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Beech Grove in Marion County, Indiana — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
 

Veterans Memorial

 
 
Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), April 20, 2019
1. Veterans Memorial
Inscription.
Dedicated by the war mothers and V.F.W. Post No. 5626 to these men of Beech Grove who gave the last full measure of devotion that freedom did not perish from the earth

John E. Anderson • James Grayson Jr. • John Horn Jr. • Herbert E. Johnes • Millard D. Judd • Melvin Rouse • Thomas Routt • Benjamin Oakley • Otis Parks • Louis G. Prosch, Jr. • Robert W. Shutt • Robert T. Munsell • John Neal • Verel G. Foltz • Charles Vogel Jr. • David F. Pressel • Raymond E. Floyd • James E. Raymann • Larry Pierson • Charles Larkins • James Thomas • Ronald Smith • Dale Eder
 
Erected by Beech Grove War Mothers and V.F.W. Post No. 5626.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.
 
Location. 39° 43.087′ N, 86° 5.791′ W. Memorial is in Beech Grove, Indiana, in Marion County. It is on Churchman Avenue east of South 13th Avenue, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 1201 Churchman Ave, Beech Grove IN 46107, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Central Indiana and specifically in Greater Indianapolis. It is also in the American Midwest and in the Corn Belt. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture and also the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Sarah T. Bolton (approx. Ό mile away); Ada B. Harris (approx. 2.1 miles away); “Cannon Ball” Baker (approx. 2.8
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miles away); Leedy Manufacturing Company (approx. 3.1 miles away); First Presbyterian Church of Southport (approx. 3.2 miles away); Butler College Campus Site (approx. 3.4 miles away); Kile Oak (approx. 3½ miles away); Sigma Gamma Rho (approx. 3½ miles away).
 
World War I plaque image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), April 20, 2019
2. World War I plaque
World War II plaque image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), April 20, 2019
3. World War II plaque
Korean War plaque image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), April 20, 2019
4. Korean War plaque
Vietnam War plaque image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), April 20, 2019
5. Vietnam War plaque
Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), April 20, 2019
6. Veterans Memorial
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on April 27, 2019, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 381 times since then and 18 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on April 27, 2019, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
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