Carlyle in Clinton County, Illinois — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Clinton County American Pisoners of War

Photographed by Thomas Smith, November 6, 2021

1. Clinton County American Pisoners of War Marker

Inscription.
Robert Alexander • James E. Arnold • Leonard Benhoff • Charles Bright • Leroy Cavin • Peter Choma • David Cook • General William F. Dean • Vincent S. Dulle • Clifford Emrick • Leroy J. Erlinger • Vincent A. Fonke • Ellis Gallatin • Leroy Hangsleben • John Hartlage • Vincent M. Johnson • Melvin H. Mahlandt • Ralph L. Parks • Harold H. Pax • Leonard Ratermann • Laverne Ritchie • Henry Roeber • Wilbert V. Rolves • Clemens Rosen • George E. Schmitt • Oscar Solis • Walter G. Stevenson • Cebert V. Turner • Ralph C. Wieter

Erected by Catholic War Veterans - Marion Post 1780.

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.

Location. 38° 36.663′ N, 89° 22.101′ W. Memorial is in Carlyle, Illinois, in Clinton County. It is on Fairfax Street just east of 9th Street, on the right when traveling east. The memorial is along the north side of the courthouse. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 851 Franklin St, Carlyle IL 62231, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Southern Illinois — Little Egypt

and in Greater St. Louis.

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 territory of the Mississippian Culture

and also the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Eternal Memory (approx. 0.3 miles away); The General Dean Suspension Bridge (approx. 0.6 miles away); General Dean Suspension Bridge Display

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(approx. 0.6 miles away); Goshen Road (approx. 0.6 miles away); Veterans Memorial (approx. 3.2 miles away); Buxton - Beckemeyer Mural (approx. 3.7 miles away); Centralia Coal Company Mine No. 5 Disaster (approx. 3.7 miles away); a different marker also named Veterans Memorial (approx. 3.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Carlyle.

Credits. This page was last revised on November 9, 2021. It was originally submitted on November 8, 2021, by Thomas Smith of Waterloo, Ill. This page has been viewed 311 times since then and 14 times this year. Photo 1. submitted on November 8, 2021, by Thomas Smith of Waterloo, Ill. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.