Madras in Jefferson County, Oregon — The American West (Northwest)
Jefferson County War Memorial
Photographed by Douglass Halvorsen, June 21, 2015
1. Jefferson County War Memorial Marker
They never came home.
World War I
Orlie I. Alexander Paul A. Burson Walter M. Eaton Earl Elliott Joseph O. Gans Dallas R. Gregory Harry F. Gunnison George S. Johnson August C. Jorgensen Roy McDaniel George Seethoff John Sloss
World War II
George M. Campbell Virgil W. Degner Benjamin Dick Roscoe Dick Ben O. Gedney Vernon E. Haggstrom Ralph F. Klann Albert Kuhn Claude M. Miller Elliott S. Palmer Howard K. Read Leland G. Strawn George L. Swetland Phillip C. Symons Oscar C. Walrod Jack O. Watkins Gilbert Yahtin
Vietnam
William L. Kinkade Lloyd H. Rohde Daniel J. Tababoo, Jr.
Global War on Terror
Thomas L. Tucker Iraq
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.
Location. 44° 37.902′ N, 121° 7.875′ W. Memorial is in Madras, Oregon, in Jefferson County. It is at the intersection of SW E St and The Dalles-California Hwy (U.S. 97), on the right when traveling east on SW E St. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address:
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Regionally, this memorial is in Oregon’s High Desert. It is also in the American Mountain West and in the Lewis & Clark Corridor. Globally, it is in North America, in the Cascade Range, on the Ring of Fire, in the Pacific Rim, in the Western Hemisphere, in the Western World, and in the Anglosphere.
Other nearby markers. At least 3 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: The Old Jefferson County Jail (approx. 0.2 miles away); Veteran War Memorial Plaza (approx. 2.4 miles away); Metolius Depot (approx. 3.9 miles away).
More about this memorial. This war memorial resides north of the entrance to Madras City Hall and Police Station.
Regarding Jefferson County War Memorial. This memorial is part of a veterans park that also contains a nearby sculpture of a soldier who died in Iraq (Thomas Tucker). There are also a number of dedicated benches that were sponsored by each branch of the U.S. military. Finally, dedicated bricks inlaid around the sculpture and leading to another brick-inlaid path that
Photographed by Douglass Halvorsen, June 21, 2015
2. Jefferson County War Memorial Marker
Photographed by Douglass Halvorsen, June 21, 2015
3. Jefferson County War Memorial Marker
Photographed by Douglass Halvorsen, June 21, 2015
4. Jefferson County War Memorial Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on January 27, 2018. It was originally submitted on January 24, 2018, by Douglass Halvorsen of Klamath Falls, Oregon. This page has been viewed 680 times since then and 18 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on January 24, 2018, by Douglass Halvorsen of Klamath Falls, Oregon. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
