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 374 times since then and 33 times this year. Photo 1. submitted on March 24, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
