Wakeman in Huron County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

World War I Memorial

Photographed by J. J. Prats, August 24, 2019

1. World War I Memorial

Inscription. 1917 • In memory of those of this community who answered their country’s call • 1918

Over Sea. ☆Merton L. Campbell • ☆Ivan W. Kenyon • Blaine N. Hurst • Leland R. Kenyon • Charles R. Cooley • Glen W. Shafer • William J. Perry • Earl A. Peabody • Birchland C. Foster • Edward C. Peck • Harold T. Weed • James Waldron • Lewis B. Scutt • William E. Fowler • Charles F. Bates • Elmer E. Bayless • Rollin D. Peabody • Leon J. Scutt • Leonard E. Nason • Rollie S. Barnes • Clayton H. Peck • George E. Rockwell • Archie G. Bliss • Lester E. Pierce • Lloyd H. Downing • Lewis G. Bailey

Camp. ☆Walter I. Davenport • ☆Carl A. Salzman • ☆Lawton B. French • George R. Townsend • Clifford S. Johns • Clarence A. Brown • Idane B. Pierce • Lewis E. Hayes • C. Elmer Shelton • Lyle M. Denman • Lauriston A. Todd • Harold L. Beecher • Bryant R. Pettiford • George S. Birmingham • William D. Loftus • Oscar D. Fox • Charles R. Campbell • Charles C. Perkins • Arthur E. Loftus • Edward J. Ford

S. A. T. C. Frank W. Parsons • Walters V. Foster • Wilfred N. Blair • Harry F. Hayes

NURSE, Thyrza B. Rockwell • CHEMIST,

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Elbert M. Shelton

That Liberty, Justice and Equity might not perish.

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World I.

Location. 41° 15.29′ N, 82° 24.078′ W. Memorial is in Wakeman, Ohio, in Huron County. It is on West Main Street just west of Cooper Street, on the right when traveling west. It is in Wakeman Community Park. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Wakeman OH 44889, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Ohio’s Western Reserve.

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 walking distance of this marker: Garrett Augustus Morgan (1877-1963) / Garrett Morgan's Wakeman Country Club (within shouting distance of this marker); Wakeman Red Cap Field (within shouting

Photographed by J. J. Prats, August 24, 2019

2. World War I Memorial

distance of this marker); Civil War Soldiers Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Mill Stone (within shouting distance of this marker); You Are On The Buckeye Trail (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Wakeman Bridge (about 500 feet away); The former Wakeman School site (approx. 0.2 miles away); Veterans Memorial (approx. ¼ mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Wakeman.

Regarding World War I Memorial. S.A.T.C. stood for Student Army Training Corps, now R.O.T.C., Reserve Officer’s Training Corps.

Credits. This page was last revised on January 12, 2020. It was originally submitted on January 12, 2020, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio. This page has been viewed 267 times since then and 12 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on January 12, 2020, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio.