Modesto in Stanislaus County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)

Modesto War Memorial

Panels 1 and 2 image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Syd Whittle, May 29, 2009

1. Panels 1 and 2

PEACE
World War 1
COUNTRY
World War II
(A through F)

Inscription.

Modesto War Memorial. . [Panel 1:] PEACE This silent tribute to the fallen heros of Stanislaus County who gave their lives for family and country that Freedom and Peace may endure., They bravely fought not for fame or glory but for Liberty and Right., We treasure their memory and honor their deeds for they belong to us for eternity., Their names shall not be forgotten., WORLD WAR I. Herbert H Adams . Edgar H Annear . H Barker . Lenne E Bean . Guy W Boardman . Arthur W Carlson . James Chio . Stanley L Collins . John W Dielks . Armand W Dye . Herman M Eklund . Uriah M Epperson . Elmer Fox . Kenneth B Glidden . Paul E Guyler . Elijah B Hayes . Charles P Hedrick . Ebert W. Herron . Ervin C Hurd . Charles D Johnson . Harvey W Kent . James A Kessler . William H Koenig . Thomas A Light . George F Marconi . Robert C McCaughlin . Irvin N McCormick . Carl D McIntosh . Roy S Merriam . Lloyd U Mills . Ernest F Mittell . Sterling W Pack . Louis Pedrioli . Robert S Plimpton . Daniel S Savage . Romain Schell . Oscar Snover . Donald S Spenker . Oliver J. Stedman . Fred F Stover . Cecil E Thompson . Ward Tittle . Peter E Tosh . Thomas F Wayman . William I Weaver . Bert O Weeks . Raymond L Wilson . Ora F Winn . Arthur Wordon . Gifted to Stanislaus County by Joe J. and Diane Venturin, [Panel 2:] COUNTRY There Country Asked For Their Life And Their Life They Gave WORLD WAR II. Kenneth C Ables . George D Adams . Charles M Allen . John S Allen . Norman M Allport . George Allison . Harold Alton . Poney L Amant . Howard L. Anderson . Albert M Andrade . Clifton N Andrews . Richard J Andrino . Fred W Andrus . Leslie V Atwood . Robert Axelrod . Joseph W Azevedo . Louie C Bailey . Everette C Baird . Roy L Baker . Glenn V Barber . Willie A Barker . Paul F Barnhizer . Tillson H Barrows . George H Bates . John A Bavaster . Paul M Bayes . Max L Bellows . Gilbert T Bennett . Anthony Bertao . Michael D Birdwell . Rova E Bittick . Albert M Blackmon . Coy Booth . Admer N Boren . Bufford Bowen . Merton A Bowen . John S Boyd . William M Bracells . Frank D Bradford . Louis Braseco . Raymond E Brown . Jesse E Bruml . Leonard E Bryant . William E Bucklew . Warren H Burkett . Roy B Burrel . Willis L Butler . Frank Byrd . Manuel Cabral . Raymond R Camery . Jude P Camp . Harry D Carlson . Joseph D Catlin . Russell H Cavanaugh . Norman Charleson . Gerald F Charlesworth . Simon G Chaves . Roy Christian . Harold J Clark . Louis D Clark . Harold S Cleek . Willie R Colbert . Cedric F Coleman . George J Condrey . William Converse . Howard E Coogan . Neal P Cotton . Frank Cox . Bernard M Craig . Clifford R Crismon . William L Crow . Charles M Crowell . Gerald P Curtice . Benito S Dalipe . Homer Damir . Carl DeLaMotte . Clarence P DeMoss . La Mark Dees . Richard G Dick . Marvin Dillwood . Oneal Doig . William F Dorroh . Chester C Dougherty . Donald A Erickson . Blanchard R Evarts . Richard T Evarts . Frank O Ferrini . James T Fields . Edgar Ford . Frank Fovinci ., [Panel 3] FREEDOM They fought for liberty and right They died in freedoms cause WORLD WAR II. William W Galbraith . Raymond K Gardner . Robert E Gardner . Robert N Getty . Donald Goldsmith . Annibal F Gomes . Frank G Gonsalves . Billy F Goodman . Charles D Graves . Charles R Greer . Marvin Greer . John H Hall . Carl W Hamlow . William C Hammond . Richard C Harms . Walter W Harrelson . Johnnie B Harris . Henry W Harrity . Howard R Hartley . Lyle H Hartvickson . Carl Hayes . Robert C Hazzard . Carol Hedlind . Alvin M Henry . Paul Hickey . Ashley W Hicks . Robert Hittle . Everett D Horst . Clyde M Hudelson . Leo R Hughes . Harlin E. Hunt . Albert H Hutchison . Johnny Istilarte . John B Jacobs . Robert C Jenkins . Herbert N Johnson . Ralph E Johnson . Stanley G Johnson . Victor L Johnson . Walter L Johnson . John A Johnston . John B Julian . Borge O Kellstrom . Joseph W Kelly Jr. . William W Ketcham . Dewey F Kiefer . Thomas R King . Bertil Kolander . Jack E Lansberry . James J Lash . Raymond D