Kirkwood in St. Louis County, Missouri — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)
To Those Who Gave Their Lives In The Struggle For Freedom
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), March 20, 2021
1. To Those Who Gave Their Lives In The Struggle For Freedom Marker
1917 - 1918
William Austin Key Floyd Monroe Key Percy L. Watson Arthur L. Joquel Charles H. Herpst Lloyd R. Boutwell Oscar C. Huerner Henry A. Cornet, Jr. Norris S. Singleton Armand Baldenweck Letcher C. Compton George L. Edwards Jr. Alfred Schoemperlin
1941 - 1945
M. Charles McClelland Marshall O. Hamner Louis W. Hanneken William I. LeFort Charles E. Chapman Gerald D. Scott Ralph A. Gray James A. Cook Peter Beer Paul Marvin Gerald O. Hilton John H. Herron Everett C. Vogt Jr. Darwin H. Johnson Gertrude L. Maschoff Clarence R. Price Raymond J. Krolick Keith W. Radcliffe F. Maury Matthews Parker J. Matthews Charles W. Marsalek Hanford C. Kessler William D. Johnson William G. Frazier Jr. Vernon A. Maschmeier William L. Blankemeier Douglas E. MacMillan Jr. Carl B. Fath James E. White Jr. Alexander Crow Jr. Robert A. Ballard Raymond C. Pepin Henry P. Lobeck Leroy L. Ochs Austin W. Crosby Don S. Melrose Leonard Perez Jr. V. Dean
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1950 - 1953
Constance A. Heege Hugh N. Sommer Jr. Henry M. Moore Robert E. Hootman Richard C. Clinite Cecil B. Davis William F. Cronin James N. Larkin Jr. Charles L. Coleman Clifton Knickmeyer Charles W. Cutts Mary E. Liljegreen
Erected 1959 by Kirkwood Park Board; American Legion Post 156.
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, Korean • War, World I • War, World II.
Location. 38° 34.838′ N, 90° 24.399′ W. Memorial is in Kirkwood, Missouri, in St. Louis County. It is on South Kirkwood Road (U.S. 61/67) just south of West Argonne Drive, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 110 W Argonne Dr, Saint Louis MO 63122, United States of America. Touch for directions.
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 walking distance of this marker: Vietnam (here, next to this marker); a different marker also named Vietnam (here, next to this marker); Kirkwood City Council Shooting Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Kirkwood Depot (within shouting distance of this marker); Remembering the Achievements of James P. Kirkwood (within shouting distance of this marker); Argonne Drive (within shouting distance of this marker); First Presbyterian Church of Kirkwood (approx. 0.2 miles away); James R. Shanks, Chaplain, 1st. Lt. (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Kirkwood.
Credits. This page was last revised on September 11, 2023. It was originally submitted on March 24, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 364 times since then and 23 times this year. Photo 1. submitted on March 24, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
