Danville in Hendricks County, Indiana — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Hendricks County (Danville, Indiana) War Memorial

Photographed By Al Wolf, May 25, 2009

1. Hendricks County (Danville, Indiana) War Memorial Marker

Smaller Stone Marker

Inscription.

Hendricks County (Danville, Indiana) War Memorial. . ( Smaller Stone Marker ) In Memory of All Deceased Veterans OF ALL WARS Buried in Hendricks County. ( Bronze Marker ) Hendricks County War Memorial. This memorial is dedicated to the Hendricks County servicemen that have answered the call of duty. To these gallant servicemen, we add our heartfelt thanks for a job well done., The memorial was just a Jaycee dream back in 1989 and that dream became reality on Dedication Day, July 4, 1992 thanks to the great support of the citizens of this County. Under this stone is a Time Capsule that contains the story of this dream and is to be opened on July 4, 2042. Jeffery L. Dever Memorial Designer Chairman. Mark K. Butterfield - Co-Chairman - Jeffrey A. Utterback - Co-Chairman. ( Front Center Panel ) In Honor of Hendricks County Veterans who gave their lives in the Defense of our Country Once in our lives Forever in our Memories. ( Right Front Panel ) World War I. Bunnie Roy Airhart . Horace Russell Baker . Claude Samuel Booker . Herbert lee Brock . Charles W. Caplinger . Claude Marshall Crane . Lee Derr . Vance Hobart Fox . George Everard Glossop . Henry Hall . Joseph Howard Head . Donald Russell Helton . Jesse Roy Hendrickson . Leora Franklin Hicks . Oscar Barker Holtsclaw . Everett Lawson Jenkins . Ora Franklin Johnston . Henry Hobart Kurtz . Herschell Hall Kurtz . Raymond Leslie . Burchard Lanslot McClain . Walter William Odell . Neil O’Donnell . Roger M. O’Donnell . Fank Harrison Parsons . Otis Everett Pierson . Paul Donald Richardson . Russell Lee Sutherly . Paul Thompson . John A. Trotter, ( Left Front Panel ) World War II. Julius Paul Barnett . Dfibert Bayliff . Merred Allen Blair . Herman M. Bowne . Merrill H. Bowne . Maurice M. Boyd . Lawrence E. Broach . Lester Leroy Bryant . Robert Carl Buchanan . Griffith G. Burnett . Alfred Eldon Clark . Ernest Cook, Jr. . Thomas Gordon Cooper . Raymond H. Dellen . Harrod Thomas Downard . Marvin C. Dunivan . Vessie F. Eggers . Billy J. Emmert . Chester L. Finchum . Gerald Fiscus . Jean M. Franklin . George Frazier Green . Donald Otis Griffith . Garney B. Hartsock . Morris E. Heald . Edwin Helton . Robert Earl Keeney . Billy Ray Ketter . Jack Allen Ketter . Millard Smith King . Joe Knoll . Henry Fredrick Laakman . Leo Creighton Lamar . Lawrence L. Lewark . Hiram Andrew Long . Noble C. Long . Loyal A. Macy, ( Right Back Panel ) World War II. Frank Charles Marek . Harry Jerry Marek . Donald M. McKinzie . Kenneth C. McKnight . Charles Thomas Morris . James William Mynatt . Chester R. Nicholson . Thomas B. Norman . Noland L. O’Neal . Johnny P. Parker . Kenneth Charles Parker . Harold F. Parrish . Lee Allen Ratliff . Daniel A. Richard . Earl A. Rinehart . Myron W. Roberts . John V. Runnels . Lowell G. Rushton . Donald Max Rynerson . Glenn Hall Skaggs . John D. Smith . Robert Spears . Noble B. Surber . Richard L. Tanselle . Harry Theodore Taylor . Raymond B. Townsley . Charles F. Walters . Billy Gene Ward . Joseph L. Ward . Harry Russell Warriner . Lewis Albium Watkins . Raymond C. Weingarth . Robert L. Williams . James Edwin Wills . Leonard E. Wood . Wayne M. Wynkoop . Lester Harold Young, ( Left Back Panel ) Korean War. Maurice M. Garner . Charles William Heckman . Robert E. Mendenhall . Emory L. Roe, Vietnam War. James H. Alexander . Donald Ray Bartley . Gilbert E. Buchanan . Robert W. Coffey . Jeffrey A. Davis . Allan D. Eyler . Earl F. Falconbury . Joe Bill Gibson . Russell E. Gilbrech . Terry A. Hoffman . Bernard L. Holzknecht . George L. Kleiber, Jr. . James P. Lanier . Max Eugene Joseph . Michael L. Mitchell . Dennis P. Neeley . Marvin Neeley . Barry L. Osborn . Michel L. Pugh . Donald Yeryar

( Smaller Stone Marker ) In Memory of
All Deceased Veterans
OF ALL WARS
Buried in Hendricks County
( Bronze Marker ) Hendricks County War Memorial This memorial is dedicated to the Hendricks County servicemen that have answered the call of duty. To these gallant servicemen, we add our heartfelt thanks for a job well done.

