Sullivan in Franklin County, Missouri — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)

In Grateful Memory

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), March 19, 2021

1. In Grateful Memory Marker

Inscription.
Hereupon are inscribed the names of the community's heroic youth, who at the very beginning of life's alluring promises to them, laid down their lives in their country's defense and so gave "the last full measure of devotion"

World War I
1914 - 1919 Gus L. Adams • Benjamin Anderson • Tom Anderson • Fred Blesi • Allen Bunton • William Eads • Otto J. Harms • John A. Harrison • Jesse L. Henson • Charles Saucier • George F. Schmitt • Harold Q. Shults • George Strauser • Louis E. Taylor • Benton Webb • Hercy E. Wilson

World War II
1941 - 1945 James Bishop • Charles W. Bristow • Robert Bristow • Lowell Busch • Floyd C. Cibulka • Paul Cook • Warren Danson • Raymond Dunkle • Floyd Gilcrease • Fred E. Hamm • George Hassing • Pryor Hesse • Joseph Hirzy • Lloyd W. Immekus • Lee King • Ray F. Lemmons • Virgil Lockhart • Theodore P. McEuen • Dean Murphy • Edwin Nethington • Edward J. Record • Floyd J. Record • Virgil Rohrer • Russel Schmitt • Roy Schneider • Wm. D. Starling • Norman Walker • John J. Yarbrough

They stand in the unbroken line of patriots who have died that freedom might live, and grow, and increase its blessings

Erected 1951

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

Location. 38° 12.484′ N, 91° 9.593′ W. Memorial is in Sullivan, Missouri, in Franklin County. It is at the intersection of West Washington Street and Taylor Street, on the right when traveling east on West Washington Street. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 210 W Washington St, Sullivan MO 63080, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the Missouri River Corridor

and in Greater St. Louis.

It is also in the American Midwest,

in the Lewis & Clark Corridor,

in the Corn Belt,

and on the Santa Fe Trail Corridor.

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,

the Louisiana Purchase,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 10 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Veterans Memorial (here, next to this marker); a different marker also named Veterans Memorial (approx. 1.1 miles away); Russell A. Schmitt VFW Post 3987 Veterans Memorial (approx. 1.1 miles away); Veterans Memorial Wall (approx. 1.1 miles away); World War II Veterans Memorial (approx. 1.1 miles away); Saltpeter Cave (approx. 4.3 miles away); Fallen Veterans Memorial (approx. 5.9 miles away); This Rest Area is maintained through an Extended Employment Sheltered Workshop (approx. 9.8 miles away).

Another marker is no longer nearby. Jesse James Hideout (was approx. 4.3 miles away but has been confirmed missing).

In Grateful Memory Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), March 19, 2021

2. In Grateful Memory Memorial

Credits. This page was last revised on March 24, 2021. It was originally submitted on March 24, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 211 times since then and 11 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on March 24, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.