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Defiance County Veterans Memorial

 
 
Defiance County Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, January 20, 2021
1. Defiance County Veterans Memorial
Inscription.
Korea
Baker, Clifford E. • Groll, George R. • Humbarcer, Max R. • Keener, Demar D. • Michoff, Donald L. • Mohr, Richard D. • Neff, William H. • Rowe, William E. • Vajen, Lloyd C. • Weber, Richard A. • Yeager, Ralph F.

World War I
Anderson, Herbert E. • Bolley, Russell W. • Butler, Charles • Clark, Tracy J. • Cooley, Clarence • Cottrell, Donel G. • Crowe, Glen • Dull, Ellis • Fockler, Charles H. • Gecowets, A. C. • Jackson, George D. • Linton, Foster M. • Hamilton, Dallas D. • Mabrey, Ralph E. • Mansfield, Roma W. • McFeters, Fred • McKinley, Steven G. • Myers, Earl R. • Prigge, Alfred • Rath, Francis T. • Smart, Edward C. • Smith, Hollie J. • Swingle, Gray • Vollmer, Frank R. • Wilson, Edward R.

World War II
Riddle, Joseph R. • Amaden, Lloyd G. • Ankney, Richard L. • Ball, Eugene C. • Bassler, John R. • Beerbower, Richard • Beindorf, Robert W. • Beiswenger, Russel F. • Bell, Lee A. • Bowen, William J. • Bowman, Harold D. • Breininger, Richard • Brown, Walter L. • Butler, Keith E. • Crawford, Glenn V. • Doenges, Gerald G. • Fahy, John L. • Folk, Paul L. • Garber, Russel G. • Garcia, Joe • Gecowets, Morris Jr. • Hammer, Frederick E. • Harkey, Robert J. • Haver, Alvin R. • Hemenway, Arthur • Hemenway, Darwin E. • Hoover, Leo J. • Huffman, Robert L. • Justinger, Donald J. • Kern, Eugene D. • Koch, John W. • Lenz, George Jr. • Linenstruth, Ralph C. • Schubert, Virgil W. • Dunseth, Robert A. • Mansfield, Robert L. • Maugel, Robert H. • Mehring, Ralph H. • Meyer, Dorenz H. • Mullholand, Oliver H. • Musselman, Blake D. • Parker, william h. • Pendleton, Ross L. • Peterson, William G. • Posey, Russel W. • Rhamy, Bartlet C. • Ricica, Walter J. • Scherger, Thomas M. • Schudel, William R. • Siler, Richard A. • Singer, Paul E. • Skiver, Russell E • Greuter, Jennings C. • Frantz, Charles M. • Slusser, Guy H. • Smith, Charles • Smith, William D. • Spain, Robert J. • Spangler, Lester F. • Spangler, Maurice V. • Speiser, Bob V. • Speiser, Walter C. • Squire, Roger W. • Stuckman, Charles L. • Ury, Arthur • Vincent, Olen R. • Wade, Robert L. • Winkle, Edward C. • Worden, Robert E. • Worrick, George J. Jr. • Zachrich, Jharles W. Jr.

Vietnam
Batt, Michael L. • Behnfeldt, Rroger E. • Chapman, Thomas T. • Graham, Kenneth E. • Hancock, Edward D. • Hesselschwardt, Hermana. • Love, Gary L. • Wolfrum, Larry V.

Global War
Hierholzer, David M. Afghanistan 2006
 
Erected 2006.

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Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.
 
Location. 41° 17.209′ N, 84° 21.703′ W. Memorial is in Defiance, Ohio, in Defiance County. It is at the intersection of Clinton Street (Ohio Route 18) and West 2nd Street ( Route 18), on the right when traveling north on Clinton Street. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 221 Clinton St, Defiance OH 43512, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Ohio’s Black Swamp and in the Till Plains. 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 Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, and the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Defiance County War Memorial Flame (here, next to this marker); War Savings Stamps (a few steps from this marker); Courthouse Clocktower Bell (a few steps
Defiance County Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, January 20, 2021
2. Defiance County Veterans Memorial
from this marker); Navy Armed Guard and Merchant Marine Memorial (a few steps from this marker); Veterans Memorial (a few steps from this marker); a different marker also named Veterans Memorial (a few steps from this marker); VFW Veterans Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); 1913 Flood (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Defiance.
 
Defiance County Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, January 20, 2021
3. Defiance County Veterans Memorial
Defiance County Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, January 20, 2021
4. Defiance County Veterans Memorial
Defiance County Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, January 20, 2021
5. Defiance County Veterans Memorial
Defiance County Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, June 9, 2018
6. Defiance County Veterans Memorial
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on June 22, 2021. It was originally submitted on June 19, 2021, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. This page has been viewed 383 times since then and 32 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on June 19, 2021, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
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