The memorial was just a Jaycee dream back in 1989 and that dream became reality on Dedication Day, July 4, 1992 thanks to the great support of the citizens of this County. Under this stone is a Time Capsule that contains the story of this dream and is to be opened on July 4, 2042.
Jeffery L. Dever
Memorial Designer
Chairman Mark K. Butterfield - Co-Chairman - Jeffrey A. Utterback - Co-Chairman
( Front Center Panel )
In Honor of Hendricks County Veterans who gave their lives in the Defense of our Country
Once in our lives Forever in our Memories ( Right Front Panel )
World War I Bunnie Roy Airhart • Horace Russell Baker • Claude Samuel Booker • Herbert lee Brock • Charles W. Caplinger • Claude Marshall Crane • Lee Derr • Vance Hobart Fox • George Everard Glossop

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• Henry Hall • Joseph Howard Head • Donald Russell Helton • Jesse Roy Hendrickson • Leora Franklin Hicks • Oscar Barker Holtsclaw • Everett Lawson Jenkins • Ora Franklin Johnston • Henry Hobart Kurtz • Herschell Hall Kurtz • Raymond Leslie • Burchard Lanslot McClain • Walter William Odell • Neil O’Donnell • Roger M. O’Donnell • Fank Harrison Parsons • Otis Everett Pierson • Paul Donald Richardson • Russell Lee Sutherly • Paul Thompson • John A. Trotter

( Left Front Panel ) World War II Julius Paul Barnett • Dfibert Bayliff • Merred Allen Blair • Herman M. Bowne • Merrill H. Bowne • Maurice M. Boyd • Lawrence E. Broach • Lester Leroy Bryant • Robert Carl Buchanan • Griffith G. Burnett • Alfred Eldon Clark • Ernest Cook, Jr. • Thomas Gordon Cooper • Raymond H. Dellen • Harrod Thomas Downard • Marvin C. Dunivan • Vessie F. Eggers • Billy J. Emmert • Chester L. Finchum • Gerald Fiscus • Jean M. Franklin • George Frazier Green • Donald Otis Griffith • Garney B. Hartsock • Morris E. Heald • Edwin Helton • Robert Earl Keeney • Billy Ray Ketter • Jack Allen Ketter • Millard Smith King • Joe Knoll • Henry Fredrick Laakman • Leo Creighton Lamar • Lawrence L. Lewark • Hiram Andrew Long • Noble C. Long • Loyal A. Macy

( Right Back Panel ) World War II Frank Charles Marek • Harry Jerry Marek •

Bronze Marker - - Hendricks County (Danville, Indiana) War Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Al Wolf, May 25, 2009

2. Bronze Marker - - Hendricks County (Danville, Indiana) War Memorial

Donald M. McKinzie • Kenneth C. McKnight • Charles Thomas Morris • James William Mynatt • Chester R. Nicholson • Thomas B. Norman • Noland L. O’Neal • Johnny P. Parker • Kenneth Charles Parker • Harold F. Parrish • Lee Allen Ratliff • Daniel A. Richard • Earl A. Rinehart • Myron W. Roberts • John V. Runnels • Lowell G. Rushton • Donald Max Rynerson • Glenn Hall Skaggs • John D. Smith • Robert Spears • Noble B. Surber • Richard L. Tanselle • Harry Theodore Taylor • Raymond B. Townsley • Charles F. Walters • Billy Gene Ward • Joseph L. Ward • Harry Russell Warriner • Lewis Albium Watkins • Raymond C. Weingarth • Robert L. Williams • James Edwin Wills • Leonard E. Wood • Wayne M. Wynkoop • Lester Harold Young

( Left Back Panel )
Korean War Maurice M. Garner • Charles William Heckman • Robert E. Mendenhall • Emory L. Roe

