Modesto in Stanislaus County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)
Modesto War Memorial
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:]
PEACEThis 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:]
COUNTRYThere Country Asked For Their Life And Their Life They GaveWORLD 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]
FREEDOMThey fought for liberty and right They died in freedoms causeWORLD 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]
VALORIn love, in grief, in pride We yield our sonsWORLD 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]
DUTYWho kept the faith And fought the fightKOREA. 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]
HONORWe treasure them in memory Our countrys sacrificeVIETNAM. 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 . . This memorial was erected in 1999 by Joe J. and Diane Venturin. It is in Modesto in Stanislaus County California
[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
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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
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)
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
Photographed By Syd Whittle, May 29, 2009
3. Panels 5 and 6
DUTY
Korea
Gulf War HONOR
Vietnam
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
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.
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 countrys 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
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.
Additional commentary. 1. Thanks 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 5,036 times since then and 153 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on May 31, 2009, by Syd Whittle of Mesa, Arizona.
