Rockport in Allen County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

John "Jack" Herron

John Herron Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Craig Doda, April 15, 2022

1. John Herron Marker

Inscription. In memory of Jahn "Jack" Herron
1st Lt
70th Fighter Squadron
18th Fighter Group
Killed in Action August 1943

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

Location. 40° 52.255′ N, 84° 0.06′ W. Memorial is in Rockport, Ohio, in Allen County. It is on Rockport Road just east of Port Street, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 5555 Rockport Rd, Columbus Grove OH 45830, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Ohio’s Till Plains.

It is also in the American Midwest

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 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Old Church Site Rockport Cemetery (a few steps from this marker);

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PFC. Larry E VanMeter (within shouting distance of this marker); Beaverdam & Vicinity World War II Memorial (approx. 2.9 miles away); Beaverdam Veterans Memorial (approx. 3 miles away); Old Beaverdam Cemetery Veterans Memorial (approx. 3.1 miles away); Lincoln Highway Memorial (approx. 3.1 miles away); Beaverdam Village Park (approx. 3.1 miles away); Columbus Grove Municipal Pool (approx. 4.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Rockport.

John "Jack" Herron Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Craig Doda, April 15, 2022

2. John "Jack" Herron Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on April 21, 2022. It was originally submitted on April 19, 2022, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. This page has been viewed 253 times since then and 18 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on April 19, 2022, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.