Near Prairie du Rocher in Monroe County, Illinois — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Our Lady of Good Counsel Parish War Memorial

Our Lady of Good Counsel Parish War Memoriai Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Thomas Smith, 2019

1. Our Lady of Good Counsel Parish War Memoriai Marker

Inscription. In memory of those members of our Lady Of Good Counsel Parish who gave their lives that we might worship in freedom

Peter Eich Feb. 6, 1892 - Oct.9,1918 France
Cletus Walster Apr. 29,1909 - July 9, 1943 N. Africa
Waldo Oelzen June 9 1918 - Mar.9, 1944 Italy
Henry Schmitz May 10, 1925 - Sept. 13, 1944 France
William Thien Oct. 11, 1926 - Oct. 23, 1952

May we never forget them

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

Location. 38° 9.141′ N, 90° 7.98′ W. Memorial is near Prairie du Rocher, Illinois, in Monroe County. It is on Washington Street close to 3rd Street, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 2038 Washington Street, Prairie du Rocher IL 62277, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Greater St. Louis.

It is also in the American Midwest,

in the Lewis & Clark Corridor,

in the Corn Belt,

and in the Great River Road Region.

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: Renault, Illinois (approx. 0.3 miles away); Fults Hill Prairie (approx. 3.1 miles away); Kidd, Illinois (approx. 3.3 miles away); Storment Family History (approx.

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3.3 miles away); Historic Conservation at Foglepole (approx. 3.3 miles away); In Memory of Robert Kidd (approx. 4.1 miles away); Robert and Mary McGowan Kidd / Jacob & Elizabeth Green Fults (approx. 4.1 miles away); The Village of Fults, Illinois (approx. 4.4 miles away).

More about this memorial. Our Lady Of Good Counsel Church

Our Lady of Good Counsel Parish Building image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Thomas Smith, February 10, 2020

2. Our Lady of Good Counsel Parish Building

Our Lady of Good Counsel Parish War Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Thomas Smith, December 9, 2023

3. Our Lady of Good Counsel Parish War Memorial

Credits. This page was last revised on December 9, 2023. It was originally submitted on December 10, 2019, by Thomas Smith of Waterloo, Ill. This page has been viewed 367 times since then and 21 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on December 10, 2019, by Thomas Smith of Waterloo, Ill. 2. submitted on February 10, 2020, by Thomas Smith of Waterloo, Ill. 3. submitted on December 9, 2023, by Thomas Smith of Waterloo, Ill. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.

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