Vietnam War James H. Alexander • Donald Ray Bartley • Gilbert E. Buchanan • Robert W. Coffey • Jeffrey A. Davis • Allan D. Eyler • Earl F. Falconbury • Joe Bill Gibson • Russell E. Gilbrech • Terry A. Hoffman • Bernard L. Holzknecht • George L. Kleiber, Jr. • James P. Lanier • Max Eugene Joseph • Michael L. Mitchell • Dennis P. Neeley • Marvin Neeley • Barry L. Osborn • Michel L. Pugh • Donald Yeryar

Erected 1992 by Danville & Pittsboro

Front Wide View - - Hendricks County War Memorial Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Al Wolf, May 25, 2009

3. Front Wide View - - Hendricks County War Memorial Marker

Jaycees, Citizens.

Topics and series. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Heroes. In addition, it is included in the Time Capsules series list.

Location. 39° 45.64′ N, 86° 31.442′ W. Marker is in Danville, Indiana, in Hendricks County. Memorial is at the intersection of West Main Street and South Washington Street, on the left when traveling west on West Main Street. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Danville IN 46122, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Hendricks County Sheriff's Residence & Jail (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); Danville’s Carnegie Library (about 800 feet away); Danville’s Main Street Historic District (approx. 0.2 miles away); Central Normal College (approx. 0.2 miles away); Dr. Jeremiah & Ann Jane DePew House (approx. 0.2 miles away); Morgan-Chaille House (approx. ¼ mile away); The Leachman-Underwood House (approx. 0.3 miles away); Samuel Luther Thompson (approx. 0.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Danville.

Back Wide View - - Hendricks County War Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Al Wolf, May 25, 2009

4. Back Wide View - - Hendricks County War Memorial

Long Back View - - Hendricks County War Memorial image. Click for full size.

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5. Long Back View - - Hendricks County War Memorial

Front Right Panel - - Hendricks War Memorial image. Click for full size.

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6. Front Right Panel - - Hendricks War Memorial

Front Left Panel - - Hendricks County War Memorial image. Click for full size.

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7. Front Left Panel - - Hendricks County War Memorial

Back Center & Right Panel - - Hendricks County War Memorial image. Click for full size.

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8. Back Center & Right Panel - - Hendricks County War Memorial

The Center section reads the same on both sides, but the rain made it difficult to photograph.

Back Left Panel - - Hendricks County War Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Al Wolf, May 25, 2009

9. Back Left Panel - - Hendricks County War Memorial

East Side of Hendricks County Courthouse image. Click for full size.

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10. East Side of Hendricks County Courthouse

West Side of Hendricks County Courthouse image. Click for full size.

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11. West Side of Hendricks County Courthouse

Corner View - - Hendricks County Courthouse image. Click for full size.

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12. Corner View - - Hendricks County Courthouse

South Side - - Hendricks County Courthouse image. Click for full size.

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13. South Side - - Hendricks County Courthouse

North Side of Hendricks County Courthouse image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Al Wolf, May 25, 2009

14. North Side of Hendricks County Courthouse

(Click photo to see details.) See the lower right of the photo - note the Bell sitting on the sidewalk at the Courthouse Entrance.

1880 - - Courthouse Bell ! ! ! image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Al Wolf, May 25, 2009

15. 1880 - - Courthouse Bell ! ! !

(Click photo to see details.) Inscribed: "Contracted for Jan. 9th 1880 A.D. by: J. W. Tinder, Prest. Commission. W. H. Nichols, Co. Auditor. Hendricks Co. Court House. Danville, Ind."

Photographed By Al Wolf, May 25, 2009

16. 1880 - - Courthouse Bell ! ! !

(Click photo to see details.) Inscribed: ""Henry McShane & Co. Baltimore, Md. 1880 ""

Mayberry Cafe - Danville, Indiana image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Al Wolf, May 25, 2009

17. Mayberry Cafe - Danville, Indiana

Across the street from the Courthouse, and within shouting distance of the Hendricks County War Memorial, is the "Mayberry Cafe". Well worth the visit!!

The Mayberry Squad Car - Show Stopper..... image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Al Wolf, May 25, 2009

18. The Mayberry Squad Car - Show Stopper.....

Credits. This page was last revised on December 24, 2020. It was originally submitted on May 29, 2009, by Al Wolf of Veedersburg, Indiana. This page has been viewed 3,742 times since then and 40 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18. submitted on May 29, 2009, by Al Wolf of Veedersburg, Indiana. • Syd Whittle was the editor who published this page.