Quinette Cemetery in Kirkwood in St. Louis County, Missouri — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)
Veteran's Memorial
Photographed by Jason Voigt, September 13, 2020
1. Veteran's Memorial
known and unknown, who
served our country and
are laid to rest here:
Washington Green, colored cook
7th Infantry Regiment, Company A
Born 1818
Arthur Mason, Private 1st Class
442nd Regiment
1881 - Feb. 26, 1938
Willis Mitchell, Private
54th Regiment,
U.S. Colored Infantry, Company C
1847 - 1920
Henry Whitson, Sergeant
65th Regiment,
U.S. Colored Infantry, Company F
1831 - 1878
George Washington Willis,
Sergeant
12th Regiment, U.S. Colored
Heavy Artillery, Company H
1847 - 1917
Erected 2008.
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Cemeteries & Burial Sites • War, US Civil.
Location. 38° 34.123′ N, 90° 26.082′ W. Memorial is in Kirkwood, Missouri, in St. Louis County. It is in Quinette Cemetery. It can be reached from Old Big Bend Road east of South Ballas Road. Memorial is located in Quinette Cemetery. A plaque with the same inscription is mounted at the main entrance to the cemetery (see photo). Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 12188 Old
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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 Viceroyalty of New France, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, the Louisiana Purchase, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Historic Quinette Cemetery (within shouting distance of this marker); Quinette Cemetery (within shouting distance of this marker); The Meramec Highlands Quarry at Dee Koestering Park (approx. 0.3 miles away); Greentree Park and Meramec Greenway (approx. 0.8 miles away); Meramec River Greenway - Unger Park (approx. 1.3 miles away); Missouri Pacific #750 (approx. 1.4 miles away); "Charles H." - Lake Street Elevated #9 (approx. 1.4 miles away); Illinois Central #30 (approx. 1.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map
Photographed by Jason Voigt, September 13, 2020
2. Veteran's Memorial
Surrounded by headstones created for three of the men mentioned on the memorial.
Additional keywords. USCT, U.S. Colored Troops
Photographed by Jason Voigt, September 13, 2020
3. Veteran's Memorial plaque
Marker is mounted to the left of the entrance
Photographed by Jason Voigt, September 13, 2020
4. Veteran's Memorial plaque
Mounted near the entrance of Quinette Cemetery. Mostly the same text as the monument.
Credits. This page was last revised on September 11, 2023. It was originally submitted on September 13, 2020, by Jason Voigt of Glen Carbon, Illinois. This page has been viewed 270 times since then and 24 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on September 13, 2020, by Jason Voigt of Glen Carbon, Illinois.
