Bowling Green in Wood County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Wood County WWI & WWII Memorial

Photographed by Craig Doda, February 25, 2022

1. Wood County WWI & WWII Memorial

Inscription.

Wood County world war one and world war two Memorial. . Dedicated to the heroic soldiers of Wood County who stand in the unbroken line of patriots who dared to die that freedom might live and grow and increase its blessings. Freedom lives and through it, they live -- in a way that humbles the undertakings of most men. , World War I , Harry A. Avery . Wayne Bassett . Lonnie Beers . Albert P. Bowe . Charles H. Brown . Harold E. Brown . John E. Carter . John Cedzo . Harley O. Chamberlain . Ray H. Cobb . Charles Coleman . Rollo E. Corbin . Carl Crowfoot . Orville Daum . Millard Davenport . Ollie S. Davis . James H. Detwiler . Jay Deuel . Frank Dibiosi . William Digby . Arthur Drursy . James M. Falls . Howard Freyman . Eldon Gates . Walter J. Graham . George Grimm . Herbert S. Gross . Carl Hagemeyer . Ralph Hanson . Clyde Heyman . Carey Hoyman . Charles J. Huber . Merlin Hufford . Wilbur J. Hussey . Frederick Jacobs . Kail H. Kelley . Charles D. Kieffer . John Kobylok . Albert Krause . Paul C. Ladd . Charles Lawrence . Mmilan L. Long . Charles Lybarger . Clarence McCartney . Claire McGowen . Uirgil Miles . John Morausky . Morris H. Neiman . Clarence L. Nieman . Terry Norcross . Morris L. Parks . Frances H. Peabody . Stephen Oetcoff . Cleo Phillips . Henry J. Rammel . Charles Ratan . Edward Ratty . Raymond Rideout . Clarence G. Roberts . Wesley Saam . Rlfred P. Shaner . Dale Slotterbeck . Walter P. Smith . Elmer B. Stephens . Cloyce B. Swartz . Leroy Thompson . Floyd Van Vorce . Guy A. Walker . John Weaver . John Wilford . Leo B. Williams . Howard Wrede . Vernon Wymer . Fred Yeager , World War II , Richard S. Albright . Harry L. Allen . James L. Allen . Stanley M. Allison . Collin G. Andrews . William M Ashley . George L. Baker . Harold W. Baltz . Erwin W. Beck . Jay Beckford . Paul P. Belcik . Theodore N. Bentley . Paul J. Berres . George M Bishop . Donald A. Bloomfield . Jesse W. Bloomfield . Meryl Boyer . Donald Brueggemeier . Lewis P. Burton . Clyde Callihan . Lemuel R. Campbell . Lloyd E. Carrol . Robert S. Carson . Jerry W. Carter . Merlyn C. Castner . Floyd Chamberlain . Edward C. Cieply . Kenneth B. Clapp . Gladwyn F. Clark . Ollie A. Coger . Jackson Cond . John P. Cornelius . Richard D. Cowles . William T. Coy . Floyd F. Craft . Charles A. Cranker . John L Crocker . John Czirr . Albert L, Dalzell . Chester E. Davis . Lester F. Davis . Thomas Dellinger . Robert W. Driftmyer . David H. Dunlap . Carlos Dysinger . Robert W. Eckert . Clayton Ernsthausen . Earl Evanoff . Harry Evanoff . James R. Falls . Junior M. Falls . Lawrence Fausnaugh . Richard T. Fearnside . Patrick J. Feehan . Franklin G Finch . Dewman R Finks . Harold J. Flaugher . John W. Folcir . Delbert D Foltz . Andrew French . Michael A Frihauf . Robert L. Garn . Clifford Gilbert . A. Dan Glen . Henry Goeminne . Reuben I. Goranson . Gaylord . Groff . Meluin R. Grover . Frank J. Gyori . Harold R. Haas . Denner Hagemyer . Delmar A. Harmon . Edison W. Harmon . Franklin B. Harpel . Elmer Hartman . Ralph Hite . Ralph R. Hodgson . Warren S. Hohlfelder . Charles S. Hummel . Edward M. Ingraham . Luilliam H. Instone . Milton A. Ireland . Eldon C. Irwin . Wendell M. Judson . Zolton Juhos . Glendale A. Keller . Edwin R. King . William J. Klepacz . Richard L. Klinger . Donald Kohanke . Dale R. Korn . Walter H. Kreienkamp . Robert D. Kronberg . Frederick G. Kurfis . Paul R. Ladd . Don E. Lantz . Vern M. Lashuay . Earl H. Leatherman . Pete Lichowid . Maruin U. Long . George R. Ludwig . Condia Lynch . Caluin L. Lyons . Walter D. Malik . Lloyd N. Martin . Nolan E. Mathias . Joseph J. Mazur . Walter Mazurek . William C. McKeever . Cloyce E. McLaughlin . Donald F. McMahan . Glenn McPherson . George F. Metcalf . Dodald G. Meyers . Jay R. Miller . Chester A. Morris . Dorcie E. Mossbarger . Frank J. Mutchler . Ernest F. Nemeth . James W. Oberhouse . Ralph L. Orwig . Harry W. Otley . Fred G. Paulsen . Harvey Peterson . Daniel W. Phillips . Paul D. Powers . Floyd F. Price . Homer G. Puse . Rowland Quakenbush . Bartholemew J. Radocy . John J. Ramasocky . Verl L. Richard . Arthur M. Rider . Robert G. Rier . Jefferson Robinson . Walter S. Roper . Bernard E. Ryder . Robert L. Sanrock . Dean H. Sautter . Gerald O. Schultz . John W. Schultz (Szul) . Herbert W. Sehr . Emil Seman . George F. Sherman . John T. Shufritz . Leonard Siek . Wayne J. Sieuing . Alua J. Smith . Edward E. Smith . Harold L. Spangler . Ross Sparks . Richard Sprague . Frederick Sprankel . David S. Stanford . Frank C. Sterling . William H. Stevens . James M. Stickles . Karl Stouffer . Michael Stahocki . Kenneth Strite . Phillip D. Stuckey . George R. Sutch . Herman E. Swartz . Ralph D. Symonds . James Thomas . Dale E. Thompson . Iruin Thompson . Arthur E. Thornton . Jerome D. Titus . Louis E. Tudico . . William E. Uykopal . Richard D. Warden . Lloyd W. Whetsel . Glen M. Whitacre . G. Wayne Wilkinson . Elbert J. Williams . Ded L. Williams . Carl R. Wilson . Meluin M. Wilson . John P. Woodruff . Floyd E. Wright . Gerald Wymer . Clyde Yates . Rolland Zachman . Walter Zuchowski , Sponsored by the Wood County Chapter of the Gold Star Mothers -- April 30, 1950 , Rededicated Sept. 11, 2021

