingston, Arnold G · Long, Lennis J · Lutz, Albert W · Lutz, Francis E · Lutz, Melvin L · Lutz, Robert E · Madsen, Arnold A · Madsen, Harold D · Mahoney, Patrick J. · Maine, Joyce I · Maine, Howard W · Markhardt, Carl E · Markhardt, Merle W · Markin, Leonard J · Markin, Raymond B · Marler, Angier M · Martin, Ambrose F · Martin, Raymond T

Mathey, Donald N · Matzner, Gerhard C · Maxwell, Robert J · May, James V · Maytum, Ernest H · Maytum, Ivan N · Maytum, Leon F · McCormick, Benjamin F · McFarland, James F · McQueen, Edith D · Meade, Howard L · Meier, James L · Meier, Kermit R · Meier, Paul G · Meoska, Lawrence M · Meyer, Clarence L · Meyer, Hubert W · Miller, Frank M · Miller, Frank S · Miller, John A · Miller, Luther W · Miller, Robert M · Milligan, Kenneth W · Miner, William Jr. · Mitchell, Allen R · Mitchell, Earl
Aurora County Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Ruth VanSteenwyk, May 21, 2016
5. Aurora County Marker
M · Mitchell, William E · Moeller, Cecil J · Moeller, Edward P · Morgan, Evan J · Mortimore, Arthur R · Mortimore, Charles J · Mortimore, John E · Mueller, Carl J · Mueller, Wayne L · Nelsen, Ione A · Nelsen, James W · Nelsen, Robert M · Newell, Earle R. · Newell, Edward L. · Newell, Gilbert M · Newell, Lyle E Bill · Newell, Roger L · Nielson, Edward W · Niewenhuis, Edwin W · Niles, Andrew L · Nolan, John W · Nolan, Kenneth J · Nowotny, John E · Nydam, Herman · O'Brien, Robert M · Olivier, Ernest · Olivier, Willis · Olsen, James D · Olsen, Walter O · Olson, Leslie H · Oster, Josephn L · Page, Forrest A · Page, Lavilla · Parkin, Merril R · Parry, Richard A · Patenoude, Robert W · Payne, Ralph C · Paynter, Camen R · Paynter, Wilfred G · Peters, Alwin N · Peters, Jerome A · Polt, Gerald A · Pollreisz, Mike R · Pretty, Bonnette, Vincent · Prien, Fred W · Raitt, Wayne A · Range, Raymond R · Raph, Arthur L · Rebensdorf, Gerald H · Reeves, Donald B · Reeves, Winford E · Reinesch, Carl N · Reinesch, Victor C · Reynolds, Laverne E · Rick, Francois E. · Rick, Richard T. · Ries, Dennis M · Ries, Nick C · Robertson, James H · Rogers, George A · Rogers, Gerald E · Rogers, Ralph E · Rogers, Willard J · Rossman, Richard J · Roth, Norbert N · Ryan, Joseph T ·
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Saunders, Robert · Scales, Robert L · Scales, Walter J · Scheetz, Ewald A · Schleder, Bernard J · Schlosser, John R · Schmidt, Wilfred G · Schoenfelder, Bernard C · Schone, Charles F · Schroeder, Edward · Schroer, August A · Schroer, Carl E · Schroer, Clair A · Schroer, Hattie · Schroer, Henry A · Schryvers, Arie "Ike" · Schuldt, Henry A · Schuman, Donald W · Schuman, Jack H · Schwandt, Frank A · Schwandt, William P · Scott, Delores R · Scott, Donald D · Scott, Leonard D · Scott, Leslie G · Scott, Wayne A · Sethne, Orville J · Sherin, Harry G · Shields, Webba C · Shouse, Anne J · Shouse, Eileen V · Shouse, Henry F · Sims, Clyde O · Smith, Bernard B · Smith, John W · Sonne, Cecil W · Sonne, Reuben A · Sonne, Sylvan O · Sorensen, Clarence E · Sorensen, Frank W. · Spencer, Earl G · Spencer, Maynard J · Spissman, Herman C · Staller, Edwin J · Stam, Johan · Stamer, John R · Stech, Thomas J · Steele, Henry M · Steffen, Elmer E · Steffen, Irene A · Steffes, Alexander M · Steichen, Claude V

Stevens, Verl E · Stone, Marvin J · Stone, Russell L · Streeck, Albert F · Strnad, Charles · Stulken, Alvin H · Stulken, James R · Stulken, Laverne G · Sullivan, Raymond F · Tastad, Ervin E · Tastad, Wayne · Tatloy, Ken · Teeters, Stanley J · Thayer, Arlo E · Thayer, R. Dale · Therens, Peter E · Thiery, Leo F · Thomas, William H · Thompson, Donald M · Thompson, Oliver H · Tingle, Arland G · Torreson, Delmar J · Tolsma, Gerben · Tolsma, Thomas N · Tracy, Laverne V · Tripp, John B · Tripp, Perry G · Uithoven, Jacob · Unger, Robert L · Vandenburg, Arvin L. · Vangenderen, Benard · Vangenderen, Edward · Vanwormer, Robert H · Vlietstra, Andrew · Vlietstra, Nick · Watson, Alvin L · Weick, Raymond · Weis, Myrland J · Weis, Walter H · Weller, Lex M · Weniger, Francis E · Weniger, Lawrence A · Wenzel, Paul H · Wieczorek, Wilfred L · Wilson, Harry · Wilson, Harvey E · Wilson, John D · Wilson, Leonard G · Wilson, Obie R · Williams, Clarence L. · Williams, Gerald A. · Wittenberg, Fred C · Witthagen, Ellwood A · Woods, Lyle C. · Wright, Donn H. · Wulf, Albert R · Wulf, Carl D · Wulf, Edwin R · Wulf, Garland F · Wulf, Harold · Wulf, Jacob J · Wulf, Lyle · Wulf, Vernon M · Wulf, Walter C · Youngstrom, Darleen · Zeal, Earl L · Zimmermon, Harry B · Zimmer, Norbert · Zundel, Harold E

Toland, Thomas N · Tuttle, Leslie · Van Noort, Marvin · Vander Heiden, Bastian · Vanderhoff, Edyth (Sharp) · Vanderwerff, Lynn A · Van Genderan, Darrell · Viktora, Louis J · Warnke, Charles B · Wenzel, George · Wilhite, Irvin J. · Williamson, Henry E · Wise, Eileen S · Wolbrink, Gideon R · Wood, Karl M.
 
Erected 2012.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World II.
 
Location. 43° 43.067′ N, 98° 29.113′ W. Memorial is in Plankinton, South Dakota, in Aurora County. It is on Main Street near 5th Street. The memorial is 100 ft south of 5th Street. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Plankinton SD 57368, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in East River and specifically in the James River Valley. It is also in the American Lewis & Clark Corridor, on the prairies, and on the Northern Plains. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once Rupert’s Land and also the Louisiana Purchase.

Other nearby markers. At least 4 other markers are within 9 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Plankinton and White Lake Area Armed Forces Memorial (a few steps from this marker); Aurora County Veterans Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Purple Heart Memorial Highway (approx. 6.6 miles away); American Legion Post 26 Veterans Memorial (approx. 9.1 miles away).
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on May 3, 2025. It was originally submitted on March 4, 2017, by Ruth VanSteenwyk of Aberdeen, South Dakota. This page has been viewed 819 times since then and 79 times this year. Photos:   1. submitted on March 4, 2017, by Ruth VanSteenwyk of Aberdeen, South Dakota.   2, 3, 4. submitted on May 3, 2025.   5. submitted on March 4, 2017, by Ruth VanSteenwyk of Aberdeen, South Dakota. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
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