Lemay in St. Louis County, Missouri — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)

Indian Army

June 15 1944

Photographed by Thomas Smith, February 27, 2022

1. Indian Army Marker

Inscription. Otto M Bowman S Sgt.,- Thomas D Keeton 1st Lt.,- Joseph V Proctor Tec 5,- Constant J Shiplov Pvt.,- Charles S Swenor PFC., - Herbert O Gray, PVT., - Raymond M Miller S Sgt., - Troyer A Raffael Sgt., William F Stuhlemmer PFC., Bill M Thompson Tec 5., Frank E Weir Jr. 1st Lt., United States Army--- Bachu L/nm, Indar Das PNR, Banna Ditta PNR, Bali Ram PNR, Tulsi Ram PNR, Karam Chand PNR, Kali Das PNR, Durga PNR, Munshi Ram PNR, Santa Singh JEM.

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World II.

Location. 38° 29.942′ N, 90° 16.95′ W. Memorial is in Lemay, Missouri, in St. Louis County. It is on Bundy Dr., on the right when traveling north. Jefferson Barracks Nation Cemetery. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: First Dr S, Saint Louis MO 63125, 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

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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: 56th U.S. Colored Infantry Memorial (a few steps from this marker); To The Confederate Dead 1861 - 1865 (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); Confederate Burials in the National Cemetery (about 500 feet away); Victims of the Japanese Massacre (about 700 feet away); U.S. Army Air Forces Air Crash Victims May 13, 1945 (about 800 feet away); Michael Joseph Blassie (about 800 feet away); Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery (about 800 feet away); Minnesota Civil War Memorial (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Lemay.

Additional commentary.
1. Indian Army marker is not located at dropped pin as shown
On July 20 I searched a 2nd time and still was not able to find it. The nearest marker, 56th U.S. Colored Infantry Memorial, is confirmed at the location indicated but the Indian Army marker may never

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have been located where the Location information indicates. I saw no reseeded area or rectangular footprint where the marker may have laid. It may, however, be located up the hill north of Circle Dr. where there are so many other "flat gravesite markers".

— Submitted July 24, 2025, by Garrett Koch of Saint Louis, Missouri.

Credits. This page was last revised on August 5, 2025. It was originally submitted on February 28, 2022, by Thomas Smith of Waterloo, Ill. This page has been viewed 256 times since then and 26 times this year. Photo 1. submitted on February 28, 2022, by Thomas Smith of Waterloo, Ill. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.

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