Laws . William A Logan . Odes E Long . Sherman W Long . Keith R Lowe . Arthur Luce . Vernon T Luke . James F Lukins . Waymon J Luton . Raymond H Magers . Verman A Mainard . Christopher E. Mann . Stanley H Marchand . Frank J Marksman . Carl F Marler . Frank Martin . Louis G Martin . Henry E Mayfield . Robert C Maze . David McBride . J B McCleskey . Delmar C McElhaney . Leonard McClone . Herbert R McGrew . John McGrew . Robert R McLennan . Arthur D McOuone . Gilbert J Mello . J D Delane Miller . Peter Miller . Webster G Miller . Merritt T Mills . Troy M Mitchell . Walter E Morgensen . Ralph L Mourer . Emil C Mundt . John M Murphy . Floy D Muse . Gene A Myers . Richard E Nelson ., [Panel 4] VALOR In love, in grief, in pride We yield our sons WORLD WAR II. James O Nixon . Phillip G Noble . Gilbert R Norton . William P Odell . Charles N Ohrt . Walter E Olson . William S Orvis . Merle A Osburne . Floyd E Osgood . William B Owens . Roderick D Parish . Arthur Parodi . Othie L Perdue . Walter F Perra . Fred C Peterson . Leon A Peterson . Walter S Peterson . Harold D Phillips . Lawrence H Phillips . William M Phipps . Dwight D Pitzer . Angelo E Ponzio . Osbun A Porter . Bryan E Pridmore . Keith L Rackley . Frank Ramsey . Jack C Rathbun . Glenn D Rice . Marland W Rines . Severine J Robben . Robert I Ronning . Manuel Rozario . Albert R Salazar . John A Scharli . Murl R Schrock . Willie F Scott . Jack P Scovel . Robert Y Seymoure . Carl T Sholander . Willie Silva . Amon G Smith . William R Snyder . Steve S Solano . Warren N Steele . Donald F Stender . Stanley E Stevens . Walter T Stevens . Maurice Stockton . George E Storch . Dewey T Summers . Dale Swift . Alfred Switzer . Emmet W Terrill . Herbert A Thomas . Julian E Thomas . Russell E Thomas . Henry J Tiedemann . Eugene R Torvend . Elmer G Tosta . Harold J Totman . Arthur L Tucker . Raymond R Updegraff . William W Urton . John Van Andel . Melvin L Vanciel . Eugene Vaughn . Clifford A Vierth . Vernan V Vivian . Laird K Walker . William H Walker . Floyd H Wallace . Richard L Wall . Robert M Warner . Charles W Warren . Dewey C Warren . Raymond L Watts . Charles L Wiese . Robert Wilcox . Andrew I Williams . Jeff H Williams . Joseph D Williams . Truit Williams . George E Willson . Ivan V Wilson . Leonard O Wissner . Louis E Yepez . Anthony J Zakarian ., [Panel 5] DUTY Who kept the faith And fought the fight KOREA. Troy W Bailey . Fred E Baker . James E Beller . Otis P Benjamin . Kenneth C Brubaker . Fred C Bumgardner . John C Cabral . Harvey Chambers . John V Chitwood . John DeGroot . Junnie L Elliott . Joe C Green . Larry P Hamby . Lawrence E Hoffman . R A Jackson . Robert T Jones . Gene B Kelso . Hugh L Kienitz . Duante E Lewis . Lowell D Lunt . Jimmy Pantazopulos . Jerry J Rayburn . George A Robinson . William C Schemmel . Claude L Sheppard . Oscar L Taylor . Garland C Thomas . John F Tulloch . Donald P Tupper . Wallace W Van Dyke . Stanley W Yoppini . F "Brick" Brown ., GULF WAR. Michael D Anderson . Dale G M Brehm . Chad Gonsalves . Raymond D Hill . Bunny Long . Antonio S Mendez . Juana Navarro . Oscar Sanchez . Aaron W Simons . Justin Wood . Joseph A Gage . Bruce Salazar Jr.. Tony J Gonzales . Daniel Hyde ., [Panel 6] HONOR We treasure them in memory Our country’s sacrifice VIETNAM. Steven E Amescua . Doyle Atkins . Stephen E Austin . Robert Austin . Roy D Barnes . Gary W Bartlow . Michael D Birdwell . Anthony J Blevins . Kenneth L Breshers . Donald L Chaney . Mario A Cisneros . Stanley S Clark . Joseph J Daffer . Peter E Day . William L Dornbergh Jr.. William A Fish . Richard W Ford . John H Franklin . Ernest K Gerhardt . Thomas L Herd . Demetrio L Hernandez . Jerry L Holmes . Phillip L Inman . Jimmy D Jordon . Jack D LeTourneau . Anthony L Lema . James R Lewis . Manuel D Madruga . John R Markille . Dennis A McElroy . Brian K McGar . Gerald L McKinsey . Charles R Mears . Richard R Obert . Galen E Ohlson . Richard L Parham . Gary C Parkinson . Serveston D Pope . Reginald F Powell . Joseph A Randazzo . Neal A Rasmussen . Gunther H Rehling . Leonard Reza . Daniel J Ryan . Larry M Sabo . Antonio Silva . Jose A Silveira . Coy F Stark . Robert N Staud . Gary D Tisdall . Donald C Vaughn . Larry A Walker . John C Weborg . Kenneth L Worley . Larry E Wright .

