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Veterans Memorial

 
 
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Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), March 22, 2021
1. Veterans Memorial
Inscription.
World War I
Bailey, H. • Borgars, B. • Dukes, J. • Evanko, J. • Evatt, L. • Ganniger, G. • Hadfield, A. • Karvelet, A. Sr. • Karvelet, A. • Kohler, F. • Pinson, A. • Quatto, F. • Rissi, B. • Snadden, J. • Stucker, F.

Vietnam
Dodson, J. • Evanoff, A. • Lankford, C. • Risse, D. • Simpson, E. • Thomas, N. • Wersching, A. • White, L. • Witte, R.

World War II
Ady, C. Jr. • Ashmann, C. • Baudino, P. • Beaver, J. • Bowers, C. • Brancaglione, R. • Bryant, L. • Catioux, R. • Chinn, H. • Cline, A. • Cohen, B. • Coulson, W. • Daukontis, W. • Deluca, L. Jr. • Diaz, H. • Edwards, V. • Erickson, E. • Giovando, L. • Grzbowski, T. • Hiken, A. • Hoga, D. • Jack, D. • Jackson, T. • Jackstadt, D. • Krapp, A. • McGlothlin, L. • La Surs, K. • Lepp, H. • Locandro, F. • Lockhardt, A. • Marchiando, F. • Meadows, M. • Musso, B. • Nippler, C. • Obernueffmann, L. • Palecek, R. • Paoli, A. • Peretti, G. • Rodgers, D. • Savage, W. • Savage, J. Jr. • Shea, W. • Shimkas, A. • Smith, E. • Spagna, D. • Spalding,

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J. • Vetter, W. • Viviano, A. • Ward, D. • Wagner, M. • Whaley, L. Jr.

Korean Conflict
Doyle, E. • Vancil, M.

Vietnam
Dematteis, D. • Dalton, R.D. • Moody, R.W. • Moore, R. • McGlothin, L. • Meyer, D.P.

Somalia
Martin, J.
 
Erected by Veterans of Foreign Wars.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.
 
Location. 38° 40.99′ N, 89° 58.607′ W. Memorial is in Collinsville, Illinois, in Madison County. It is on Vandalia Street (Illinois Route 159) 0.1 miles south of Union Avenue, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 1830 Vandalia St, Collinsville IL 62234, 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 territory of the Mississippian Culture and

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also the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within one mile of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Called to Duty (approx. 0.2 miles away); a different marker also named Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.2 miles away); Navy Memorial (approx. 0.2 miles away); American Legion Post 365 Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.2 miles away); United States Airmen Memorial (approx. 0.2 miles away); a different marker also named Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.2 miles away); City of Collinstown Uptown Tour (approx. one mile away); Collinsville Masonic Temple (approx. 1.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Collinsville.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on March 28, 2021. It was originally submitted on March 28, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 162 times since then and 11 times this year. Photo   1. submitted on March 28, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
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