Near Matthews in Grant County, Indiana — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Matthews Veterans Memorial

Photographed by Rev. Ronald Irick, October 15, 2019

1. Matthews Veterans Memorial

full view of obelisk

Inscription. South-east side (front)

In honor of the citizens of Matthews & community who served in the armed forces of their country

They served without thought of self, that the principles of liberty, justice and equality might prevail for all mankind

World War II
1941 - 1945
This memorial is erected by a grateful community

Erected in memory of our boys of 1918

South west side (left)
Eugene Ball • Charles Baugher • George Baugher Jr. • Farrell Boucher • Everett Boyer • Harry Bradley • Joseph Brushwiller • Walter Byal • William Cain • Lloyd Campbell • Fletcher Carmin • Harold Carter • Ralph Case • Charles Childs • Herman Childs • Morris Childs • Robert Christy • Francis Cloherty • William Cortright • Robert Cross • Norma Curtis • Arvon Davis • Elby Davis • Charles Davis • Howard Dorion • John Dorton • John Duling • Lester Duling • Norwood Duling • George Ellsworth • Edgar Fergus • Warren Fergus • Harry Frost • Harvey Frushour • Lowell Glass • Leonard Gift • Arthur Gilles Jr. • Bill Hayes • Wilburn Hazelbaker • Gerald Hewitt • Donald

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Holmes • Merrill Huntzinger • Arthur Jagel • James Jones • John Jones • Lloyd Kibbey • Brooks Kirkwood • Demas Leach • Fred Leach • James Leach • Junior Leach • William Lewis • William Boles • Harper Campbell • Robert Childs • Alfred Fights • Paul Hannon • Charles Gardner • James Johnson • Francis Lawvere • Lowell Lawvere • Mark Lewis • Maurice Reese • Mearl Richards • Walter Rye • Richard Schonhardt • Dale Smith • Mary Jane Sutton

North west side (back)
Carl Baugher • Richard Childs • Eugene Cole • Frank Conn • Raymond Dickerson • Carey Frost • Alva Giles • Eugene Halpin • Donald Johnson • William Jones • Charles Mahoney • Darrell Mahoney • Dee Markin • Leona Mayer • Harold Miller • Glenn Reese • Byron Richards • Robert Richards • Glen Rodgers • Earl Rogers • George Ryan • Glen Ryan • Randall Sells • Arnold Slain • Robert Walters • Kenneth Wolfgang • Victor Wolfgang • Zell Hazelbaker Jr.

North east side (right)
Francis Liming • Darwin Markin • William Meyer • Ward Miller • Merlin Millspaugh • Robert Moorman

Photographed by Craig Doda, January 28, 2023

2. Matthews Veterans Memorial

Left side.

• Fred McClellan • Norris McClellan • Ross McClellan • Milton McCormick • Glenn McHenry • Donald Needler • Harmon Needler • John. Needler • Leo Nottingham • Harold Oxley • Paul Oxley • Wayne Oxley • Delmar Patterson • Robert Reeder • Curtis Reeve • David Reeve • James Reeve • Marion Reeves • Everett Rodgers • Walter Rodgers • Joseph Ruede • Harry Rutledge • Herman Rutledge • Margaret Shuttleworth • Paul Simons • Philip Simons • George Slater • Philip Slater • Calvin Smiley • Charles Smith • Ellis Smith • Emil Smith • Emil Stace • Guy Sutton Jr. • John Sutton • Robert Sutton • William Sutton • Loren Thomas • Clyde Thornburgh • Lloyd Thornburgh • Nathan Thornburgh • Dale Townsend • Warner Wade • Glenn Walker • Glenn Walters • Richard Walters • Norris White • Marcus Corn • Charles Evilsizer • Basil Ford • Herschel Ford • Estel Frushour • Harold Hayes • Waldo Smith • David Shuttleworth • William Smith • Curtis Wade

Erected by Matthews & Community.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, World I

Photographed by Craig Doda, January 28, 2023

3. Matthews Veterans Memorial

Back side.

• War, World II.

Location. 40° 23.32′ N, 85° 29.264′ W. Memorial is near Matthews, Indiana, in Grant County. It can be reached from the intersection of 4th Street and E Main Street, on the left when traveling north. Marker is within Matthews Cemetery, 100 yards north-west of 4th Street, in line with E Main Street. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 200 4th Street, Fairmount IN 46928, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Central Indiana.

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 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Lt. Col. Thomas W. (Bill) Boles (here, next to this marker); Covered Bridge (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); This Covered Bridge (about 700 feet away); The New Cumberland Gristmill 1853-1920

Photographed by Craig Doda, January 28, 2023

4. Matthews Veterans Memorial

Right side.

(about 800 feet away); Cumberland Covered Bridge (about 800 feet away); Elizabethtown (approx. 1.9 miles away); The Village of Trask (approx. 3 miles away); In Memory Of William J. Leach (approx. 4.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Matthews.

Matthews Veterans Memorial as seen from the street image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Rev. Ronald Irick, October 15, 2019

5. Matthews Veterans Memorial as seen from the street

Cannon that is adjacent to the obelisk image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Rev. Ronald Irick, October 15, 2019

6. Cannon that is adjacent to the obelisk

Credits. This page was last revised on September 5, 2026. It was originally submitted on October 30, 2019, by Rev. Ronald Irick of West Liberty, Ohio. This page has been viewed 235 times since then and 22 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on October 30, 2019, by Rev. Ronald Irick of West Liberty, Ohio. 2, 3, 4. submitted on January 29, 2023, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. 5, 6. submitted on October 30, 2019, by Rev. Ronald Irick of West Liberty, Ohio. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.