[Panel 1:]
PEACE
This silent tribute to the fallen heros
of Stanislaus County who gave their
lives for family and country that
Freedom and Peace may endure.

They bravely fought not for fame or
glory but for Liberty and Right.

We treasure their memory and honor their
deeds for they belong to us for eternity.

Their names shall not be forgotten.

WORLD WAR I Herbert H Adams • Edgar H Annear • H Barker • Lenne E Bean • Guy W Boardman • Arthur W Carlson • James Chio • Stanley L Collins • John W Dielks • Armand W Dye • Herman M Eklund • Uriah M Epperson • Elmer Fox • Kenneth B Glidden • Paul E Guyler • Elijah B Hayes • Charles P Hedrick • Ebert W. Herron • Ervin C Hurd • Charles D Johnson • Harvey W Kent • James A Kessler • William H Koenig • Thomas A Light • George F Marconi • Robert C McCaughlin • Irvin N McCormick • Carl D McIntosh • Roy S Merriam • Lloyd U Mills • Ernest F Mittell • Sterling W Pack • Louis Pedrioli • Robert S Plimpton • Daniel S Savage • Romain Schell • Oscar Snover • Donald S Spenker • Oliver J. Stedman

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• Fred F Stover • Cecil E Thompson • Ward Tittle • Peter E Tosh • Thomas F Wayman • William I Weaver • Bert O Weeks • Raymond L Wilson • Ora F Winn • Arthur Wordon •
Gifted to Stanislaus County by Joe J. and Diane Venturin

[Panel 2:]
COUNTRY
There Country Asked For Their Life
And Their Life They Gave
WORLD WAR II Kenneth C Ables • George D Adams • Charles M Allen • John S Allen • Norman M Allport • George Allison • Harold Alton • Poney L Amant • Howard L. Anderson • Albert M Andrade • Clifton N Andrews • Richard J Andrino • Fred W Andrus • Leslie V Atwood • Robert Axelrod • Joseph W Azevedo • Louie C Bailey • Everette C Baird • Roy L Baker • Glenn V Barber • Willie A Barker • Paul F Barnhizer • Tillson H Barrows • George H Bates • John A Bavaster • Paul M Bayes • Max L Bellows • Gilbert T Bennett • Anthony Bertao • Michael D Birdwell • Rova E Bittick • Albert M Blackmon • Coy Booth • Admer N Boren • Bufford Bowen • Merton A Bowen • John S Boyd • William M Bracells • Frank D Bradford • Louis Braseco • Raymond E Brown • Jesse E Bruml • Leonard E Bryant • William E Bucklew • Warren H Burkett •

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Photographed By Syd Whittle, May 29, 2009

2. Panels 3 and 4

FREEDOM
World War II
(G through N)
VALOR
World War II
(O through Z)

