St. Paris in Champaign County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

St. Paris Korea and Vietnam Veterans Memorial

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., November 9, 2008

1. St. Paris Korea and Vietnam Veterans Memorial Marker

Inscription. Dedicated to the men and women of this community who helped preserve the freedom of all humanity for all ages to come.

Killed in Action

Korea
Kermit E. Jenkins
Nelson A. Biddle

Vietnam
Philip L. Grieser
William M. Short

Erected by Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 7645 and Auxiliary, and American Legion Post 148 and Auxiliary.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Heroes • Military • Patriots & Patriotism • War, Korean • War, Vietnam.

Location. 40° 7.639′ N, 83° 57.812′ W. Memorial is in St. Paris, Ohio, in Champaign County. It is at the intersection of Jefferson Street and Plum Street, on the left when traveling north on Jefferson Street. Marker is on the Veterans Walk in Harmon Memorial Park. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Saint Paris OH 43072, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Ohio’s Till Plains.

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 Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

and the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: St. Paris and Johnson Township World War I Memorial (here, next to this marker); St. Paris and Johnson Township World War II Memorial (a few steps from this marker); Site of Walborn & Riker Co. (approx. 0.3 miles away); Lincoln Funeral Train

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(approx. 0.3 miles away); St. Paris (approx. 0.4 miles away); a different marker also named St. Paris (approx. one mile away); A. B. Graham (approx. 2.9 miles away); Lena (approx. 3½ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in St. Paris.

Veterans Walk image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., November 9, 2008

2. Veterans Walk

(l-r) Korea/Vietnam Memorial, World War I Memorial, World War II Memorial.

Harmon Memorial Park image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., November 9, 2008

3. Harmon Memorial Park

Looking west from Plum Street intersection.

St. Paris Korea and Vietnam Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Craig Doda, September 6, 2025

4. St. Paris Korea and Vietnam Veterans Memorial

Credits. This page was last revised on September 13, 2025. It was originally submitted on November 23, 2008, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 1,470 times since then and 9 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on November 23, 2008, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. 4. submitted on September 9, 2025, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.