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Near Willshire in Van Wert County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
 

Willshire Veterans Memorial

 
 
Willshire Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Rev. Ronald Irick, March 8, 2021
1. Willshire Veterans Memorial
Inscription.
Honoring the Men and Women of Willshire Community who served in the armed forces of the United States

-KIA Viet Nam-
Carey Allen Fosnaugh
Army 8/27/69 - 1/23/70

William Lee Miller
Army 9/25/66 – 8/21/67

Benny James Sapp Army 10/18/68 – 11/20/68
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: MilitaryWar, Vietnam.
 
Location. 40° 44.627′ N, 84° 47.134′ W. Memorial is near Willshire, Ohio, in Van Wert County. It is on Rockford Road (U.S. 33) 0.3 miles south of Fort Recovery Road, on the right when traveling north. marker is in Willshire Cemetery. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 631 Rockford Rd, Willshire OH 45898, 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 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: KIA Vietnam (here, next to this marker); Willshire (within shouting distance of this marker); Roll of Honor (approx. 0.4 miles away); Willshire, Ohio (approx. half a mile away); Site of Indian Reservation (approx. 1.7 miles away); In Memory of Jamey Davis (approx. 3.9 miles away); Victor W. Gehres (approx. 4 miles away); Peter Putman (approx. 5.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Willshire.

 
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Willshire Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Rev. Ronald Irick, March 8, 2021
2. Willshire Veterans Memorial
Willshire Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Rev. Ronald Irick, March 8, 2021
3. Willshire Veterans Memorial
full view of stone
Willshire Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Rev. Ronald Irick, March 8, 2021
4. Willshire Veterans Memorial
the new sculpture, adjacent to the stone
Willshire Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Rev. Ronald Irick, March 8, 2021
5. Willshire Veterans Memorial
marker as seen from a distance, from U.S. 33
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on March 15, 2021. It was originally submitted on March 11, 2021, by Rev. Ronald Irick of West Liberty, Ohio. This page has been viewed 251 times since then and 11 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on March 11, 2021, by Rev. Ronald Irick of West Liberty, Ohio. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
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