Roy B Burrel • Willis L Butler • Frank Byrd • Manuel Cabral • Raymond R Camery • Jude P Camp • Harry D Carlson • Joseph D Catlin • Russell H Cavanaugh • Norman Charleson • Gerald F Charlesworth • Simon G Chaves • Roy Christian • Harold J Clark • Louis D Clark • Harold S Cleek • Willie R Colbert • Cedric F Coleman • George J Condrey • William Converse • Howard E Coogan • Neal P Cotton • Frank Cox • Bernard M Craig • Clifford R Crismon • William L Crow • Charles M Crowell • Gerald P Curtice • Benito S Dalipe • Homer Damir • Carl DeLaMotte • Clarence P DeMoss • La Mark Dees • Richard G Dick • Marvin Dillwood • Oneal Doig • William F Dorroh • Chester C Dougherty • Donald A Erickson • Blanchard R Evarts • Richard T Evarts • Frank O Ferrini • James T Fields • Edgar Ford • Frank Fovinci •

[Panel 3]
FREEDOM
They fought for liberty and right
They died in freedoms cause
WORLD WAR II William W Galbraith • Raymond K Gardner • Robert E Gardner • Robert N Getty • Donald Goldsmith • Annibal F Gomes • Frank G Gonsalves • Billy F Goodman • Charles D Graves • Charles R Greer • Marvin Greer • John H Hall • Carl W Hamlow • William

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Photographed By Syd Whittle, May 29, 2009

3. Panels 5 and 6

DUTY
Korea
Gulf War
HONOR
Vietnam

C Hammond • Richard C Harms • Walter W Harrelson • Johnnie B Harris • Henry W Harrity • Howard R Hartley • Lyle H Hartvickson • Carl Hayes • Robert C Hazzard • Carol Hedlind • Alvin M Henry • Paul Hickey • Ashley W Hicks • Robert Hittle • Everett D Horst • Clyde M Hudelson • Leo R Hughes • Harlin E. Hunt • Albert H Hutchison • Johnny Istilarte • John B Jacobs • Robert C Jenkins • Herbert N Johnson • Ralph E Johnson • Stanley G Johnson • Victor L Johnson • Walter L Johnson • John A Johnston • John B Julian • Borge O Kellstrom • Joseph W Kelly Jr. • William W Ketcham • Dewey F Kiefer • Thomas R King • Bertil Kolander • Jack E Lansberry • James J Lash • Raymond D Laws • William A Logan • Odes E Long • Sherman W Long • Keith R Lowe • Arthur Luce • Vernon T Luke • James F Lukins • Waymon J Luton • Raymond H Magers • Verman A Mainard • Christopher E. Mann • Stanley H Marchand • Frank J Marksman • Carl F Marler • Frank Martin • Louis G Martin • Henry E Mayfield • Robert C Maze • David McBride • J B McCleskey • Delmar C McElhaney • Leonard McClone • Herbert R McGrew • John McGrew • Robert R McLennan • Arthur D McOuone • Gilbert J Mello • J D Delane Miller • Peter Miller • Webster G Miller

Modesto War Memorials image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Syd Whittle, May 29, 2009

4. Modesto War Memorials

The Guns are Silent-American Legion Monument on the right, the 6-Sided Panel Memorial in the center, and the VFW Memorial on the far left of photo.

• Merritt T Mills • Troy M Mitchell • Walter E Morgensen • Ralph L Mourer • Emil C Mundt • John M Murphy • Floy D Muse • Gene A Myers • Richard E Nelson •

[Panel 4]
VALOR
In love, in grief, in pride
We yield our sons
WORLD WAR II James O Nixon • Phillip G Noble • Gilbert R Norton • William P Odell • Charles N Ohrt • Walter E Olson • William S Orvis • Merle A Osburne • Floyd E Osgood • William B Owens • Roderick D Parish • Arthur Parodi • Othie L Perdue • Walter F Perra • Fred C Peterson • Leon A Peterson • Walter S Peterson • Harold D Phillips • Lawrence H Phillips • William M Phipps • Dwight D Pitzer • Angelo E Ponzio • Osbun A Porter • Bryan E Pridmore • Keith L Rackley • Frank Ramsey • Jack C Rathbun • Glenn D Rice • Marland W Rines • Severine J Robben • Robert I Ronning • Manuel Rozario • Albert R Salazar • John A Scharli • Murl R Schrock • Willie F Scott • Jack P Scovel • Robert Y Seymoure • Carl T Sholander • Willie Silva • Amon G Smith • William R Snyder • Steve S Solano • Warren N Steele • Donald F Stender • Stanley E Stevens • Walter T Stevens • Maurice Stockton • George E Storch • Dewey T Summers •

