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Maxwell in Story County, Iowa — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)
 

Maxwell Veterans Memorial

 
 
Maxwell Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Ruth VanSteenwyk, June 21, 2020
1. Maxwell Veterans Memorial
Inscription.
In Grateful Remembrance of those
From this Community who Served
and Especially these who Gave
Their Lives for our Country.

World War I
Lee Flora

Vietnam
Dick E. Cuff
David Pearson
Richard M. Welch

World War II
Loren Atkinson
Robert Garlock
Marion Harris
Eldon Looney
Homer Nelson
Carl Struthers
Clark Welch
Lu Verne Witmer (Sam)

Korea
Harold Roadenizer

Persian Gulf
Timothy RF. Harrison

Greater Love Hath no
Man than to Lay down
his life for his Friends.
John 15:13


 
Erected by American Legion Post 249, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 8174.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, KoreanWar, VietnamWar, World IWar, World II.
 
Location. 41° 53.313′ N, 93° 24.045′ W. Memorial is in Maxwell, Iowa, in Story County. It is at the intersection of 2nd Street and Trotter Road, on the right when traveling east on 2nd Street. Located in Maxwell City Park. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 309 2nd St, Maxwell IA 50161, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally,
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this memorial is in Greater Des Moines. 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 Louisiana Purchase.

Other nearby markers. At least 4 other markers are within 14 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Maxwell Freedom Rock Veterans Memorial (a few steps from this marker); Jefferson Highway (approx. 9.6 miles away); Lincoln Highway (approx. 9.7 miles away); Polk County Freedom Rock (approx. 13.3 miles away).
 
Maxwell Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Ruth VanSteenwyk, June 21, 2020
2. Maxwell Veterans Memorial
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on March 14, 2021. It was originally submitted on March 14, 2021, by Ruth VanSteenwyk of Aberdeen, South Dakota. This page has been viewed 285 times since then and 26 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on March 14, 2021, by Ruth VanSteenwyk of Aberdeen, South Dakota. • Mark Hilton was the editor who published this page.
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Sep. 10, 2026