Dedicated to the heroic soldiers of Wood County who stand in the unbroken line of patriots who dared to die that freedom might live and grow and increase its blessings. Freedom lives and through it, they live -- in a way that humbles the undertakings of most men.

World War I

Harry A. Avery • Wayne Bassett • Lonnie Beers • Albert P. Bowe • Charles H. Brown • Harold E. Brown • John E. Carter • John Cedzo • Harley O. Chamberlain • Ray H. Cobb • Charles Coleman • Rollo E. Corbin • Carl Crowfoot • Orville Daum • Millard Davenport • Ollie S. Davis • James H. Detwiler • Jay Deuel • Frank Dibiosi • William Digby • Arthur Drursy • James M. Falls • Howard Freyman • Eldon Gates • Walter J. Graham • George Grimm • Herbert S. Gross • Carl Hagemeyer • Ralph Hanson • Clyde Heyman • Carey Hoyman • Charles J. Huber • Merlin Hufford • Wilbur J. Hussey • Frederick Jacobs • Kail H. Kelley • Charles D. Kieffer • John Kobylok • Albert Krause • Paul C. Ladd • Charles Lawrence • Mmilan L. Long • Charles Lybarger • Clarence McCartney • Claire McGowen • Uirgil Miles • John Morausky • Morris H. Neiman • Clarence L. Nieman • Terry Norcross • Morris L. Parks • Frances H. Peabody • Stephen Oetcoff • Cleo Phillips • Henry J.

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Rammel • Charles Ratan • Edward Ratty • Raymond Rideout • Clarence G. Roberts • Wesley Saam • Rlfred P. Shaner • Dale Slotterbeck • Walter P. Smith • Elmer B. Stephens • Cloyce B. Swartz • Leroy Thompson • Floyd Van Vorce • Guy A. Walker • John Weaver • John Wilford • Leo B. Williams • Howard Wrede • Vernon Wymer • Fred Yeager

World War II

Richard S. Albright • Harry L. Allen • James L. Allen • Stanley M. Allison • Collin G. Andrews • William M Ashley • George L. Baker • Harold W. Baltz • Erwin W. Beck • Jay Beckford • Paul P. Belcik • Theodore N. Bentley • Paul J. Berres • George M Bishop • Donald A. Bloomfield • Jesse W. Bloomfield • Meryl Boyer • Donald Brueggemeier • Lewis P. Burton • Clyde Callihan • Lemuel R. Campbell • Lloyd E. Carrol • Robert S. Carson • Jerry W. Carter • Merlyn C. Castner • Floyd Chamberlain • Edward C. Cieply • Kenneth B. Clapp • Gladwyn F. Clark • Ollie A. Coger • Jackson Cond • John P. Cornelius • Richard D. Cowles • William T. Coy • Floyd F. Craft • Charles A. Cranker • John L Crocker • John Czirr • Albert L, Dalzell • Chester E. Davis • Lester F. Davis • Thomas Dellinger • Robert W. Driftmyer • David H. Dunlap • Carlos Dysinger • Robert W. Eckert • Clayton Ernsthausen • Earl Evanoff • Harry

Photographed by Craig Doda, February 25, 2022

2. Wood County WWI & WWII Memorial

Evanoff • James R. Falls • Junior M. Falls • Lawrence Fausnaugh • Richard T. Fearnside • Patrick J. Feehan • Franklin G Finch • Dewman R Finks • Harold J. Flaugher • John W. Folcir • Delbert D Foltz • Andrew French • Michael A Frihauf • Robert L. Garn • Clifford Gilbert • A. Dan Glen • Henry Goeminne • Reuben I. Goranson • Gaylord . Groff • Meluin R. Grover • Frank J. Gyori • Harold R. Haas • Denner Hagemyer • Delmar A. Harmon • Edison W. Harmon • Franklin B. Harpel • Elmer Hartman • Ralph Hite • Ralph R. Hodgson • Warren S. Hohlfelder • Charles S. Hummel • Edward M. Ingraham • Luilliam H. Instone • Milton A. Ireland • Eldon C. Irwin • Wendell M. Judson • Zolton Juhos • Glendale A. Keller • Edwin R. King • William J. Klepacz • Richard L. Klinger • Donald Kohanke • Dale R. Korn • Walter H. Kreienkamp • Robert D. Kronberg • Frederick G. Kurfis • Paul R. Ladd • Don E. Lantz • Vern M. Lashuay • Earl H. Leatherman • Pete Lichowid • Maruin U. Long • George R. Ludwig • Condia Lynch • Caluin L. Lyons • Walter D. Malik • Lloyd N. Martin • Nolan E. Mathias • Joseph J. Mazur • Walter Mazurek • William C. McKeever • Cloyce E. McLaughlin • Donald F. McMahan • Glenn McPherson • George F. Metcalf • Dodald G. Meyers • Jay R. Miller • Chester A. Morris • Dorcie

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E. Mossbarger • Frank J. Mutchler • Ernest F. Nemeth • James W. Oberhouse • Ralph L. Orwig • Harry W. Otley • Fred G. Paulsen • Harvey Peterson • Daniel W. Phillips • Paul D. Powers • Floyd F. Price • Homer G. Puse • Rowland Quakenbush • Bartholemew J. Radocy • John J. Ramasocky • Verl L. Richard • Arthur M. Rider • Robert G. Rier • Jefferson Robinson • Walter S. Roper • Bernard E. Ryder • Robert L. Sanrock • Dean H. Sautter • Gerald O. Schultz • John W. Schultz (Szul) • Herbert W. Sehr • Emil Seman • George F. Sherman • John T. Shufritz • Leonard Siek • Wayne J. Sieuing • Alua J. Smith • Edward E. Smith • Harold L. Spangler • Ross Sparks • Richard Sprague • Frederick Sprankel • David S. Stanford • Frank C. Sterling • William H. Stevens • James M. Stickles • Karl Stouffer • Michael Stahocki • Kenneth Strite • Phillip D. Stuckey • George R. Sutch • Herman E. Swartz • Ralph D. Symonds • James Thomas • Dale E. Thompson • Iruin Thompson • Arthur E. Thornton • Jerome D. Titus • Louis E. Tudico • • William E. Uykopal • Richard D. Warden • Lloyd W. Whetsel • Glen M. Whitacre • G. Wayne Wilkinson • Elbert J. Williams • Ded L. Williams • Carl R. Wilson • Meluin M. Wilson • John P. Woodruff • Floyd E. Wright • Gerald Wymer • Clyde Yates • Rolland Zachman • Walter Zuchowski

Sponsored by the Wood County Chapter of the Gold Star Mothers -- April 30, 1950

Rededicated Sept. 11, 2021

Erected 1950 by Gold Star Mothers Wood County Chapter.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, World I • War, World II.

Location. 41° 22.573′ N, 83° 38.916′ W. Memorial is in Bowling Green, Ohio, in Wood County. It is at the intersection of E. Court Street and N. Summit Street, on the right when traveling west on E. Court Street. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Bowling Green OH 43402, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Ohio’s Black Swamp,

in the Till Plains,

and in the Toledo Metropolitan Area.

It is also in the American Midwest,

on the Great Lakes,

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: Wood County In The Civil War (here, next to this marker); Wood County Congressional Medal Of Honor Recipients (here, next to this marker); Wood County Persian Gulf War Memorial (a few steps from this marker); Wood County Vietnam War Memorial (a few steps from this marker); Wood County Honor And Rememberance (a few steps from this marker); Wood County Korean War Memorial (a few steps from this marker); Gold Star Families Memorial Monument (a few steps from this marker); Court Street Connections (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Bowling Green.

Other markers no longer nearby. Wood County Flag Monument (was here, next to this marker but has been permanently removed); Wood County World War I & II Veterans Memorial (was here, next to this marker but has been permanently removed).

Credits. This page was last revised on March 14, 2022. It was originally submitted on March 11, 2022, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. This page has been viewed 567 times since then and 18 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on March 11, 2022, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.