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Dale Swift • Alfred Switzer • Emmet W Terrill • Herbert A Thomas • Julian E Thomas • Russell E Thomas • Henry J Tiedemann • Eugene R Torvend • Elmer G Tosta • Harold J Totman • Arthur L Tucker • Raymond R Updegraff • William W Urton • John Van Andel • Melvin L Vanciel • Eugene Vaughn • Clifford A Vierth • Vernan V Vivian • Laird K Walker • William H Walker • Floyd H Wallace • Richard L Wall • Robert M Warner • Charles W Warren • Dewey C Warren • Raymond L Watts • Charles L Wiese • Robert Wilcox • Andrew I Williams • Jeff H Williams • Joseph D Williams • Truit Williams • George E Willson • Ivan V Wilson • Leonard O Wissner • Louis E Yepez • Anthony J Zakarian •

[Panel 5]
DUTY
Who kept the faith
And fought the fight
KOREA Troy W Bailey • Fred E Baker • James E Beller • Otis P Benjamin • Kenneth C Brubaker • Fred C Bumgardner • John C Cabral • Harvey Chambers • John V Chitwood • John DeGroot • Junnie L Elliott • Joe C Green • Larry P Hamby • Lawrence E Hoffman • R A Jackson • Robert T Jones • Gene B Kelso • Hugh L Kienitz • Duante E Lewis • Lowell D Lunt • Jimmy Pantazopulos • Jerry J Rayburn • George A Robinson • William C Schemmel • Claude L Sheppard • Oscar L Taylor • Garland C Thomas • John F Tulloch • Donald P Tupper • Wallace W Van Dyke • Stanley W Yoppini • F "Brick" Brown •

GULF WAR Michael D Anderson • Dale G M Brehm • Chad Gonsalves • Raymond D Hill • Bunny Long • Antonio S Mendez • Juana Navarro • Oscar Sanchez • Aaron W Simons • Justin Wood • Joseph A Gage • Bruce Salazar Jr.• Tony J Gonzales • Daniel Hyde •

[Panel 6]
HONOR
We treasure them in memory
Our country’s sacrifice
VIETNAM Steven E Amescua • Doyle Atkins • Stephen E Austin • Robert Austin • Roy D Barnes • Gary W Bartlow • Michael D Birdwell • Anthony J Blevins • Kenneth L Breshers • Donald L Chaney • Mario A Cisneros • Stanley S Clark • Joseph J Daffer • Peter E Day • William L Dornbergh Jr.• William A Fish • Richard W Ford • John H Franklin • Ernest K Gerhardt • Thomas L Herd • Demetrio L Hernandez • Jerry L Holmes • Phillip L Inman • Jimmy D Jordon • Jack D LeTourneau • Anthony L Lema • James R Lewis • Manuel D Madruga • John R Markille • Dennis A McElroy • Brian K McGar • Gerald L McKinsey • Charles R Mears • Richard R Obert • Galen E Ohlson • Richard L Parham • Gary C Parkinson • Serveston D Pope • Reginald F Powell • Joseph A Randazzo • Neal A Rasmussen • Gunther H Rehling • Leonard Reza • Daniel J Ryan • Larry M Sabo • Antonio Silva • Jose A Silveira • Coy F Stark • Robert N Staud • Gary D Tisdall • Donald C Vaughn • Larry A Walker • John C Weborg • Kenneth L Worley • Larry E Wright •

Erected 1999 by Joe J. & Diane Venturin.

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

Location. 37° 38.425′ N, 120° 59.861′ W. Marker is in Modesto, California, in Stanislaus County. Memorial is on "I" Street, on the right when traveling east. Marker and Monument are located on the grounds of the Stanislaus County Offices. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1100 "I" Street, Modesto CA 95354, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. The Guns Are Silent (here, next to this marker); a different marker also named Modesto War Memorial (here, next to this marker); Modesto – Stanislaus County Seat (a few steps from this marker); United States Post Office (within shouting distance of this marker); The Music of American Graffiti (within shouting distance of this marker); George Lucas (within shouting distance of this marker); Downtown Culture, Arts & Music (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); a different marker also named George Lucas (about 500 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Modesto.

Additional commentary.
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Thank you for creating this site and posting photos.
I am unable to visit in person due to health reasons. My Uncle is listed on the marker, Rova E Bittick Jr. killed at Tarawa. I can not begin to tell you what it means to my family to be able to see the marker photos with enough clarity to read his name. Thank you and God bless. Note To Editor only visible by Contributor and editor

— Submitted August 13, 2010, by Michael E Bittick of Springdale, Arkansas.

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on May 31, 2009, by Syd Whittle of Mesa, Arizona. This page has been viewed 5,127 times since then and 47 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on May 31, 2009, by Syd Whittle of Mesa, Arizona.